Age verification
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Image-based sexual abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub blocks France: ‘There will always be a way’ around blocks, Minister admits
Aylo blocked access to Pornhub and its other porn sites in France on June 4, 2025, in protest of new laws requiring per-session age verification via official ID or credit cards. France's digital minister
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK regulator warns ‘hundreds’ of porn sites about looming age verification deadline
Ofcom has sent warning letters to 'hundreds' of porn sites about a July 25, 2025 deadline for implementing 'highly effective' age verification under the UK's Online Safety Act. Non-compliant sites face fines of up
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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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Review ‘Shariah compliant’ anti-porn browser promises Islam-friendly internet (results vary)
SEXTECHGUIDE reviews Kahf Browser, a 'Shariah compliant' browser extension and app from Turkish startup Halalz, designed to block porn and other haram content for Muslim users. Testing revealed significant gaps in its filtering capabilities,
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes India blocks Pornhub and Brazzers in ‘obscene material’ crackdown
India's Ministry of Electronics and IT blocked 67 adult websites including Pornhub, Brazzers, BangBros, AdultFriendFinder, and Chaturbate in September 2022, citing 'obscene material' that tarnishes women's modesty. The move brings India's total banned porn
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage xHamster blocked in Germany, stoking fears of further porn censorship
xHamster has been blocked in Germany by major ISPs after the country's Commission for Youth Media Protection ruled the site violated the Youth Media Protection State Treaty by lacking mandatory age verification. The block
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Age Verification: UK government takes aim at social media platforms hosting porn
The UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is proposing an expansion of the Online Safety Bill to require social media platforms hosting porn, such as Twitter and Reddit, to implement robust
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News Almost every big Android porn-blocking app mistakenly censors sex-ed and LGBT+ content
New research from Top10VPN tested 12 popular Android parental control apps and found that 11 out of 12 incorrectly block legitimate sexual health and LGBT+ websites approved by US and UK governments, with overblocking
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Australian government wants to link facial recognition to watching porn… what could go wrong?!
The Australian Department of Home Affairs is proposing facial recognition technology linked to government identity documents as a mechanism for age verification before accessing online pornography. The article contextualizes this against the UK's recent
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK drops beleaguered porn block, but hints at ‘chilling’ potential future plans
The UK government has shelved Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017, abandoning its mandatory age verification scheme for online pornography. Instead, the objectives will be folded into broader Online Harms legislation, raising
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK’s controversial porn block plans could come into force sooner under no-deal Brexit
The UK's mandatory Age Verification measures for online pornography could come into force sooner than expected if the UK exits the EU without a formal Withdrawal Agreement, as a No-Deal Brexit would void the
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage UK’s farcical porn block plan delayed yet again
The UK government's mandatory age verification scheme for pornographic websites has been delayed indefinitely after failing to notify the European Commission as legally required. This marks at least the third major delay to the
