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 Hidden launches as TikTok-style ‘anti-OnlyFans’ platform run by sex workers
Hidden, a TikTok-style adult content platform launched in April 2025 by creator Stella Barey, is positioning itself as a sex worker-owned alternative to OnlyFans with a lower revenue cut and creator-friendly features. The platform
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Opinion TikTok’s reported LGBTQ+ Kenya censorship plan shows its hypocrisy
TikTok is reportedly in talks with Kenyan authorities to censor LGBTQ+ content on the platform, following a petition to ban the app for 'inappropriate' content in a country where homosexuality is illegal. The article
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Analysis ‘Dolls doing your bidding’: NPC TikTok has camming crossover appeal
This article examines the viral NPC TikTok streaming trend of mid-2023, where predominantly young women mimic non-playable video game characters to earn tips, drawing comparisons to adult camming. It explores the significant revenue potential
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News From 4nal to vulv4: anti-censorship ‘d1ck-tionary’ for iOS devices aimed at avoiding shadowbans
Dutch sex toy retailer Peech has launched S3xy Shortcuts, an iOS tool that automatically replaces sex-related words with algorithmically evasive alternatives (e.g., 'anal' becomes '4nal') to help sexfluencers and adult brands avoid shadowbanning on
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News Pornhub accuses mainstream social media of ‘discriminating’ against sex workers following YouTube ban
Pornhub's official YouTube channel was terminated in December 2022, completing a trio of major social media bans alongside TikTok and Instagram removals. Pornhub responded by framing the bans as industry-wide discrimination against sex workers,
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News In Image-based abuse: from revenge porn to deepfakes UK anti-revenge porn app launching March ’23, plus Bumble and TikTok sign-up to StopNCII
The article covers two parallel anti-revenge porn initiatives: the upcoming UK app Minerva, funded by DCMS and developed by SWGfL, which helps victims document and report non-consensual intimate image abuse, and the expansion of
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News Pornhub’s TikTok account removed, just months after being booted off Instagram
Pornhub's TikTok account was removed in December 2022, just weeks after launching under the username 'ph.world', following a similar ban from Instagram in September 2022 where it had 13.1 million followers. The article contextualizes
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage TikTok introduces ‘adult audience’ category and raises minimum age to 18 for live streamers
TikTok is raising the minimum age for live streamers from 16 to 18 and introducing an 'adult audience' flagging system for live content, effective November 23, 2022. The article contextualizes these changes within TikTok's
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Roundup Dating appdates: ‘Tinder for travellers’, Grindr’s new CEO and reverse catfishing
A roundup of notable dating app news from September 2022, covering the launch of travel-focused app OfftheGrid, Grindr's appointment of a new LGBTQ CEO ahead of its $2.1 billion public listing, Tinder's branded pop-up
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News ‘Google treats us like porn’: Lelo joins chorus of complaints against Big Tech’s treatment of sextech
Lelo's head of content Valentina Holjevac has publicly criticized Google and TikTok for treating sextech brands like pornography, limiting their ability to market products through mainstream digital channels. The article highlights industry-wide frustration with
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Roundup Who’s who in sextech: 40 essential follows for your social feeds
SEXTECHGUIDE presents a curated list of 40 notable sextech industry figures worth following on social media, spanning categories from sex toy founders and ethical porn advocates to sex robot researchers and industry educators. The
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News TikTok censored LGBTQ-related words in Germany
A report by German broadcaster Tagesschau found that TikTok's automated content-blocking system censored LGBTQI-related terms and phrases sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party in Germany, including words like 'gay', 'queer', and 'homosexual', as well
