Dutch Court Orders xHamster to Get Model Consent for All Amateur Content
An Amsterdam court on Wednesday ordered the Cyprus-based xHamster to either obtain consent from every Netherlands-based amateur model featured on videos posted on the site or else remove them.
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Louisiana House committee advances bill to punish porn websites that don’t verify user’s age
Louisiana House committee advances bill to punish porn websites that don’t verify user’s age - Louisiana Illuminator
A Louisiana legislative committee advanced a bill giving the attorney general power to punish porn websites that don’t age ID
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Dutch Court Orders xHamster to Remove Videos at Issue in EOKM Case
Dutch Court Orders xHamster to Remove Videos at Issue in EOKM Case
A court in Amsterdam has ordered the site to remove some images for which the site cannot show proof of consent from the persons depicted.
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German Police Ramp Up Plan to Eliminate All Explicit Content From Twitter
German Police Ramp Up Plan to Eliminate All Explicit Content From Twitter
German police continue implementing an intimidation plan targeting specific Twitter users who post or retweet any explicit content, in an attempt to move forward with local bureaucrat Tobias Schmid’s campaign to purge all open platforms of adult content.TK
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Anti-porn bill fails after Republicans question its constitutionality
Anti-porn bill fails after Republicans question its constitutionality
A Republican bill that would require Arizonans to submit a government-issued ID to a website operator before accessing pornography online was defeated Monday after some GOP lawmakers said it might be unconstitutional
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Arkansas Legislature passes social media age verification bill over privacy, speech concerns
Arkansas Legislature passes social media age verification bill over privacy, speech concerns - Arkansas Advocate
Social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, must start verifying the ages of Arkansans creating accounts later this year.
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Porn sites would have to verify users are over 18 under federal online safety plans
Porn sites would have to verify users are over 18 under federal online safety plans
Ottawa is planning to introduce an online safety bill later this year and it is expected the bill will impose a duty of care on platforms to protect children from harm
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Australia’s Top Censor Submits Secret ‘Road Map’ on Age Verification
Australia’s Top Censor Submits Secret ‘Road Map’ on Age Verification
Top censor and eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, who has acknowledged having conversations with U.S.-based, religiously-inspired anti-porn lobby NCOSE, submitted to the Australian government on Friday a road map to implement age verification for “online pornographic sites.”
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Why age-verification bills for porn sites won’t work
Why age-verification bills for porn sites won’t work
And how to actually protect children online.
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Michael McGrady: Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
Michael McGrady: Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
Michael McGrady writes that Utah’s new social media laws are extremely dangerous
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