Pornhub accuses mainstream social media of ‘discriminating’ against sex workers following YouTube ban
Pornhub has accused social media companies of discriminating against the adult industry, and acting in a “dangerous and harmful” way towards sex…
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‘Real amateur homemade’: Pornhub’s 2022 year in review
The amount of people watching ‘reality porn’ on Pornhub shot up in 2022, with the porn site’s annual data wrap-up suggesting that…
Pornhub’s TikTok account removed, just months after being booted off Instagram
Pornhub’s official TikTok account has been taken down, just weeks after the porn site announced its arrival on the video sharing platform….
MindGeek bags $32 million and control of DaftSex domain in copyright win
MindGeek, the behemoth porn company that owns sites and studios including Pornhub, RedTube, YouPorn and Brazzers, has won a $32 million lawsuit…
India blocks Pornhub and Brazzers in ‘obscene material’ crackdown
India has blocked a slew of porn sites including Pornhub, Brazzers and BangBros in the government’s latest round of website bans. The…
France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
France and Germany’s crackdown on online porn intensified at the beginning of September 2022, with courts in the two countries pushing ahead…
Pornhub banned from Instagram, cutting off access to over 13 million followers
Pornhub’s Instagram account has been banned from the photo-sharing platform, where it had millions of followers, leading anti-Pornhub campaigners to claim a…
Mastercard and Visa cut ties with MindGeek’s massive ad network
Mastercard and Visa have pulled their payment services from the main advertising network used by MindGeek, owner of porn sites including Pornhub,…
xHamster blocked in Germany, stoking fears of further porn censorship
xHamster has been blocked in Germany by the country’s main internet service providers (ISPs), after the country’s Commission for Youth Media Protection…
Ukrainian and Russian creators turn to Pornhub to spread uncensored war info
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, porn creators in the latter country have been posting videos of city scenes during raid…
Age verification crackdown continues: France joins Germany in threatening to block porn sites
Pornhub, xHamster and Xvideos are among the porn sites at risk of being blocked in France, after authorities followed Germany in threatening…
Hentai and trans porn among most popular searches of 2021 on Pornhub
‘Hentai’ was the most-used search term on Pornhub in 2021, according to the MindGeek-owned site’s end of year wrap-up for 2021. According…
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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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