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    Apple ‘deeply concerned’ about native iPhone porn app Hot Tub

    Jamie F/
    February 8, 2025
  • One-Click DeepFake Concerns

    Concerns over ‘one-click’ deepfake porn videos as extortion scams on the rise

    Jamie F/
    September 15, 2021
  • ai porn is art

    The evolving aesthetics of AI-generated porn: Art, ethics, and a new erotic frontier

    Rowynn Dumont/
    January 28, 2025
  • ofcom age verification investigations 1

    Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules

    Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulation authority, is investigating a porn site company and a company behind AI ‘nudify’ web apps, that the authority believes may not be implementing sufficient age verification rules. Some porn sites have until July 25, 2025 to bring in strong age verification processes to comply with the UK’s new online safety […]
  • legal academic meta rape 2

    Legal scholars advocate criminalizing VR ‘rape’

    If you use a female-presenting avatar when entering a metaverse space, it’s usually not long before a penguin or elf or… whatever avatar begins groping, humping, or otherwise harassing your pixelated persona. Unwanted sexual behavior in metaverse spaces is a massive problem, but should behaviour like this be criminalized? And should we stop calling this […]
  • mr deepfakes shut down

    Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’

    Mr Deepfakes, believed to have been the world’s biggest site for deepfake porn and regularly accused of being a haven for nonconsensual explicit deepfake content, has shut down. The site was notorious for featuring swathes of deepfake porn video content depicting female celebrities, and was largely viewed as a symbol of the sinister side of […]
  • take it down act USA

    Take It Down Act: Sharing non-consensual deepfake porn to become illegal in the US

    Sharing sexually explicit photos and videos without the consent of people depicted in the content, including AI-generated deepfake adult content, is to become illegal in the US. The Take It Down Act, designed to clamp down on adult content used for revenge porn, was passed by the US Congress on Monday, April 28, 2025. US […]
  • 4 people arrested over ai-created images in Japan

    ‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn

    Four people have been arrested in Japan on suspicion of selling obscene porn posters created by generative AI, in a move that Japanese media reported marked the first arrests in the country for selling AI-created obscene images. Tokyo police said that on April 14, 2025 the four accused, variously aged in their 20s and 50s, […]

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  • uk criminalize ai deepfake tools
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    UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown

    The UK plans to create laws criminalizing owning AI tools for creating child sexual abuse material, with penalties including up to five years in prison
    February 4, 2025
    • Jamie F

  • ai porn is art
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    The evolving aesthetics of AI-generated porn: Art, ethics, and a new erotic frontier

    Exploring the impact of AI-generated pornography on the adult industry, addressing ethical & legal concerns, artistic merit, and the future of erotic imagery.
    January 28, 2025
    • Rowynn Dumont

      Rowynn Dumont

  • uk deepfake porn prison sentence
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    UK deepfake law proposes up to two years in prison for porn creators

    UK law proposes up to two years in prison for creating deepfake pornography, aiming to combat digital exploitation and protect individuals’ rights.
    January 9, 2025
    • Jamie F

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    From VR passthrough to polar bears: 20 of 2024’s biggest sextech happenings

    As 2024 is drawing to a close, and we’re looking fondly towards 2025 already, there’s still enough time in the year for you to catch up on everything you missed.
    February 10, 2025
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      Oli Lipski

  • sex toy sales texas word
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    US lawmaker wants to ban sex toys from non-sexually orientated stores

    Texas bill HB 1549 seeks to ban sex toy sales in non-sexually oriented businesses, imposing fines for violations, amid a culture clash in retail.
    December 13, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • deepfake guides online nt
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    Deepfake porn guides easily accessible via search engines, despite crackdown

    Despite efforts to curb nonconsensual deepfake porn, search engines still link to guides and tutorials, raising concerns about accessibility and regulation.
    December 5, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • sex worker ai regulation
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    Why sex workers and advocates want to be part of AI regulation talks

    Regulating AI in sextech and porn: balancing ethical concerns, consent, and industry voices in shaping future policies.
    October 25, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • online harms us uk
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    US and UK governments form online safety group to tackle generative AI risks

    US and UK form a task force to boost online child safety, targeting AI deepfake abuse and enforcing stricter age verification on adult content.
    October 18, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • Digital Intimacy Coalition
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    Sex-positive industry coalition calls out ‘critical gap’ in EU AI regulation

    The Digital Intimacy Coalition is urging regulators to include sex-positive voices in AI discussions, highlighting concerns over censorship and representation.
    October 7, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • California AI performer bill
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    California AI replica bill shields adult performers from exploitation

    California’s new law protects performers from AI exploitation, ensuring consent for digital replicas. Key changes for content creators effective 2025.
    October 3, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • watching deepfake porn illegal
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    Watching deepfake porn will be illegal in South Korea, amid ‘digital sex crime epidemic’

    South Korea plans to criminalize watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes, amid rising digital sex crimes, with penalties up to three years in prison.
    September 30, 2024
    • Jamie F

  • microsoft deepfake porn bing
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    Microsoft hooks up with StopNCII to tackle non-consensual deepfakes on Bing

    Microsoft partners with StopNCII to combat non-consensual deepfake porn on Bing, enhancing efforts to protect victims and curb digital sex crimes.
    September 12, 2024
    • Jamie F