Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
This article examines the UK's Online Safety Act age verification requirements taking effect July 25, 2025, which will compel porn sites and social media platforms to implement robust ID, facial scanning, or bank card
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has introduced a new Online Safety Code requiring search engines to implement age verification by end of 2025, restricting minors' access to pornographic and high-impact violent content in search results. Non-compliant
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News Denmark to use copyright law to fight nonconsensual deepfakes
Denmark plans to amend copyright law in 2025 to grant individuals legal rights over their facial features, body, and voice, creating a new mechanism to combat nonconsensual deepfake porn. The law would allow victims
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Ofcom’s model is robust’: Pornhub launching tougher age verification for UK users
Aylo has confirmed it will implement Ofcom-approved age verification on its UK porn sites, including Pornhub, by the July 25 deadline set under the UK Online Safety Act. This marks a departure from Aylo's
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, has renewed its call for device-level age verification to be implemented globally after reinstating access to its sites in France following a court suspension of the French government's
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Ofcom targets ‘smaller’ porn sites in UK age check crackdown
Ofcom has launched investigations into two niche porn sites, FTVGirls and FTVMilfs, alongside seven file-sharing services and 4chan, signaling that the UK regulator's Online Safety Act enforcement extends beyond major platforms. The investigations send
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News Meta sues over AI ‘nudify’ app adverts flooding Instagram
Meta has filed a lawsuit against Joy Timeline HK Limited, the Hong Kong-based company behind CrushAI nudify apps, seeking $289,200 in damages after CBS News exposed hundreds of nudify app adverts flooding Instagram, Facebook,
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Aylo blocked access to Pornhub and its other porn sites in France on June 4, 2025, in protest of new laws requiring per-session age verification via official ID or credit cards. France's digital minister
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is pursuing a record AUD $450,000 fine against Anthony Rotondo in the country's first deepfake porn court case, after he posted nonconsensual deepfake images of prominent women on the now-defunct Mr
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub among porn sites investigated by EU authorities over age verification
The European Commission has launched formal investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected non-compliance with age verification requirements under the Digital Services Act. The probe could result in fines of up to
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News 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 effective July 1, 2025, criminalizing the purchase of remote sexual services, which encompasses live cam sites and platforms like OnlyFans. The law targets buyers rather than sex
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Undress.cc and US porn site investigated by Ofcom over new age verification rules
Ofcom has opened investigations into Itai Tech Ltd (operator of AI nudify apps including Undress.cc) and US-based Score Internet Group LLC (operator of Scoreland.com) for failing to implement adequate age verification under the UK's
