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 Major porn sites lose nearly half their UK traffic after new age verification laws (but smaller sites grow)
Pornhub and XVideos each lost 47% of UK daily traffic in two weeks after the Online Safety Act's age verification rules took effect July 25, while smaller, less-regulated sites grew.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Grok’s ‘spicy’ AI video tool is already controversial (obviously)
xAI's Grok Imagine launched with a 'spicy' mode that can generate topless deepfakes of real people including Taylor Swift, raising immediate legal and consent concerns.
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News Itch.io temporarily removes all NSFW adult games, as credit card rules bite
Itch.io deindexed all adult games after payment processor pressure, restoring free titles but blocking paid content pending compliance reviews from Stripe and PayPal.
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News Steam quietly bans adult content that violates credit card company rules
Steam banned adult games violating payment processor rules, removing incest and slave-themed content under pressure from credit card networks rather than its own policy.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Bluesky and Reddit add ID and facial scans to verify age for UK porn access, X stays silent
Bluesky and Reddit announced age verification tools for UK users under the Online Safety Act's July 2025 deadline, while X has said nothing.
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Analysis In Age verification: decade of coverage The UK’s new age verification law for porn starts July 25, 2025: Here’s what it means for users
UK age verification for porn takes effect July 25, 2025 under the Online Safety Act, requiring ID, face scans, or bank card checks, with Ofcom empowered to fine platforms up to 10% of global
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Australia introducing search engine age verification as part of porn crackdown
Australia's eSafety Commissioner has mandated search engine age verification by end of 2025, with fines up to AUD $49.5 million per breach for non-compliance.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub-owner Aylo calls for ‘global’ device-level age verification for porn, after unblocking French access
Aylo reinstated French access to Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube after a Paris court suspended France's age verification decree, using the moment to push its case for device-level age verification implemented globally.
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News Sextech ethics and censorship to be debated at Sex Down South 2025 event in Atlanta
Sex Down South's 11th annual Atlanta conference (September 4-6) will host a sextech ethics panel covering legislation, platform censorship, and venture capital, organized by SexTech n' Chill.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Australia seeks record fine in first deepfake porn case as global crackdown intensifies
Australia's eSafety Commissioner is seeking a record AUD $450,000 fine against Anthony Rotondo in the country's first deepfake porn prosecution, using Mr Deepfakes as the test case for whether financial penalties can deter non-consensual
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News Sweden criminalizes paying for online sex acts, putting live cam and OnlyFans users at risk of prison
Sweden's parliament passed a law effective July 1, 2025 criminalizing remote sex act purchases, putting cam site and OnlyFans users at risk of up to a year in prison.
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News YouTube experiments with blurring thumbnails of ‘mature’ videos
YouTube is testing blurred thumbnails for videos flagged as sexually themed but within community guidelines, a move that could reshape how borderline content gets surfaced on the platform.
