Texas lawmaker proposes age verification for people buying ‘obscene’ sextech products online
A bill has been proposed in Texas, which if passed would make it the first US state to legally require online retailers…
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The UK’s Online Safety Act could kill independent adult sites—and accessibility along with them
Last week, I deliberately broke my website to remove accessibility features for UK users. I had been recording audio of erotic stories…
Rise of AI kissing apps creates tangle of ethics issues
A wave of generative AI ‘kissing apps’ has risen to prominence in the first few months of 2025, allowing you to make…
Deepfake porn app claims to work with AI abuse victim organization, provides no evidence
Deepfake porn generator app ClothOff, which creates nude deepfake images from photos of real people and promised to let users “undress anyone…
Apple ‘deeply concerned’ about native iPhone porn app Hot Tub
Apple has said it is “deeply concerned” by the European release of what is believed to be the first porn app to…
UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
The UK government has said that the country will become the first to criminalize owning, making or distributing AI tools that are…
The evolving aesthetics of AI-generated porn: Art, ethics, and a new erotic frontier
The landscape of erotic imagery is undergoing a seismic shift. Artificial intelligence (AI) has entered the bedroom, not as a robotic lover,…
UK deepfake law proposes up to two years in prison for porn creators
The UK government is set to make creating non-consensual deepfake porn, and preparing technology elements to create such content, criminal offences. On…
From VR passthrough to polar bears: 20 of 2024’s biggest sextech happenings
20 of the biggest things that happened in sex tech in 2024 Start Jamie F & Oli Lipski Published November 19, 2024…
US lawmaker wants to ban sex toys from non-sexually orientated stores
A lawmaker has proposed a bill in Texas that would ban the sale of sex toys in business establishments deemed not to…
Deepfake porn guides easily accessible via search engines, despite crackdown
The efforts of some major search engines to crack down on nonconsensual deepfake porn have arguably been undermined by a news investigation…
Why sex workers and advocates want to be part of AI regulation talks
How should porn, sex and sextech-adjacent AI tools (and the content they can produce) be regulated? Should they be regulated by government…
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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
Bluesky and Reddit add ID and facial scans to verify age for UK porn access, X stays silent
The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
