Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Crossing the Rubicon’: UK wants device-level age verification for sharing nudes
The UK government has given tech companies like Apple and Google until September 2026 to introduce device-level age verification and nudity-detection algorithms that block genital images on unverified devices, threatening legislation and even criminal
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
Two men have been charged in the US under the 2025 Take It Down Act, marking the first prosecutions for creating and sharing non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes. The article examines whether these arrests represent
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage Aylo’s Utah lawsuit could have huge implications for VPN porn workarounds
Aylo has sued Utah over a law that holds porn sites responsible for age-verifying users who access their platforms via VPNs from outside the state, arguing it amounts to an unconstitutional global mandate. The
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News EU bans AI nudify apps under amended AI Act, with December deadline
The EU has agreed to ban AI nudification apps under an amendment to the AI Act, with the prohibition taking effect December 2, 2026. The ban targets the software itself rather than individual deepfake
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Apple’s iOS age check gives Aylo the device-level win it lobbied for, but Ofcom isn’t convinced
Aylo has partially lifted its UK Pornhub block for iOS users verified as adults through Apple's new iOS 26.4 device-level age verification feature, framing it as a vindication of its lobbying campaign for device-level
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Roundup Dating appdates (Apr’ 26): height verification, AI interventions, and Bumble’s big reinvention
A monthly roundup of April 2026 dating app news covering height verification via LiDAR on Tenr, Canadian research into AI-mediated social skills interventions for chronically single men, Bumble's AI-heavy relaunch, Tinder's expanded compulsory face
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage Smaller US-based creators are taking the biggest hit as porn restrictions bite into independent incomes
A 2025 SWR Data survey of ~550 mostly US-based adult content creators finds that 45.2% reported decreased income, up from 38% in 2024, with smaller earners hit disproportionately hard. The decline is attributed to
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road
This article examines how US states like Utah and Ohio are writing anti-VPN language into porn age verification legislation, closing a widely-used loophole that allowed users to bypass state-level ID requirements. It explores the
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Aylo blocks Australians from RedTube and YouPorn while calling age verification ‘harmful and ineffective’
Aylo has begun blocking unregistered Australian users from RedTube, YouPorn, and Tube8 ahead of Australia's March 9, 2026 age verification deadline, mirroring its approach in the UK. The company publicly criticizes the legislation as
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
Aylo has blocked unverified UK users from its porn sites including Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn effective February 2, 2026, in response to tougher UK age verification requirements. The move is widely seen as a
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Analysis The AI Act mostly ignores adult content. That’s not entirely good news
This article analyzes how the EU AI Act applies to the adult industry, finding that most adult AI use cases — chatbots, deepfakes, content moderation — fall into low-risk categories with lighter compliance obligations.
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News Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
An investigation by Tech Transparency Project found over 100 AI 'nudify' apps on Apple's App Store and Google Play that generate non-consensual sexual deepfakes, collectively amassing 705 million downloads and $117 million in revenue.
