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Image-based sexual abuse: tracking the law, the tech, and the gap between them
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers and YouPorn are now all blocking US users in two more states
Aylo (formerly MindGeek) has blocked Pornhub, Redtube, Brazzers, and YouPorn in Montana and North Carolina following new state age verification laws, bringing the total number of blocked US states to six. The article covers
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Europe’s porn restrictions escalate: xHamster order to remove videos in Netherlands ‘ongoing’
A Dutch court ruled that xHamster must remove amateur porn videos it cannot prove consent for from its Netherlands-accessible platform, or face fines of up to €30,000 per video. The case, brought by Dutch
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage France and Germany are pushing ahead with porn crackdown over age verification measures
France and Germany are escalating efforts to block major porn sites over failure to implement age verification measures, with French courts weighing jurisdiction over sites including Pornhub, xHamster, XNXX, and XVideos, while Germany's Higher
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage xHamster blocked in Germany, stoking fears of further porn censorship
xHamster has been blocked in Germany by major ISPs after the country's Commission for Youth Media Protection ruled the site violated the Youth Media Protection State Treaty by lacking mandatory age verification. The block
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News In Age verification: decade of coverage Age verification crackdown continues: France joins Germany in threatening to block porn sites
France's Higher Audiovisual Council threatened to block Pornhub, xHamster, Xvideos, XNXX, and TuKif unless they implemented age verification by December 28, 2021, following a similar crackdown in Germany. The article covers the escalating European
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News xHamster’s holding a 3-day LGBTQ+ live stream Pride fundraiser
xHamster is hosting a three-day LGBTQ+ Pride fundraiser from June 26-28, streaming activist and sex worker content to raise money for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Sex Workers Outreach Project, and Rainbow Railroad.
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News Utah insists porn must carry a health warning (but polygamy is still fine)
Utah lawmakers have passed a bill requiring pornography to carry government health warning labels citing negative impacts on brain development and relationships, with fines for non-compliance. The article examines the bill's legal challenges, its
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News xHamster says women spend twice as much as men on porn
xHamster surveyed 100,000 users and found that women who pay for porn spend twice as much annually ($129) as men ($65), despite watching less frequently and representing under a third of total traffic. The
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News xHamster’s interactive sex history calendar is a lot more educational than you’d think
xHamster launched an interactive calendar marking 50 years since Denmark's first public porn expo, Sex 69, documenting key milestones in sexual liberation history. The calendar covers events from the opening of Berlin's Institute for
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News ‘Big Porn’ is turning to virtual influencers to avoid social media shadow bans
xHamster has launched Shy Yume, a virtual AI influencer built from survey data collected from 50,000 users across 150 countries, designed to represent an idealized 'dreamgirl' for social media engagement. This follows YouPorn's earlier
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Analysis India’s porn crackdown isn’t working (but China’s is)
xHamster's 2019 annual report reveals a stark contrast between China's successful 81% drop in porn traffic following aggressive censorship measures and India's 44% traffic increase despite banning 800+ sites. The report also highlights continued
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News Uh oh! xHamster is encouraging AI to create new languages by using porn noises
xHamster is deliberately encouraging its AI bots to develop their own machine-to-machine language by training on audio from user-uploaded pornographic content. The bots are rewarded each time they learn and communicate a new concept
