Global Adult Industry Policy Watch

The 7th Circuit's unanimous ruling in U.S. v. Anderegg extends First Amendment safeguards to private possession of AI-generated CSAM that depicts no...

Age-verification mandates are driving measurable shifts back to physical adult media.

• DVD sales rose 20-22% at South Dakota stores after the...

TikTok prohibits explicit sexual content and pornography outright, yet educational or non-sexual material may be permitted with age restrictions. This...

The BIR's Revenue Memorandum Circular 97-2021 treats all platform earnings as taxable, extending formal rules to OnlyFans creators and sex...

Two recent cases illustrate how phones become central to CSAM enforcement through distinct channels.

• Airport secondary inspections uncovered videos...

Ireland's new Bill sets a presumptive two-year mandatory minimum for possessing child sexual abuse material, addressing ongoing criticism of lenient...

The FTC is weighing a lawsuit against YouTube for allegedly breaking its own user policies on content removals and demonetization, potentially testing...

Australia is connecting algorithmic amplification of violent content to rising sexual strangulation among teens, prompting consideration of opt-in social media algorithms and UK-style bans on such depictions in pornography.

• Ruling requires transparency: X must submit twice-yearly reports detailing definitions of hate speech and related content categories
• Judge Cronan...

A former Twitter lawyer's startup lets users set personal thresholds for harmful or adult content through AI trust scores, shifting moderation power...

Imgur's May 15 removal of nudity, pornography, and inactive accounts aims to align with its stricter Community Rules and reduce business risks from...

How can societies pair governance of AI-driven non-consensual imagery with practical digital sex education?

• Article 1 details how generative AI...

Governments and courts are shifting liability from user content to platforms' own algorithmic designs and addictive features. Meta's $18 billion...

California Democrats reached a deal refining the 2019 child sex abuse law to balance survivor access to justice with public agencies' ability to...

A federal judge upheld New York's 2024 law forcing social-media platforms to publicly disclose content-moderation policies, contact details, flagging...

Many jurisdictions have introduced offences specifically tailored to address the range of behaviours that constitute intimate image abuse.

A federal judge rejected Ghislaine Maxwell’s petition to vacate her 2021 sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year sentence, calling her claims...

Ukraine's parliament adopted draft law No. 15294 in principle on July 14, 2026, strengthening liability for the production and distribution of child...

Google now lets users request removal of any personal explicit images from Search results, even those originally posted consensually, as long as they...

Canada's bills C-34 and C-36 form connected pieces of a larger digital policy agenda.

• C-34 creates the Digital Safety Commission to enforce...