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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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Pajaporte’: Spain’s ‘porn passport’ age verification app is launching this summer
Spain is launching a digital 'porn passport' app called Pajaporte this summer, requiring users to verify their age via a government-issued ID through a Beta Digital Wallet app to access adult content. The initiative
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Google is cracking down on deepfake porn via Search throttling and advert bans
Google has implemented two key measures to combat deepfake porn: throttling its visibility in search results and banning ads that promote synthetic sexually explicit content via a policy effective May 30, 2024. The article
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Opinion India’s sextech revolution is breaking taboos and empowering intimacy
This article examines India's emerging sextech industry, highlighting how startups are challenging deep-rooted cultural taboos around sexuality through mobile apps, adult products, and sexual health education. It covers the market's projected growth to $2.09
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News OpenAI’s Sora AI video model could allow nudity, the company says
OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati has indicated that the forthcoming Sora AI video generation model may allow nudity and potentially adult content, unlike the company's famously restrictive ChatGPT. The article examines the implications of this
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas
Aylo has blocked access to Pornhub and its sister sites in Texas following the state's introduction of mandatory age verification laws for online porn, with Texas AG Ken Paxton filing a lawsuit against the
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News Aylo wins millions of dollars in copyright infringement case
Aylo (formerly MindGeek) has been awarded $2,157,000 in statutory damages plus legal fees in a California copyright infringement case against the operators of the pirate porn site Good Porn. The ruling is notable given
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News Aylo to pay millions of dollars in yet another Pornhub legal case
Aylo, Pornhub's owner, has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the US government plus additional payments to victims, after admitting to profiting from sex trafficking through its relationship with defunct studio GirlsDoPorn. The deferred
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage New Mexico claims there’s 10x more ‘child exploitative content’ on Instagram and Facebook than Pornhub or OnlyFans
New Mexico's attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Meta, alleging that Facebook and Instagram host over ten times more child exploitative content than Pornhub and OnlyFans. The suit claims Meta's platforms fail to
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News ‘Like destroying the universe because it contains evil’: Video chat site Omegle shut down
Omegle, the random video chat platform, shut down after years of being associated with sexual predators and child exploitation, with founder Leif K-Brooks citing an unwinnable battle against legal pressure and public perception. The
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News Womanizer awarded $12.8M in sextech copycat lawsuit
WOW Tech Group, makers of the Womanizer sextech range, won a $12.8 million jury verdict against EIS Inc, makers of Satisfyer devices, after EIS originally sued WOW Tech in 2018. The counterclaim centered on
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News Anti-porn ‘shameware’ app being used to spy on alleged criminals’ families
A Wired investigation reveals that Covenant Eyes, an anti-porn 'shameware' app marketed to parents and churches, has been used by parole officers in at least five US states to monitor the phones of probationers'
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘Irrevocable harm’: US bill would criminalize sharing non-consensual deepfake porn
A US bill introduced by Congressman Joe Morelle in May 2023 would criminalize the creation and sharing of non-consensual deepfake pornography, enabling both criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits against offenders while protecting victim anonymity.
