Hidden launches as TikTok-style ‘anti-OnlyFans’ platform run by sex workers
A new TikTok-style adult content platform called Hidden is positioning itself as the anti-OnlyFans, with porn creator Stella Barey at the helm…
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TikTok’s reported LGBTQ+ Kenya censorship plan shows its hypocrisy
TikTok chiefs and Kenyan authorities are reportedly in talks about censoring LGBTQ+ content on the platform in the country, after a Kenyan…
‘Dolls doing your bidding’: NPC TikTok has camming crossover appeal
Historically, there’s been a clear divide between adult live streaming (explicit camming) and social media platform TikTok, given TikTok’s strict rules against…
From 4nal to vulv4: anti-censorship ‘d1ck-tionary’ for iOS devices aimed at avoiding shadowbans
A new anti-censorship ‘d1ck-tionary’ tool aimed at helping those who need to discuss sex on social media, such as sexfluencers and sex…
Pornhub accuses mainstream social media of ‘discriminating’ against sex workers following YouTube ban
Pornhub has accused social media companies of discriminating against the adult industry, and acting in a “dangerous and harmful” way towards sex…
UK anti-revenge porn app launching March ’23, plus Bumble and TikTok sign-up to StopNCII
A new online anti-revenge porn app, funded by the UK’s Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), is set to launch…
Pornhub’s TikTok account removed, just months after being booted off Instagram
Pornhub’s official TikTok account has been taken down, just weeks after the porn site announced its arrival on the video sharing platform….
TikTok introduces ‘adult audience’ category and raises minimum age to 18 for live streamers
TikTok is raising the minimum age users have to be to stream live on the platform from 16 to 18, and introducing…
Dating appdates: ‘Tinder for travellers’, Grindr’s new CEO and reverse catfishing
It’s another busy time in the dating app world, with a new Tinder-like app for travellers arriving at the same time as…
‘Google treats us like porn’: Lelo joins chorus of complaints against Big Tech’s treatment of sextech
Lelo is the latest sextech brand to slam Google and social media platforms, such as TikTok, for blocking sex-related content and limiting…
Who’s who in sextech: 40 essential follows for your social feeds
Need more sextech opinion, insight and vibrator gifs in your life? SEXTECHGUIDE has compiled a ‘40 to follow in sextech’ list, to…
TikTok censored LGBTQ-related words in Germany
TikTok’s content-blocking system in Germany censored LGBTQI-related words, as well as phrases deemed sensitive by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), according to…
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TikTok moderator says ‘millions’ of explicit videos are submitted on the app
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TikTok moves from human to automated video removals for nudity violations
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YouPorn embraces the TikTok age with Swyp browser
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Coverage thread Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
SEXTECHGUIDE has tracked age verification as a live policy battleground since 2016, from the UK's Digital Economy Act delays and eventual collapse…
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Coverage thread Image-based abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
Eight years of coverage tracking image-based sexual abuse from the DeepNude app's brief viral moment through the nudify industry's current expansion, mapping…
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