UK issues first porn age verification fines, totaling just £75,000
The UK has issued its first enforcement actions under new porn age verification rules, but the £75,000 in total fines may not…
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Aylo lobbies Apple, Google and Microsoft for device-level porn age verification
The company behind Pornhub has written to the world's biggest tech companies asking them to implement age verification at the device level….
Pornhub, Chaturbate and OnlyFans on Italy’s new porn age verification list
Italy has become the latest country to toughen porn access laws, publishing a list of 45 sites that must introduce robust age…
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
Pornhub has seen its UK traffic plummet by 77 percent since age verification requirements took effect in July 2025 under the Online…
Man hit with record AUD $343,000 fine for posting deepfake porn in Australia
Australia just sent a powerful message to deepfake criminals. Anthony Rotondo copped a massive AUD $343,000 fine – the country's first major…
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…
UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
The UK’s communications regulation authority has launched age verification investigations into 22 porn sites, that collectively have over eight million unique monthly…
Sex robots should be designed to give consent, says law researcher
A Dutch legal researcher is proposing that AI-powered sex robots should be designed with explicit consent features—not because the robots need protection,…
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…
Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
The UK's new Online Safety Act has dramatically reshaped the digital landscape for adult content, with major porn platforms seeing their British…
‘Gross mistake’: Sex toy brand PinkPunch apologizes after employee sought partnership with a minor
PinkPunch, a sex toy brand known for its app-connected products, says a staffer "knowingly sought a partnership" with a minor. The company…
California bill would force AI companion chatbots to reduce addiction risk, disclose they’re bots, and provide suicide help—or face lawsuits
An AI companion chatbot bill has been proposed in California, which would force companies to take anti-user addiction measures, and for chatbots…
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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
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
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
Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
‘Gross mistake’: Sex toy brand PinkPunch apologizes after employee sought partnership with a minor
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
Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
Denmark to use copyright law to fight nonconsensual deepfakes
‘Ofcom’s model is robust’: Pornhub launching tougher age verification for UK users
Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Ofcom targets ‘smaller’ porn sites in UK age check crackdown
Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Legal scholars advocate criminalizing VR ‘rape’
Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn
UK regulator warns ‘hundreds’ of porn sites about looming age verification deadline
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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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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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