Neowin News Feed for: Pornography

Pornhub to block itself for new users following tough rules in the UK

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:42:01 +0000

Pornhub announced that it will become inaccessible to most UK users in response to the Online Safety Act. Read more...

Ofcom investigates more porn sites for age-check failures

Paul Hill — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:28:01 +0000

Ofcom, the UK digital regulator, has said it's investigating five companies that run 22 porn sites for not implementing age verification. Read more...

Porn videos show up in search results for some artists on Spotify

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 06:04:01 +0000

Some Spotify users have spotted a troubling issue of porn videos showing up on search results for some popular artists on the platform. Read more...

U.K. regulator Ofcom probes OnlyFans for failure to protect minors from explicit content

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 01 May 2024 12:26:01 +0000

U.K. media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into adult content-sharing platform OnlyFans regarding the platform's insufficient age-verification measures that failed to restrict minors. Read more...

Bing and Google criticized for showing AI deepfake porn prominently in search

Martin Hodás — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 14:12:01 +0000

Deepfake porn is not an issue only for celebrities but for regular people, especially women too. A new report suggests Microsoft and Google are not doing enough to limit access to such content. Read more...

Online exploitation and abuse targeted in a new UK investigation

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Jul 2023 19:34:02 +0000

The UK government is going to conduct a review to ensure existing legislation appropriately tackles exploitative and abusive online content. This review is separate from the Online Safety Bill. Read more...

Send nudes, now on Tumblr, as long as it isn't porn

Steve Bennett — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:26:01 +0000

In a partial U-turn on its policies that were implemented in 2018, Tumblr has now updated its Community Guidelines so that nudity is once again allowed, however, porn remains off limits. Read more...

Porn websites aren't doing enough to protect the children, says Ofcom

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 08:48:01 +0000

Ofcom has warned that some websites are not doing enough to tackle adult video content on their platforms. Its concerns fell mainly on smaller websites, which could be hurt by the measures. Read more...

Safer Internet Day: UK passes bill to protect children from accessing porn online

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 15:46:01 +0000

The United Kingdom is passing Online Safety Bill that will require porn websites to prevent underage access by putting in place an age verification system that will confirm they are over 18 years. Read more...

Adult content found on the UK's Department for Transport (DfT) website before being deleted

Sayan Sen — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 16:06:01 +0000

The Charts section of the UK's Department for Transport (DfT) website was found serving NSFW pornographic content yesterday. The problem has since been fixed by deleting the address. Read more...

OnlyFans suspends ban on sexually explicit content

Karthik Mudaliar — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 14:46:01 +0000

OnlyFans is suspending the ban it announced on sexually explicit content due to mounting pressure from banking partners. The company says that it now plans to provide a home for all creators Read more...

UK delays introduction of on-by-default porn blocker, again

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:52:01 +0000

The UK government has announced yet another delay on its mandatory age checks for pornography websites. It announced the delay was bureaucratic in nature as it failed to inform the EU. Read more...

Adult websites will soon have mandatory age checks in the UK [Update]

Usama Jawad — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 14:46:01 +0000

Authorities in the UK have announced a new law, making age checks mandatory for pornographic websites. Adult companies will be responsible for implementing these systems provided by AgeID. Read more...

UK's porn age verification plans have been pushed back

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 18:48:01 +0000

The UK government has postponed the rollout of its planned age verification rules for pornography websites. Open Rights Group cheered the decision saying more safeguards are needed. Read more...

PornHub, RedTube, others to implement new age verification system in UK

Sharath Ravishankar — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:34:02 +0000

Porn website conglomerate MindGeek has announced the system it will utilize to prevent minors from accessing porn websites through comprehensive age verification beyond the use of a single check mark. Read more...

Naughty America is building an AR app, but it's not what you think

Rich Woods — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:12:01 +0000

At CES last week, Naughty America showed off a new augmented reality app that it's working on for mobile devices. The app is completely safe for work, as it has to be able to get into the App Store. Read more...

Malware disguised as games shows porn ads; Google removes 60 from Play Store

John Keefer — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:28:01 +0000

Malware is never fun, but even more frustrating when it targets software aimed at kids. Such is the case with Adult Swine, an app that targets games and then installs pornographic ads in them. Read more...

Facebook teams up with Australian Government to fight revenge porn

Justin Luna — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:44:01 +0000

Facebook has partnered with the Australian eSafety office to help prevent intimate images from being uploaded if it is non-consensual. It will utilize digital fingerprinting to identify these photos. Read more...

Porn site Brazzers has been banned in Russia for 'damaging the human psyche'

Justin Luna — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:52:01 +0000

Adult video website Brazzers has now been banned in Russia, after a recent decision by a district court. The porn site was found to have a 'negative influence on the human psyche.' Read more...

Porn producers are streaming on YouTube via hosting loophole

Justin Luna — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:54:01 +0000

Adult streaming sites are exploiting a loophole in Google's video hosting services, utilizing YouTube's private video publishing feature as a backdoor for storing their content. Read more...

