Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Recent reporting, brand coverage, ongoing story threads, and source-backed context from SEXTECHGUIDE.
Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
46 entries in this thread.
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News Instagram to free (some) nipples, as board calls nudity policy ‘discriminatory’
Meta's Oversight Board ruled Instagram's female nipple ban 'discriminatory' and 'unworkable', recommending the platform extend nudity permissions to non-binary users on human rights grounds.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘There will be consequences’: Controversial Louisiana age verification law kicks in
Louisiana's HB142 age verification law took effect January 1, 2023, requiring porn sites to verify users via a digital driver's license app, with Pornhub already prompting Louisiana visitors to comply.
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News Instagram nudity blocker could mean an end to unsolicited dick pics (hopefully)
Instagram is developing a nudity-blocking filter for direct messages that would automatically screen unsolicited nude images, with Meta confirming the feature preserves user privacy by keeping filtered content invisible to the platform itself.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
French and German courts advanced porn-blocking measures in September 2022, with Arcom targeting Tukif, xHamster, XNXX, XVideos, and Pornhub over failure to implement age verification.
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News Pornhub banned from Instagram, cutting off access to over 13 million followers
Instagram banned Pornhub's account in September 2022, removing 13.1 million followers, after anti-porn campaigners reported it for violating community guidelines.
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage ‘Impossible to comply’: California passes bill that could set adult content age verification precedent
California's AB 2273 Age-Appropriate Design Code Act passed lawmakers in September 2022, with adult industry insiders warning its age verification requirements are effectively impossible to implement.
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News Twitter scrapped OnlyFans-style porn subscription function over child exploitation fears
Twitter scrapped its OnlyFans-style adult content subscription plan after internal documents revealed the platform couldn't adequately detect child sexual exploitation material, with 84% of NCMEC-reported content falling outside its PhotoDNA database.
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News OnlyBans is a game that mimics OnlyFans to teach about the strict limitations for sex workers on social media
OnlyBans, a browser game simulating OnlyFans built by sex worker collective Hacking//Hustling, teaches players about shadowbanning, facial recognition, and platform censorship through a $200 earning challenge.
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes ‘Collector culture’ exposed: Reddit is a rampant market for non-consensual nude photos
A BBC investigation found tens of thousands of Reddit users trading non-consensual nude photos alongside victims' personal details, with Reddit removing 88,000 such images in 2021 but failing to stop banned moderators from returning.
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News Lovehoney slams Google SafeSearch for ‘preventing sexual happiness’
Lovehoney claims Google SafeSearch has cost it one million customers since a 2021 update, and is pushing back publicly against what it calls inconsistent enforcement that harms legitimate adult retailers.
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News Porn site ads are being used to spread news about Russia’s war against Ukraine
Pro-Ukraine campaigners placed over 300 million ads on Russian porn and gambling sites by June 2022, exploiting lighter censorship enforcement to counter Kremlin propaganda.
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News OnlyFans blocks Russia-based creators (over payment problems, rather than morals)
OnlyFans blocked Russia-based creators over payment logistics after Visa and Mastercard pulled out of Russia, not as a political gesture despite the flag logo update.
