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 Pornhub will be blocked in over 25% of US states from July 1: Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska added to the growing list
Pornhub's parent company Aylo will block access to its sites in five additional US states (Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska) from July 1, 2024, due to new age verification laws, bringing the total
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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 In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Aylo (formerly MindGeek) has blocked Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers, and YouPorn in Montana and North Carolina following new state age verification laws, bringing the total number of blocked US states to six. The article covers
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News Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand
Aylo, formerly MindGeek, faces a lawsuit from 62 women claiming the company knowingly profited from GirlsDoPorn content created through sex trafficking and fraud, failing to remove videos despite repeated requests. The suit, filed weeks
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘A positive step’: Pornhub’s ethical drive continues with revenge porn crackdown
Aylo, formerly MindGeek, has partnered with StopNCII.org to combat non-consensual intimate image abuse across its platforms including Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube. The partnership uses digital fingerprinting technology to flag and remove revenge porn content.
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News Fresh start or same problems? Pornhub owner MindGeek becomes Aylo
MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub, has rebranded as Aylo following its acquisition by self-described 'ethical' investment firm Ethical Capital Partners. The rebrand is framed as a fresh start after years of controversy over
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News MindGeek bags $32 million and control of DaftSex domain in copyright win
MindGeek won a $32 million default judgment against pirate site DaftSex and its alleged operator Vasily Kharchenko for uploading 2,143 copyrighted videos, with the court also ordering transfer of DaftSex's domains to MindGeek. The
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News Mastercard and Visa cut ties with MindGeek’s massive ad network
Mastercard and Visa have severed payment services from TrafficJunky, MindGeek's advertising network, following a judge's refusal to drop Visa as a defendant in a sexual abuse case involving a minor's video uploaded to Pornhub.
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News MindGeek settles with 50 women suing over GirlsDoPorn and Pornhub
MindGeek has settled with 50 women who sued the company after being coerced or deceived into appearing in GirlsDoPorn videos that were subsequently hosted on Pornhub. The settlement terms remain confidential, though the original
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Analysis How Pornhub uses data to tailor-make content for you
This article examines how Pornhub's parent company MindGeek uses granular user viewing data to produce algorithmically tailored porn content at scale, retaining users without selling their data to third-party advertisers. It explores the A/B
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News YouPorn cuts back on ads, introduces new filter option on mobile
YouPorn has updated its mobile site to remove intrusive ads including pop-unders and banner ads, which now account for 76.5% of all traffic, while also adding new category filtering options. The move represents a
