Iowa governor hopeful Zach Lahn’s ‘not a sex toy’ defense runs into FirmTech’s archived blog
FirmTech won an XBIZ award for 'Most Innovative Sex Toy of the Year' while Zach Lahn sat on its board. Now he's…
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The gender politics of sextech: Technology can reinforce or subvert traditional gender roles in sex
Who better to discuss gender politics than me, a wealthy, able-bodied, straight, white man? Perhaps that shouldn’t matter. Ideally, we would approach…
Sextech in Africa: Addressing current barriers to innovation (Part 2)
Part 1 of this three-part article series started by exploring the state of sextech globally with a focus on Africa, particularly contrasting…
Political filters on dating apps might be preventing you finding your dream relationship, experts suggest
Do you swipe according to your political view? If the answer is a resounding yes, could your political pickiness be a factor…
Japan’s putting $19M into AI dating to stem population decline
As one of the fastest declining populations, with its number expected to halve by 2100, Japan’s government is resorting to tech as…
China cracks down on deepfake technology, driven by politics not porn
China plans to enforce new deepfake regulations from January 2020.
UK to review laws around deepfake and revenge porn
The UK government’s Law Commission will soon begin reviewing the laws around the taking and sharing of “non-consensual intimate images” as part…
RedTube predicts Trump victory from survey of 1m visitors (but that’s not entirely surprising)
RedTube didn’t exactly endorse the result, but it is reporting (NSFW, obviously) that across a three-week survey of one million users to its…
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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 the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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