Philippine government blocks Pornhub and other adult websites

Justin Luna — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 14:50:01 +0000

In what seems to be an effort towards suppressing child pornography, the Philippine government has now banned access to legitimate adult websites like Pornhub and xvideos. Read more...

Pornhub: Windows users biggest desktop visitors in 2016, while mobile traffic rose

Justin Luna — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 12:20:01 +0000

Pornhub has released its yearly report regarding usage statistics for the past year. Mobile streaming and interest in VR is rising, while Windows users continue to dominate desktop usage. Read more...

UK will censor online porn that depicts 'non-conventional' sex acts

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:36:01 +0000

The UK crusade against online porn has been taken to another level as the country's rules now require online videos to fall under the same censorship rules as published DVDs. Read more...

UK Government steps up regulation against 'rogue' adult websites

Boyd Chan — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:20:01 +0000

After having implemented an adult content filter several years ago, the UK Government is now planning to block adult websites which fail to adhere to its age verification requirements. Read more...

Sky to switch on porn filter, by default, for new and existing users

Paul Hill — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:46:01 +0000

Sky has announced that its Broadband Shield will be enabled by default for new and existing users. It follows a trial which showed, when enabled by default, people were more likely to use it. Read more...

NeoBytes :) Pornhub sees 10% traffic drop after gamers get Fallout 4

Matt Brown — Sat, 14 Nov 2015 01:36:01 +0000

Adult entertainment website 'Pornhub' has reported that site traffic from gaming fans dropped 10% below average following the release of the highly anticipated video game Fallout 4. Read more...

Watch people experience their first virtual reality porn session

Matt Brown — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 16:34:01 +0000

An adult entertainment firm has interviewed the public, offering a small trial of its virtual reality porn experiences. The interviewees were given a trial using BaDoinkVR on the Samsung Gear VR. Read more...

Introducing Facegloria - the "sin-free" social network

Usama Jawad — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 14:28:01 +0000

A group of Evangelical Christians in Brazil have launched a "sin-free" rival to Facebook where 600 swear words, violence, pornography, eroticism and homosexuality are strictly outlawed. Read more...

NeoBytes :) Pornhub wants to shoot porn in space, starts a campaign to fund it

Justin Luna — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:22:01 +0000

After announcing the WankBand, Pornhub has introduced a new mission to shoot a pornographic video in space. The company has started an Indiegogo campaign to be able to fund the program. Read more...

YouTube porn filters versus Irish Gaelic; luck of the Irish wins

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:44:01 +0000

One user discovered a loophole in YouTube's automatic word filtering for unsavoury content and promptly uploaded around twenty pornographic videos *cue canned laughter* Read more...

Google takes down sex offender by going through his personal e-mail

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 09:11:31 +0000

Google, working alongside the Houston police, has taken down a sex offender who was found to have child pornography stored on his computer. Google noticed the illicit images in the offender's inbox. Read more...

UK ISP BT Broadband to block porn for new customers by default

Andy Weir — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:14:37 +0000

BT Broadband has revealed details of its new network-level Parental Controls, which will block access to adult content for all users by default, forcing them to opt out of the restrictions if desired. Read more...

UK web traffic for porn higher than for all social networks combined

Andy Weir — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:01:16 +0000

As the UK prepares for porn to be blocked by default on all ISPs, user data shows that 8.5% of all UK web activity is based around adult content - more than the US, but not as much as Germany. Read more...

Bing first to introduce popup warning for sites containing illegal images

Steven Parker — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:42:44 +0000

The UK is taking steps to ensure that both ISP's and search engines keep checks on what's displayed online; following a ban on porn, Bing has now introduced measures against online child exploitation. Read more...

UK to block pornography by default; it corrodes your childhood

Paul Ferson — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:20:33 +0000

A change in UK law means that pornography is to be blocked by default, becoming an opt-in feature. The move is ostensibly an effort to limit access to illegal content or underage content. Read more...

EU to debate Europe-wide ban on pornography

Paul Ferson — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:22:02 +0000

A document, the "Report on Eliminating Gender Stereotypes" includes a little clause that wants to ban access to adult content in the European Union. Controversial, and it's being debated on Tuesday. Read more...

UK rejects proposals to automatically block porn

Andy Weir — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:48:37 +0000

Proposals to block web access to adult content in the UK, and force users to register with their ISP to view such material, have been rejected by Government ministers, but not everyone is happy. Read more...

Facebook misinterprets picture of woman in bath as explicit

Paul Ferson — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:15:30 +0000

Facebook has removed an image seemingly showing a woman in rather, ahem, 'risque' positioning while proving someone's theory that the Terms of Service are somewhat flawed in their usage. Read more...

Egypt's state prosecutor orders ban on Internet pornography

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:04:59 +0000

Egypt's state prosecutor has ordered a ban on internet pornography after a similar order was ignored by authorities. The ban would take away what some would argue is the raison d'etre of the web. Read more...

Bow-chicka-uh-oh: Man told to pay $1.5m for sharing ten porn movies

Andy Weir — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:45:04 +0000

A federal court in Illinois has ordered a man to pay $1.5m in damages - the largest award of its kind - after evidence proved that he had illegally shared ten adult movies via BitTorrent. Read more...