Dating appdates (Sep ’26): Bumble lets men go first, Stud or Dud vets your dates, and TikTok hits pause
Also this month: TikTok's raunchy live dating test, Goose loses its famous face, Hinge turns real love stories into an audiobook, and…
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Dating appdates (Aug ’26): Overtone’s vague ‘elimination’ plan and chatfishing’s rise
Also this month: friends and family get a say on your Hinge profile, South Australia plans a nation-first dating app ban for…
China bans AI companions that cultivate dependency, but sex robots seemingly sit outside the rules
Providers can no longer build AI companions designed to cultivate emotional dependence, under-18s are barred from virtual intimate relationships, and platforms have…
Australia’s eSafety commissioner says age assurance is working, and VPNs are next
The eSafety commissioner insists the top five porn sites haven't lost users to shadier rivals, but VPN downloads spiked anyway, and Utah's…
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…
DOJ seizes CFake.com and SOCFake.com in first site shutdowns under the Take It Down Act
Two longstanding fake-nude sites have been seized by the Justice Department following an arrest in France, as enforcement under last year's deepfake…
Two men charged under Take It Down Act as US deepfake law finally bites
The Take It Down Act has its first defendants, but the same critics who warned about over-removal are watching to see whether…
Apple and Google app stores ‘elevate and promote’ AI nudify apps, new report finds
The Tech Transparency Project found 31 AI nudify apps rated suitable for minors, apps with 483 million combined downloads, and both stores…
ChatGPT shelved adult chat indefinitely as Claude gets wired to vibrators
OpenAI's pivot toward business and enterprise users may explain why erotic ChatGPT got quietly buried, even as hobbyist coders are routing Claude…
Smaller US-based creators are taking the biggest hit as porn restrictions bite into independent incomes
SWR Data's 2025 survey of around 550 mostly US-based adult creators shows the income gap widening fastest for smaller earners. Creators making…
AI companion apps with 150 million downloads shipped with security so bad hackers could read your sexts
A security audit of 17 AI chatbot apps found hardcoded credentials, exposed cloud databases, and at least six apps where hackers could…
OpenAI’s erotic chatbot is coming, but its age verification isn’t great, insiders say
OpenAI has confirmed its adult ChatGPT mode is text-only, erotic but not pornographic, and designed to nudge users toward real-world relationships. An…
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Deepfake porn fears: AI-generated faces as realistic as real faces, research finds
20 votesResearchers studying images of faces created by artificial intelligence (AI) have called for new guidelines in the face of the potential misuse…
UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
12 votesThe UK government has said that the country will become the first to criminalize owning, making or distributing AI tools that are…
US plans to introduce watermark rules for AI images and videos
10 votesThe US government has introduced new AI regulation that will give guidance on watermarking AI-generated content, that could theoretically lead to deepfake…
Discord age verification is coming in March, and adult communities aren’t happy about it
9 votesDiscord's upcoming age verification rollout — requiring face scans or ID for adult content access — has users worried about privacy, security,…
ChatGPT now lets you write erotica, following guidelines update
9 votesIt just got a tad easier to generate erotic chat on ChatGPT, with OpenAI releasing new guidelines about creating such content in…
Creating an eco-friendly sex tech industry: sustainable values or greenwashing tactics?
7 votes‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas When you think of sustainability, the first…
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Naughty teddy: Age-restricted AI chatbots are being used in children’s toys
Discord age verification is coming in March, and adult communities aren’t happy about it
Ofcom promises more fines as Pornhub blocks unverified UK users
Apple and Google ignored own policies while nudify apps hit 700 million downloads
Safe, legal, and still a risk: How the DSA is policing pleasure
FCKSPACE launches as porn-friendly ‘Airbnb for adult creators’
Pornhub 2025 Year In Review: Hentai, age verification and Coldplay
Porn company fined £1 million ($1.34M) by Ofcom for UK age verification breaches
AI teddy bear toy pulled from sale after giving advice on bondage and sex positions
Character.AI bans open-ended chats for under-18s as tech giants split on erotic AI
Pornhub says UK traffic dropped 77% after age verification laws as users flock to non-compliant sites
ChatGPT will guess your age to block sexual content and ‘flirtatious talk’
Australia will require age checks for online porn from March 2026
UK watchdog investigates 22 porn sites over age verification failures
Sex robots should be designed to give consent, says law researcher
Meta retrains AI chatbots to prevent ‘sensual’ conversations with children
Dating appdates (Aug ’25): ‘Male’ rival to Tea app, browser history dating, Grindr’s zionist issue, and more
Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Grok’s ‘spicy’ AI video tool is already controversial (obviously)
Itch.io temporarily removes all NSFW adult games, as credit card rules bite
Steam quietly bans adult content that violates credit card company rules
Bluesky and Reddit add ID and facial scans to verify age for UK porn access, X stays silent
The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Sextech ethics and censorship to be debated at Sex Down South 2025 event in Atlanta
Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
YouTube experiments with blurring thumbnails of ‘mature’ videos
Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
