Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Huge deepfake porn site ‘Mr Deepfakes’ has shut down and ‘will not be relaunching’
Mr Deepfakes, once the world's largest deepfake porn platform with 13 million monthly visitors, has shut down permanently, citing a critical service provider termination and data loss.
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News ‘Legs open’, case closed? Four arrested in Japan for selling AI-generated porn
Tokyo police arrested four people in April 2025 for selling AI-generated porn posters with uncensored genitalia, reportedly Japan's first such arrests under existing obscenity law.
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News Dame adds $15 ‘Trump Tariff Surcharge’, Autoblow predicts further price chaos
Dame has added a $15 Trump Tariff Surcharge to orders, while Autoblow warns US sex toy prices could rise 2x–4x as China tariffs bite an industry with no domestic manufacturing alternative.
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News Sweden plans to criminalize paying for remote sex acts, sparking cam fears
Sweden's government has proposed expanding its sex purchase law to cover remote transactions, threatening to criminalize paying for cam shows or custom adult content from consenting creators.
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News Networking app Plaiir connects porn creators for sexy collabs
Plaiir, a networking app for adult creators seeking porn collaboration partners, launched in iOS beta in January 2025, with pricing starting at $9.90 per month and a $24.90 Pro tier.
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Analysis Rise of AI kissing apps creates tangle of ethics issues
AI kissing apps like Pollo.ai, Vidu, and Filmora are generating non-consensual deepfake videos without legal consequence, exposing a gap in existing deepfake laws that focus on explicit content.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Deepfake porn app claims to work with AI abuse victim organization, provides no evidence
Deepfake nudification app ClothOff claimed to fund AI abuse victims via a supposed nonprofit, ASU Label, which has no verifiable registration, no privacy policy, and a website built largely on AI-generated content.
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News ChatGPT now lets you write erotica, following guidelines update
OpenAI updated its Model Spec to permit erotica generation in limited contexts, stopping well short of full adult content but marking a measurable loosening of ChatGPT's long-standing restrictions.
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News Fears about Meta censoring women’s health content under Trump regime
Meta's algorithmic enforcement is blocking women's health content on Facebook and Instagram, with abortion pill providers and pelvic floor device makers reporting suspensions while erectile dysfunction ads run unchecked.
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News UK to criminalize owning AI tools designed to make child sexual abuse material, amid wider AI crackdown
The UK will become the first country to criminalize owning or distributing AI tools designed to generate CSAM, with sentences up to five years, as part of a wider crime and policing bill also
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage US and UK governments form online safety group to tackle generative AI risks
The US and UK governments launched a joint children's online safety working group targeting generative AI risks, deepfake abuse, and age verification enforcement across platforms.
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News Sex-positive industry coalition calls out ‘critical gap’ in EU AI regulation
The Digital Intimacy Coalition, 50 organizations strong, has sent an open letter to EU regulators demanding adult industry representation in AI Act discussions, warning that blanket censorship of sexual content risks marginalizing sex workers
