Anonymous messaging app Kik closes tomorrow, swapping kink community for crypto
Anonymous messaging app Kik will be shutting down on September 27 to focus its efforts on fighting for the survival of its…
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The patent that stifled sextech startups has expired, but there could be more trouble ahead
In 1998 – before Google, Facebook, or before any of the internet giants became giants – a patent was filed in the…
UK’s age verification porn plans delayed until end of 2018
The UK government has been forced to admit that its controversial plans to enforce a mandated age-gate system on any website that…
We-Vibe court case for snooping on vibrator usage ends in $3m settlement
WeVibe has ended a class action lawsuit against it with a settlement of $3 million.
Class Action lawsuit filed against We-Vibe for collecting vibrator data
A class action lawsuit has been filed against smart vibrator manufacturer We-Vibe in the US over its collection of data of its…
You’ll soon be able to have VR sex with webcam models
Adult webcam platform CamSoda [NSFW] has joined forces with teledildonics company Kiiroo to create an experience that combines virtual reality (VR) webcam shows…
Australian faces 3 years in jail for sexual threats after seeing this woman’s Tinder profile
Australian Zane Alchin has plead guilty to making sexual threats and other derogatory comments at a woman he didn’t know via social…
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VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road
Aylo blocks Australians from RedTube and YouPorn while calling age verification ‘harmful and ineffective’
Porn company fined £1 million ($1.34M) by Ofcom for UK age verification breaches
OnlyFans introduces compulsory criminal record checks for US creators
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
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Long-running editorial threads we keep updating as new evidence lands.
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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 DeepNude's brief viral run through today's nudify apps, following the law as it…
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