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 Aylo’s Utah lawsuit could have huge implications for VPN porn workarounds
Aylo has sued Utah over a law that holds porn sites responsible for age-verifying users who access their platforms via VPNs from outside the state, arguing it amounts to an unconstitutional global mandate. The
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News Kickstarter’s sweeping adult content ban has a sextech problem it hasn’t figured out yet
Kickstarter has rolled out a sweeping adult content ban developed 'in partnership with Stripe,' explicitly citing payment processor pressure as the driver of policy change. The ban targets NSFW comic artists and pornographic content,
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News Radiant Mobile wants to build a phone network ‘void of porn, LGBT, trans’
Radiant Mobile is launching a Christian mobile carrier in the US using non-bypassable network-level porn filtering powered by Israeli cybersecurity firm Allot, with LGBT and trans content also blocked by default. The network is
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road
This article examines how US states like Utah and Ohio are writing anti-VPN language into porn age verification legislation, closing a widely-used loophole that allowed users to bypass state-level ID requirements. It explores the
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
Aylo has blocked unverified UK users from its porn sites including Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn effective February 2, 2026, in response to tougher UK age verification requirements. The move is widely seen as a
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Analysis Pornhub 2025 Year In Review: Hentai, age verification and Coldplay
Pornhub's 2025 Year In Review data reveals how age verification laws have reshuffled global traffic rankings, dropping the UK and France significantly, while also highlighting cultural moments like the Coldplay CEO scandal driving search
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Porn company fined £1 million ($1.34M) by Ofcom for UK age verification breaches
Ofcom has fined AVS Group Ltd £1 million for failing to implement age verification on 18 porn sites, marking the largest penalty yet under the UK's Online Safety Act. The fine is over thirteen
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub, Chaturbate and OnlyFans on Italy’s new porn age verification list
Italy's communications regulator AGCOM has published a list of 45 porn sites, including Pornhub, OnlyFans, and Chaturbate, that must implement robust age verification by November 12, 2025, with fines up to €250,000 for non-compliance.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
UK regulator Ofcom has launched age verification investigations into 22 porn sites with over eight million combined monthly UK visitors, targeting platforms that saw traffic spikes after the July 25, 2025 age verification deadline.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Major porn platforms including Pornhub, XVideos, and xHamster lost nearly half their UK traffic within two weeks of the UK's Online Safety Act age verification requirements taking effect on July 25, 2025. The drop
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Bellesa blocks UK users, says age verification law threatens artistic expression and creator livelihoods
Bellesa has blocked UK users following the toughening of age verification laws on July 25, 2025, arguing the current site-level approach is flawed and harms creators' artistic expression and livelihoods. The site advocates for
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News Steam quietly bans adult content that violates credit card company rules
Steam has quietly introduced a policy banning adult content that violates the rules of its payment processors and card networks, resulting in the removal of games featuring incest and slave-themed content. The policy change
