California and Colorado will require age verification at device setup for Windows, iOS, and macOS
Apple, Google, and Microsoft are being nudged toward becoming the internet's new age gatekeepers, starting with two states and a lot of…
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Aylo lobbies Apple, Google and Microsoft for device-level porn age verification
The company behind Pornhub has written to the world's biggest tech companies asking them to implement age verification at the device level….
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
Pornhub has seen its UK traffic plummet by 77 percent since age verification requirements took effect in July 2025 under the Online…
The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
From July 25, accessing porn in the UK will no longer be as simple as ticking a box. Sites will require robust…
An $8 billion OnlyFans sale would prove the creator economy has beaten Big Media
An $8 billion OnlyFans sale wouldn’t just be the biggest media deal of 2025—it would signal that direct creator monetization has officially…
Pornhub 2024 in Review: Female users up, animated porn dominates, and an increase in ‘mormon’ searches
The amount of female Pornhub users grew in 2024, compared to the amount of male users of the site, as revealed by…
Pornhub will be blocked in over 25% of US states from July 1: Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska added to the growing list
Pornhub has announced that the site is set to be blocked in five further US states in summer 2024, due to new…
Chaturbate’s Texas lawsuit payout shows US is serious about age verification
The owner of the adult camming site Chaturbate [very NSFW] has reached a $675,000 legal settlement with the State of Texas, over…
VR porn in sperm banks? More signs of adult VR going mainstream
One of the biggest challenges the VR porn industry faces is the relatively low mainstream adoption rate of VR headsets in homes….
Queering adult content: recategorizing porn for the ethically-curious
When it comes to the broad spectrum of human sexuality, labeling and categorizing our vast preferences and complex identities can be limiting,…
‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas
Aylo has disabled access to all its porn sites, which include Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn, in Texas, due to the state’s introduction…
Aylo wins millions of dollars in copyright infringement case
Aylo, the owner of Pornhub and a firm accused in its previous guise MindGeek of building its success in part on copyright…
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Pornhub 2024 in Review: Female users up, animated porn dominates, and an increase in ‘mormon’ searches
12 votesThe amount of female Pornhub users grew in 2024, compared to the amount of male users of the site, as revealed by…
‘Real amateur homemade’: Pornhub’s 2022 year in review
8 votesThe amount of people watching ‘reality porn’ on Pornhub shot up in 2022, with the porn site’s annual data wrap-up suggesting that…
Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
5 votesPornhub has kicked off 2024 by blocking the site in Montana and North Carolina due to new age verification rules, following the…
Pornhub colorized historical porn using AI trained with ‘turn-of-the-century bush’
5 votesPornhub has used artificial intelligence (AI) to remaster and colorize a series of historical erotic and porn films, dating back as far…
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Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Aylo to pay millions of dollars in yet another Pornhub legal case
Pornhub Insights 2023: Rise of the sex machines (and visitors)
Pornhub’s righteous Terms of Service podcast has more moaning than meaning
Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand
‘A positive step’: Pornhub’s ethical drive continues with revenge porn crackdown
Australia rejects stricter age verification rules for access to porn, shunning global trends
Fresh start or same problems? Pornhub owner MindGeek becomes Aylo
Pornhub blocked in Virginia and Mississippi over age verification
Utah Pornhub block leaves fans scrambling for VPNs
Pornhub owner MindGeek acquired by ‘ethics-first’ investment firm
Pornhub accuses mainstream social media of ‘discriminating’ against sex workers following YouTube ban
‘Real amateur homemade’: Pornhub’s 2022 year in review
Pornhub’s TikTok account removed, just months after being booted off Instagram
MindGeek bags $32 million and control of DaftSex domain in copyright win
India blocks Pornhub and Brazzers in ‘obscene material’ crackdown
France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
Pornhub banned from Instagram, cutting off access to over 13 million followers
Mastercard and Visa cut ties with MindGeek’s massive ad network
xHamster blocked in Germany, stoking fears of further porn censorship
Ukrainian and Russian creators turn to Pornhub to spread uncensored war info
Age verification crackdown continues: France joins Germany in threatening to block porn sites
Hentai and trans porn among most popular searches of 2021 on Pornhub
Germany moves closer to banning Pornhub and YouPorn
SugarBounce is building a blockchain-based porn network that’s a bit like Chaturbate, Pornhub and OnlyFans combined
MindGeek settles with 50 women suing over GirlsDoPorn and Pornhub
Mastercard under pressure to end ‘discrimination’ against sex workers
All aboard the Boob Bus: A brief history of Pornhub (2007 – 2021)
World’s first porn tube site shutting down on September 5
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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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