Dating appdates (Apr’ 26): height verification, AI interventions, and Bumble’s big reinvention
From a tiny app verifying your height via LiDAR to Bumble leaning on an AI assistant to reverse its revenue slide, April…
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OnlyFans introduces compulsory criminal record checks for US creators
The platform is partnering with background screening company Checkr to run checks on new US creators, though OnlyFans hasn't specified which convictions…
Satisfyer Pro loses Australian patent case against Lelo in clit-sucker battle
The maker of the popular Satisfyer Pro has lost its Australian patent battle, with a judge ruling the company couldn't monopolize the…
Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
Roblox has announced that it will introduce age estimation for anyone who uses the games platform’s communications features by the end of…
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…
Watching deepfake porn will be illegal in South Korea, amid ‘digital sex crime epidemic’
Punishments for watching will be up to three years in jail, in addition to fines.
16 AI porn generator sites sued in US ‘nudify’ lawsuit
A San Francisco City attorney has launched what he calls a “first-of-its-kind” lawsuit against 16 so-called ‘nudify’ websites and apps, that allegedly…
Chaturbate’s Texas lawsuit payout shows US is serious about age verification
The owner of the adult camming site Chaturbate [very NSFW] has reached a $675,000 legal settlement with the State of Texas, over…
‘Sending a message’: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sues over deepfake porn
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sued two men for defamation following deepfake porn videos featuring her image being posted online, in…
‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas
Aylo has disabled access to all its porn sites, which include Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn, in Texas, due to the state’s introduction…
Aylo wins millions of dollars in copyright infringement case
Aylo, the owner of Pornhub and a firm accused in its previous guise MindGeek of building its success in part on copyright…
Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Pornhub has kicked off 2024 by blocking the site in Montana and North Carolina due to new age verification rules, following the…
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Roblox to introduce age estimation for anyone using its chat functions by end of 2025
5 votesRoblox has announced that it will introduce age estimation for anyone who uses the games platform’s communications features by the end of…
Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
5 votesPornhub has kicked off 2024 by blocking the site in Montana and North Carolina due to new age verification rules, following the…
AI backlash begins: Porn AI community criticized, artists file lawsuit
5 votesWhile AI porn and wider artificial intelligence-based artwork and image generators hit headlines regularly in 2022. However, as 2023 has kicked off,…
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Aylo to pay millions of dollars in yet another Pornhub legal case
New Mexico claims there’s 10x more ‘child exploitative content’ on Instagram and Facebook than Pornhub or OnlyFans
US plans to introduce watermark rules for AI images and videos
Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand
Womanizer awarded $12.8M in sextech copycat lawsuit
Womanizer wins $2.2 million patent infringement lawsuit against Lora DiCarlo
‘Irrevocable harm’: US bill would criminalize sharing non-consensual deepfake porn
AI backlash begins: Porn AI community criticized, artists file lawsuit
MindGeek bags $32 million and control of DaftSex domain in copyright win
Mastercard and Visa cut ties with MindGeek’s massive ad network
Pam & Tommy to A$AP Rocky: the changing face of the celebrity sex tape
OnlyFans hit with lawsuit triple whammy
TikTok moderator says ‘millions’ of explicit videos are submitted on the app
Hundreds of women tricked into making porn for GirlsDoPorn win video rights
MindGeek settles with 50 women suing over GirlsDoPorn and Pornhub
Pornhub accused of being ‘criminal enterprise’ in lawsuit filed by women alleging exploitation
Judge allows lawsuit against Lovense for storing users’ vibrator usage details to continue
1 down, 2,999 to go: US Judge says IP address alone can’t identify alleged porn copyright infringers
Class Action lawsuit filed against We-Vibe for collecting vibrator data
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
SEXTECHGUIDE has tracked age verification as a live policy battleground since 2016, from the UK's Digital Economy Act delays and eventual collapse…
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Coverage thread Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
Eight years of coverage tracking image-based sexual abuse from the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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