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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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Aylo (formerly MindGeek) has blocked Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers, and YouPorn in Montana and North Carolina following new state age verification laws, bringing the total number of blocked US states to six. The article covers
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News Aylo to pay millions of dollars in yet another Pornhub legal case
Aylo, Pornhub's owner, has agreed to pay $1.8 million to the US government plus additional payments to victims, after admitting to profiting from sex trafficking through its relationship with defunct studio GirlsDoPorn. The deferred
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Analysis Pornhub Insights 2023: Rise of the sex machines (and visitors)
Pornhub's annual Insights data report for 2023 reveals a dramatic surge in searches for robot, android, and sex machine content, alongside steady growth in site traffic despite significant legal and PR challenges. The article
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Opinion Pornhub’s righteous Terms of Service podcast has more moaning than meaning
A critical review of Pornhub's new podcast 'Terms of Service', hosted by Asa Akira and Pornhub's head of community Alexzandra Kekisi, which ostensibly aims to address censorship and sex worker issues but devolves into
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News Pornhub owner Aylo sued for alleged sex and human trafficking weeks after ‘ethical’ rebrand
Aylo, formerly MindGeek, faces a lawsuit from 62 women claiming the company knowingly profited from GirlsDoPorn content created through sex trafficking and fraud, failing to remove videos despite repeated requests. The suit, filed weeks
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘A positive step’: Pornhub’s ethical drive continues with revenge porn crackdown
Aylo, formerly MindGeek, has partnered with StopNCII.org to combat non-consensual intimate image abuse across its platforms including Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube. The partnership uses digital fingerprinting technology to flag and remove revenge porn content.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Australia rejects stricter age verification rules for access to porn, shunning global trends
Australia's government has declined to mandate age verification for pornography websites, citing privacy concerns and the ease of circumventing such measures via VPNs. Instead, it will pursue an industry code focused on parental education
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News Fresh start or same problems? Pornhub owner MindGeek becomes Aylo
MindGeek, the parent company of Pornhub, has rebranded as Aylo following its acquisition by self-described 'ethical' investment firm Ethical Capital Partners. The rebrand is framed as a fresh start after years of controversy over
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub blocked in Virginia and Mississippi over age verification
Pornhub has blocked access to its platform in Virginia and Mississippi following the implementation of state-level age verification laws, adding to earlier blocks in Utah and Louisiana in 2023. The company argues these laws
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Utah Pornhub block leaves fans scrambling for VPNs
Pornhub blocked access to its content in Utah following the state's new age verification law (S.B. 287), triggering a spike in VPN searches. Porn performer Cherie DeVille, featured in Pornhub's explanatory block page, argues
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Analysis Pornhub owner MindGeek acquired by ‘ethics-first’ investment firm
Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), a self-described 'ethics-first' private equity firm, acquired MindGeek on March 16, 2023, taking ownership of Pornhub and its network of adult sites. The article examines what the acquisition means for
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News Pornhub accuses mainstream social media of ‘discriminating’ against sex workers following YouTube ban
Pornhub's official YouTube channel was terminated in December 2022, completing a trio of major social media bans alongside TikTok and Instagram removals. Pornhub responded by framing the bans as industry-wide discrimination against sex workers,
