Sextech ethics and censorship to be debated at Sex Down South 2025 event in Atlanta
An Atlanta sex-positive conference taking place in September 2025 is set to feature a panel talk about how the sextech industry can…
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Ofcom targets ‘smaller’ porn sites in UK age check crackdown
UK regulator warns even niche adult sites must comply with age verification law.
Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Meta is suing an AI ‘nudify’ app company, as part of a crackdown the media giant says it is undertaking on such…
Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Following Aylo blocking access to its porn sites in France, the French digital minister has admitted that there will “always be a…
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Is the global crackdown on nonconsensual deepfake porn starting to properly bite? It seems so. Following tough new rules regarding creating and…
Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
The European Commission has launched an investigation into Pornhub and three other porn sites and platforms, with the organization suspecting that they…
Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
Sweden’s parliament has passed a law amendment criminalizing buying and commissioning sex acts remotely, raising the prospect of live porn cam and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘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…
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Dating appdates (Apr’ 26): height verification, AI interventions, and Bumble’s big reinvention
Smaller US-based creators are taking the biggest hit as porn restrictions bite into independent incomes
VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road
Aylo blocks Australians from RedTube and YouPorn while calling age verification ‘harmful and ineffective’
Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
The AI Act mostly ignores adult content. That’s not entirely good news
Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
Safe, legal, and still a risk: How the DSA is policing pleasure
Pornhub 2025 Year In Review: Hentai, age verification and Coldplay
Aylo signs up for European Commission age verification app pilot despite recent site blockades
Porn company fined £1 million ($1.34M) by Ofcom for UK age verification breaches
OnlyFans introduces compulsory criminal record checks for US creators
UK issues first porn age verification fines, totaling just £75,000
Aylo lobbies Apple, Google and Microsoft for device-level porn age verification
Pornhub, Chaturbate and OnlyFans on Italy’s new porn age verification list
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
California’s AI chatbot law is ‘first-of-its-kind’ – will other states and countries follow?
Man hit with record AUD $343,000 fine for posting deepfake porn in Australia
Satisfyer Pro loses Australian patent case against Lelo in clit-sucker battle
Australia will require age checks for online porn from March 2026
UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
Sex robots should be designed to give consent, says law researcher
Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Dating appdates (Aug ’25): ‘Male’ rival to Tea app, browser history dating, Grindr’s zionist issue, and more
Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Grok’s ‘spicy’ AI video tool is already controversial (obviously)
Bellesa blocks UK users, says age verification law threatens artistic expression and creator livelihoods
Adult and social platforms now require UK users to verify age using ID, bank or selfie videos to access explicit content under new law (and some users say it doesn’t work)
California bill would force AI companion chatbots to reduce addiction risk, disclose they’re bots, and provide suicide help—or face lawsuits
Clothoff deepfake app expands despite porn crackdown, whistleblower says
