6 days ago
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YNOT’s Gene Zorkin opines on the Supreme Court’s decision on FSC v. Texas and how it will impact other state and local governments laws on free speech.
YNOT NEWS | The Court Gave Governments an Inch. Expect Them to Take a Mile
Will the Supreme Court’s decision in the Paxton case open the floodgates for more speech restrictions? You can count on governments to try.
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6 days ago
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July 25th is the final day for porn sites to comply with Ofcom’s age verification regulations.
Friday is Final AV Compliance Deadline in UK
Friday, July 25 marks U.K. media regulator Ofcom’s deadline for user-to-user services such as tube, cam and fan sites to implement its requisite “highly effective age assurance” measures for preventing minors from viewing adult content.
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6 days ago
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NetChoice has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to limit Mississippi’s age verification law.
NetChoice Asks SCOTUS to Limit Mississippi’s Social Media AV Law AVN
NetChoice, a trade group representing the mainstream digital industry, filed an emergency application on Monday with the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court asking for a limit on Mississippi's social media age verification law.
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1 week ago
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Two proposed laws that would restrict the sale of sex toys have been voted down by the Texas legislature.
Sex Toy Restriction Proposals Fail in Texas Legislature AVN
Two legislative proposals that would have put restrictions on the purchase of sex toys in the state of Texas failed to advance out of the legislature.
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1 week ago
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The European Union has given sites a year to comply with their age verification laws.
EU Gives Platforms 12 Months to Deploy ‘Strict’ Age Verification AVN
The European Commission is granting all online platforms, including adult entertainment platforms, at least 12 months to comply with the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) requirements that dictate age verification measures be deployed to protect minors from age-restricted materials.
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1 week ago
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Adult business ownershave petitioned the US Court of Appeals to rehear a zoning law that limits adult stores in New York City.
NYC Adult Stores Petition for Rehearing in Zoning Law Case
A group of adult businesses on Tuesday petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit to rehear a case involving a zoning law that could severely limit adult stores’ operations in New York City.
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1 week ago
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Ofcom has ordered x.com to block minors from viewing porn on their site.
X Ordered to Block Minors From Viewing Porn in U.K. AVN
Social media platform X was ordered by Ofcom, the United Kingdom's digital regulator, to block users within the U.K. identified as minors from accessing pornography on the site.
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1 week ago
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Ireland’s new age verification rules came into effect on Monday. They apply only to Ireland based sites.
New AV Rules Take Effect for Ireland-Based Sites
Ireland’s Online Safety Code came into force Monday, including a provision requiring adult sites headquartered in Ireland to implement age assurance measures beyond self-declaration.
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2 weeks ago
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Pornhub is considering a return to Texas, while the state has resumed a lawsuit against them.
Pornhub Texas Return Possible After High Court Age Check Ruling
Pornhub is considering whether to resume operations in Texas after the porn industry lost a Supreme Court challenge over the state’s age-verification requirements last month, its lawyer said in court Thursday.
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2 weeks ago
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In France, porn sites have been ordered to practice age verification.
France’s Council of State Orders Porn Sites to Check Ages AVN
The high administrative court of France ruled in favor of the government Tuesday in a legal dispute over whether adult entertainment platforms have to verify the ages of users originating from IP addresses in the country's digital space.
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