Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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porn
Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
46 entries in this thread.
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News Pornhub says shutdown petition is ‘intentionally misleading’
Pornhub VP Blake White fired back at a 352,000-signature shutdown petition, calling it 'intentionally misleading' and attacking organizer Exodus Cry as a far-right anti-LGBTQ group.
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News Utah insists porn must carry a health warning (but polygamy is still fine)
Utah passed a bill requiring health warnings on adult content sites, with a $2,500 fine for non-compliance, hours after decriminalizing consensual polygamy.
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News California lawmakers propose licensing and registration for all adult performers – including on webcam
California's Assembly Bill would require all adult performers, including cam models, to obtain a state license backed by fingerprinting and a paid training course, drawing opposition from performer union APAG.
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News xHamster’s interactive sex history calendar is a lot more educational than you’d think
xHamster launched an interactive sex history calendar marking 50 years since Denmark's Sex 69 expo, logging nearly 100 milestones in sexual liberation history.
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Analysis How Pornhub uses data to tailor-make content for you
Pornhub's 2018 year-in-review data exposes how MindGeek monetizes user behavior in-house, using second-by-second viewing data to script and produce targeted content without ever selling data to advertisers.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage As 2019 approaches, there’s still no answer to who will be in charge of UK’s porn database
The UK's Digital Economy Act age verification mandate missed its April 2018 deadline and its December 2018 deadline, now pushed to April 2019, with no clarity on which regulator is responsible for protecting the
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Opinion Is Tumblr’s total ban on ‘adult’ content really for its users, or its shareholders?
Tumblr banned all adult content effective December 17, 2018, after Apple pulled the app over child sexual abuse material, putting 558 million monthly visitors and a large sex-positive creator community at risk.
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Review BaDoinkVIP Video Downloader: App summary and download links
BaDoinkVIP's video downloader app offers mobile and desktop downloads for subscribers, with VR porn access and support for Roku, Chromecast, and major consoles bundled into its catalog of 65,000+ scenes.
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Review VirtualTaboo review: Impressive VR porn scenes in up to 7K
VirtualTaboo offers taboo-themed VR porn scenes in up to 7K resolution, with solid performer variety and consistent quality, though limited filtering and no teledildonic support hold it back.
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Review BaDoinkVR review: Excellent ‘virtual theater’ mode
BaDoinkVR earns a solid recommendation on the strength of its Virtual Theater gaze-navigation mode, interactive toy sync, and Super Bundle value, though its catalog size trails rivals like VirtualRealPorn.
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Opinion Nope, people watching porn isn’t a ‘public health crisis’
Claims that porn is a public health crisis driving sexual violence lack robust evidence; research points to individual risk factors, not consumption, as the relevant variable.
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Opinion In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Porn warps culture’ is not an argument that justifies erosion of privacy
The UK's incoming age verification rules will push porn viewing into databases and card statements, trading real privacy risks for ineffective child protection.
