Australia’s eSafety commissioner says age assurance is working, and VPNs are next
The eSafety commissioner insists the top five porn sites haven't lost users to shadier rivals, but VPN downloads spiked anyway, and Utah's…
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Aylo’s Utah lawsuit could have huge implications for VPN porn workarounds
Aylo is suing Utah over a law that would make porn sites responsible for verifying the age of users who mask their…
VPN workarounds for US porn age verification may be running out of road
VPN downloads spike every time a new porn age verification law lands. States like Utah and Ohio are now writing anti-VPN language…
Pornhub will be blocked in over 25% of US states from July 1: Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky and Nebraska added to the growing list
Pornhub has announced that the site is set to be blocked in five further US states in summer 2024, due to new…
European porn crackdown: Italian phones registered to minors have default content blocker enabled from today
Italy is set to begin enforcing a new rule compelling all phone providers in the country to install porn-blocking filters on phones…
Almost every big Android porn-blocking app mistakenly censors sex-ed and LGBT+ content
The most popular Android porn-blocking parental control apps routinely mistakenly block US and UK government-approved sexual health and LGBT+ websites, according to…
VPN use rises 640% as Thailand bans Pornhub and other adult sites
This week, the Thai government banned 190 pornographic websites, including Pornhub, under the guise of a cybercrime law called the Computer Crime…
7 Hong Kong based VPNs have been keeping unsecured user data in plain text
If you’ve read the site recently, you’ll know we’ve been keen to promote ways to ensure that your most private activity is…
Best VPNs: Our top free and premium choices for streaming privacy
As age verification laws push more users toward VPNs, the difference between a provider with a credible no-logs policy and one that's…
Incognito mode and VPNs won’t save you: the honest guide to adult content privacy in 2026
From VPNs that protect less than their marketing claims to age verification systems that are, functionally, data-collection infrastructure, we've mapped the actual…
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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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