Porn laws

US Take It Down Act bans sharing non-consensual explicit or deepfake content, forces sites to remove flagged posts within 48h; violators face up to 3 yrs jail.

Four people have been arrested in Japan for selling what is alleged to be AI-generated images that break the country’s obscenity laws.

Texas proposes Senate Bill 3003 to require age verification for online sales of sex toys, sparking debate on privacy, freedoms and penalties for non-compliance.

A popular ‘nudifier’ app says that it is working with an organization that helps victims of AI-based abuse, but declined to show any proof of its activity.

UK law proposes up to two years in prison for creating deepfake pornography, aiming to combat digital exploitation and protect individuals’ rights.

US and UK form a task force to boost online child safety, targeting AI deepfake abuse and enforcing stricter age verification on adult content.

The Digital Intimacy Coalition is urging regulators to include sex-positive voices in AI discussions, highlighting concerns over censorship and representation.

California’s new law protects performers from AI exploitation, ensuring consent for digital replicas. Key changes for content creators effective 2025.

South Korea plans to criminalize watching or possessing sexually explicit deepfakes, amid rising digital sex crimes, with penalties up to three years in prison.

Microsoft partners with StopNCII to combat non-consensual deepfake porn on Bing, enhancing efforts to protect victims and curb digital sex crimes.

Spain is almost ready to start rolling out its first age verification app, which users will need to register with in order to visit explicit adult sites.

Google is banning ads that promote deepfake pornography, as well as lowering the rank of such pages in its organic search results, as part of new measures.