News about laws, court cases and government rules that affect the adult industry, such as age checks.
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Law & Regulation
In brief: Pennsylvania Senate Bill 603, which would require sites where more than a third of the material is “harmful to minors” to verify visitors’ ages, cleared the Senate…
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In brief: Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1705, which starting Jan. 1, 2027 requires adult sites that accept uploads to collect a verified email and a sworn statement that…
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In brief: France’s National Assembly narrowed Article 25 of its sexual-violence bill so it no longer broadly criminalizes paying for remote sexual content on platforms like…
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In brief: A federal judge has paused Aylo’s lawsuit over the VPN provision in Utah’s age-verification law, SB 73, until the end of the state’s 2027 legislative session, after…
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In brief: A student-led petition asking the UK government to ban school uniforms in pornography has passed 26,000 signatures, the BBC reported; Durham law professor Clare…
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In brief: Data from 39 police forces in England and Wales shows charges in an average of 4.5% of image-based abuse cases last year, prompting a police super-complaint, The…
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In brief: Luxembourg’s media regulator ALIA fined JWS Americas and JWS International, which operate LiveJasmin, €25,000 for age-verification noncompliance under national law…
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In brief: A German higher administrative court on Oct. 9 barred North Rhine-Westphalia’s media regulator from ordering ISPs to block Pornhub and YouPorn, finding the orders…
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In brief: Aylo said Oct. 6 that Pornhub is open again in Australia for users whose Apple devices have confirmed they are adults through Apple’s Australian age check, eight…
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