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 OpenAI ‘exploring’ possibility of allowing NSFW ChatGPT content (but don’t expect porn)
OpenAI's Model Spec document floats the possibility of NSFW ChatGPT output via API, while the company explicitly rules out AI-generated porn or deepfakes.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes Creating non-consensual deepfakes to be made illegal in England and Wales, but there are still gray areas
England and Wales will criminalize the creation of non-consensual deepfake porn under a criminal justice bill amendment, though prosecution requires proof of malicious intent.
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News OpenAI’s Sora AI video model could allow nudity, the company says
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati said the company hasn't decided whether Sora, its AI video model, will allow nudity, raising the stakes around deepfake safety at a politically charged moment.
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Feature Creating an eco-friendly sex tech industry: sustainable values or greenwashing tactics?
The sextech industry's $35 billion market generates significant waste, with brands like Ohhcean and Love Not War pushing genuine sustainability while greenwashing from less committed competitors muddies the waters for consumers.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Providing ID for online porn every time is not a solution’: Pornhub disabled in Texas
Aylo disabled Pornhub and its sister sites in Texas after Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the company for violating the state's age verification law, joining six other blocked US states.
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News X introduced porn and nudity content warnings (but it’s not really working)
X made content warnings mandatory for nudity and porn in January 2024, but a same-day search turned up untagged hardcore content while innocuous posts got flagged instead.
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News AI image generator PromptAI is somehow now available on Apple’s App Store
PromptAI, an AI porn image generator, passed Apple's App Store review despite generating explicit content within seconds of download, exposing a gap between Apple's stated content policies and actual enforcement.
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News ‘Like destroying the universe because it contains evil’: Video chat site Omegle shut down
Omegle shut down after a lawsuit from an abuse survivor and years of criticism over child safety failures, with founder Leif K-Brooks framing the closure as a defeat in a broader war on the
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes US plans to introduce watermark rules for AI images and videos
President Biden's executive order directs federal agencies to develop watermarking standards for AI-generated content, a move with direct implications for identifying deepfake porn.
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Opinion TikTok’s reported LGBTQ+ Kenya censorship plan shows its hypocrisy
TikTok is reportedly negotiating an LGBTQ+ content censorship plan with Kenyan authorities, a move that exposes the platform's pattern of accommodating authoritarian governments at the expense of vulnerable communities.
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News ‘No results’: Threads is still blocking searches for sex, sexual health and porn
Meta's Threads was still blocking searches for 'sex', 'sexual health', and 'porn' a week after the company described the restrictions as temporary, with no timeline for removal.
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News Nissan and Kia can collect and potentially sell data about drivers’ sex lives
Mozilla's Privacy Not Included report found all 25 car brands it tested over-collect personal data, with Nissan and Kia explicitly reserving the right to collect and sell data on drivers' sex lives and sexual
