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Ofcom Urges Tech Firms To Tame Toxic Algorithms
New child safety laws sees Ofcom calling on tech firms to “tame toxic algorithms” to protect children online
Three Big Porn Websites Must Verify User’s Age In EU
European Commission classifies Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat as “very large online platforms”, subjecting them to strict DSA rules
Ofcom Proposes Face Scanning, Banking Details For Porn Age Verification
Proposals published by Ofcom for porn websites to implement acceptable age verification measures under Online Safety Bill
Government To Force Age Verification On Porn Websites
Online Safety Bill will include legal duty requiring all porn websites to implement 'robust checks' on the person's age
Online Safety Bill Changes Urged By MPs
Changes required. Major changes are being urged by joint committee of MPs to the draft of the UK's online safety bill to tackle online concerns
Welsh Government Account Tweets Porn
Cyberattack sees official Twitter account of the UK Government in Wales post pornography
UK Government Drops Controversial Porn Age Checks
Long standing plan to introduce age checks on porn websites has been dropped by the British government
Former Yahoo Engineer Hacked Accounts For User Porn
Reyes Daniel Ruiz pleads guilty after hacking 6,000 accounts, targetting younger women, to search for porn
Asics Says Sorry After Porn Plays For Hours On Shop TV Screen
Store TV hacked. Adult content shown for nine hours on New Zealand’s busiest shopping street
Porn Age Checks To Be Delayed – Again
UPDATED - Government confirms six month delay to porn age checking after it fails to inform Brussels
UK Porn Viewers To Face Age Checks From 15 July
No 'summer loving' for British porn viewers if they fail to verify their age from mid July
Government Confirms Delay For Online Porn Age Checks
The deadline for the government's age verification tool has been pushed back to the end of the year over security and privacy fears
PornHub Owner Unveils Age Verification Tool For The UK
Online smut control? AgeID will be help Brits comply with the Digital Economy Act 2017 from April
Data Breach Exposes Brazzers Porn Accounts
Names of 800,000 porn account holders placed in a compromising position after damaging data breach
UK Government Introduces New Online Porn Restrictions
All sites containing pornographic content will soon be legally required to request some form of age verification
Porn Filters Shunned By Most Brits
Are the Brits a nation of porn lovers? Communication regulator points to poor takeup of smut filters
Porn Poses Biggest Threat To Mobile Devices
New study reveals mobile attacks are more vicious than ever, with pornography the leading attack vector
GCHQ ‘Is Monitoring’ Online Porn Visits
Intelligence agency reportedly monitoring user visits to smutty websites, in latest surveillance revelation
Porn Clampdown By Government Questioned
Plan to stop kids accessing smut ignores the fact that most porn websites are hosted outside the UK
Microsoft To Combat Revenge Porn With Web Form
Promises to remove 'revenge porn' images and video from Bing etc, but warns global action is needed
Government Online Porn Policy Faces European Hurdle
British measures to block porn on computers and mobile devices by default faces European challenge
Revenge Porn Outlawed In England And Wales
Posting 'revenge porn' images and film online is to become a criminal offence and may result in a prison sentence
Government To Implement Age Checks On All Adult Websites
Department of Culture, Media and Sport plans to force adult-themed websites to carry out age verification checks
Vine Bans Sharing Of Pornographic Content
Video-sharing Twitter service looks to cut down on videos with 'explicit sexual content'
Google Urged To Block Abusive Online Porn
Despite already doing a lot to delete indecent images from the Internet, Google and ISPs are facing calls to do more to block access to child pornography
Massively Popular Porn Sites Thrust Malware At Machines
Xhamster and Pornhub found to contain links to lots of nastiness... as well as porn
Twitter Applies Vine Porn Search Filters?
Some searches are no longer possible as Vine porn row rumbles on
Twitter Blames ‘Human Error’ For Vine Porn Gaffe
Twitter apologises for error which saw adult video being chosen as 'Editors Pick'
Apple Removes 500px Photo App Over Pornography Fears
Apple pulls popular photo service from the App Store after customer complaints