The War on Porn

The Standard opines on the UK Safety Act and how porn traffic has been cut in half in the country.

Porn traffic has halved — that may not be good news

As the number of people accessing porn in the UK drops sharply, what does this mean for young adults in the UK?

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The social media app Bluesky has decided to block the state of Mississippi over the state’s new age verification laws.

Bluesky Blocks Mississippi Users Over Age Verification Law AVN

Bluesky, an alternative platform to Elon Musk's X, on Friday announced that users from Mississippi IP addresses will be blocked due to compliance issues with a controversial social media age verification law.

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OnlyFans and some chat agencies have been sued over the use of AI in OnlyFans chats.

Lawyers Suing OnlyFans, ‘Chatter’ Agencies Used AI in Filing AVN

Attorneys representing a class action targeting Fenix International Limited, the parent company of OnlyFans.com, and so-called chatter agencies disclosed on Thursday to a federal district court in Santa Ana, Calif. that they used artificial intelligence to help write a legal complaint outlining alleged RICO allegations.

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An opinion piece on CityAM about how the Online Safety Act is causing censorship in the UK.

Why the Online Safety Act has become a political nightmare

The Online Safety Act’s broad and vaguely defined scope has led to widespread and seemingly indiscriminate censorship.

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South Dakota and Wyoming are targeting many other types of websites with their age verification laws, not just adult.

Wyoming and South Dakota Age Verification Laws Could Include Huge Parts of the Internet

By omitting the “one-third” provision that most other states with age verification laws have adopted, Wyoming and South Dakota are placing the burden of verifying users’ ages on all sorts of websites, far beyond porn.

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The age verification industry has been excluded from the conversation about social media age assurance.

Key stakeholders in Australia’s social media age assurance trial frozen out amid media leaks and resignations

Trial’s advisory board may not see the final report until communications minister releases it in the coming weeks

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Reason opines about how anti-porn groups are coming after games by pressuring payment processors

The anti-porn crusade comes for online games

Activists pressure payment processors, who in turn pressure game marketplaces. Now many video games and visual novels are disappearing.

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The Tennesseen writes on how age verification laws are happening all over the United States.

Age verification laws are sweeping the US, changing the future of online speech

Age verification laws have been passed in at least 24 states. Some say it’s an effort to protect kids, while others say it restricts protected speech.

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The Free Speech Coalition has announced that the age verification law in Missouri will not go into effect as planned on August 30th. No new date has been announced.

FSC: Missouri Age Verification Rule Will Not Take Effect August 30

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced that Missouri’s proposed age verification legislation will not take effect on August 30, as it had originally estimated.

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Unilad with an opinion piece about how new laws against porn are going to destroy the internet.