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Industry leaders have signed an open letter calling for a ‘pause’ to be put on AI development, but it’s going to be hard to put the genie back in the bottle.

A new platform focused on colleges in the United States shows the incident rates of sexual assault and rape, as well as providing support for victims.

A somewhat ill-defined law that requires adult sites to verify users’ ages via specific methods came into effect this month, as worldwide crackdowns continue.

The Iraqi government has said it will block access to all porn sites from within the country, expanding its previous efforts to stop people watching porn.

India has blocked a slew of porn sites including Pornhub, Brazzers and BangBros in the government’s latest round of website bans.

California has taken one step closer to publishing a controversial age verification law, which will require adult sites to use strict user identification measures.

Twitter has axed tentative plans to monetize adult content on its platform, due to a lack of control over the content that ends up posted on the network.

A BBC investigation has found that the sharing and selling of non-consensual nude photographs is running rampant across Reddit's many subreddits.

A crowdfunded ad campaign that runs adverts on porn sites is being used to bring real news about Russia's war against Ukraine, in effort to circumvent blocks.

Chinese researchers say they have created a 'porn alarm' that can detect when a person is watching pornographic videos or looking at adult images.

In the nearly 30 years since the first widespread 'celebrity sex tape' was released, a whole lot has changed – including some attitudes towards sexual shame.