Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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Social Media
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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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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Roundup Dating appdate (July 2023): Raw photos, Bumble rival, and Musk’s ‘Twinder’?
A July 2023 roundup covers five dating app developments: Raw's daily selfie format, Flure's female-first invite model, Wink's teen safety failures, Musk floating a Twitter dating feature, and AI chatbots powering scam profiles.
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Feature ‘Dolls doing your bidding’: NPC TikTok has camming crossover appeal
NPC TikTok streaming, led by Montreal-based Pinkydoll earning up to $3,000 per session, is drawing comparisons to camming and sparking debate about sex work stigma.
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News Reddit now ‘officially’ allows AI porn, but non-consensual deepfakes are still banned
Reddit officially permits AI-generated porn featuring fictional characters, lifting its blanket ban while maintaining prohibitions on non-consensual deepfakes, with no clear verification mechanism for claimed consent.
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Feature ‘Like my bikini?’ Next wave of sexualized AI-generated influencers arrives
A new wave of sexualized, fully AI-generated female influencers appeared on social media from spring 2023, some linked to an agency called Rebel Runway, targeting male followers with bikini photos and paid adult content.
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News Porn subreddits ‘go dark’ in protest of incoming third-party porn ban (and other changes)
Thousands of Reddit subreddits, including major adult communities, went private for 48 hours to protest new API pricing and a July 5 ban on explicit content in third-party apps.
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News Green screen ‘streaming undies’ let you watch video on your partner’s crotch, should you feel the need
Maison Pixel's $22 green-screen underwear uses an Instagram filter to project video onto the wearer's crotch, a gimmick the brand frames as commentary on phone obsession.
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News Twitter opens paywall Subscriptions function to all adult creators
Twitter opened its Subscriptions paywall to all users, giving adult creators a direct monetization route on the platform for the first time, though iOS and Android app store cuts leave creators with 70 percent
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News Imgur says goodbye to sexually explicit content (unless it’s arty)
Imgur will purge sexually explicit content under new terms effective May 15, 2023, ending a policy that had made it one of the few mainstream platforms still tolerating porn.
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News Playboy magazine returns (kind of) with new digital edition to support creator platform
Playboy is launching a digital magazine tied to a rebrand of its OnlyFans rival Centerfold, blurring the line between editorial content and its adult creator subscription platform.
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News Slinky Winky lets porn creators sell content to fans through Telegram
Slinky Winky launches a Telegram-based platform letting adult creators charge fans for sexts, voice calls, and video, taking a 30% cut while sidestepping Apple's App Store restrictions on adult content.
