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Twitch re-revises its guidelines to ban the implication of nudity
Twitch has revised its nudity policies yet again. The latest change bars streamers from pretending to be “fully or partially nude,” as clarified by Angela Hession, Twitch’s VP of Trust and Safety, in a blog post.
The UK could require facial scans or photo IDs to view online porn
Ofcom has published a draft of age-restriction guidelines for online services that host explicit sexual content in the UK. The not yet finalized recommendations are a step toward cementing enforcement for the recently passed Online Safety Act, which requires sites and apps to prevent children from easily accessing adult content.
Twitter planned to build an OnlyFans clone, but CSAM issues reportedly derailed the plan
Employees claimed the company isn't doing enough to tackle harmful sexual content, according to The Verge.
UK revives plans to force age verification for adult content
The scheme has been deemed unworkable ever since it was first proposed.
OnlyFans has 'suspended' its ban on sexually explicit content
OnlyFans said it has 'suspended' an upcoming ban on sexually explicit material after receiving certain guarantees.
OnlyFans’ policy switch is the latest victory in Big Banking’s war on sex
But it's a story we've seen play out several times before.
OnlyFans bans 'sexually explicit conduct,' but nudity is still okay
The new policy starts in October following pressure from payment providers.
Apple's upcoming iOS update unblocks 'Asian' as adult content
According to Mashable, the latest iOS 14.5 Beta's adult content filter no longer blocks searches containing the word "Asian."
An OnlyFans creator is suing a site that hosts paywalled images for free
OnlyFans creators Deniece Waidhofer is suing Thothub for spreading her images without consent.
The UK’s porn license plan remains a mess
In the end, we 'll be left with a system that can't work, run by a company that doesn't want it to work, and that won't protect the very people it's intended to protect.
UK government plans to block porn sites without age verification
It's election season in the UK, so get ready for a near-endless stream of new policies, proposals and promises from the major political parties. The latest from the Conservatives is actually an old idea that's been kicking around since last autumn: to force sites containing adult material to introduce proper age checks. It goes beyond the UK government's rather unpopular porn filters, which ISPs are now forced to offer customers as an "unavoidable choice." Simply highlighting the feature was supposed to encourage adoption, particularly from parents, but the latest figures from Ofcom suggest its impact has been limited. Now, the Conservatives want "effective age verification controls" for all online pornography, and plan to block sites which refuse to implement proper checks.
Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all
Well that was fast. Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision. After coming under fire over the introduction of a retroactive change that would ban sexually explicit images and video and also required owners to delete older content, the search giant has told users that it will crack down harder on the publishing of commercial porn instead.
Snapchat introduces Snapcash for P2P payments
The question "how do you monetize Snapchat" has finally been answered and it's going to open up a lot of possibilities for users. Snapchat has introduced Snapcash, a way to send mobile payments to friends using the image sending-then-destroying service. In its advertisement for Snapcash, the company makes it seem like a good way for friends to send money to friends, and at face value let's accept that is indeed the case. Sure, you could use any number of other payment systems to send your friends quick cash, but one more on the market can't hurt. Users send money to other users by sending them a message with $, followed by a dollar amount. The money is sent using Square Cash's email payment system, and Snapchat says Square is helping to secure transactions. One has to wonder exactly how excited Snapchat users will be about this new addition. Is there enough of an interested user base to make this worthwhile? The answer is probably yes, but it's one the company doesn't publicly talk about. Which part of Snapchat is going to flourish thanks to this new addition to the service? Why, adult content, of course. Snapchat is incredibly popular with adult entertainers, from adult film stars who sell access to their Snapchat accounts to dancers who use the service to keep fans "interested" when they're not at the club. There are minor Instagram celebrities who have built followings through word of mouth about their more graphic Snapchat accounts. Snapchat has just monetized all of those users in a way that allows them to get paid without their fans ever needing to leave the app. With such a viable and active audience already utilizing Snapchat to profit, it will be interesting to see how the company will deal with this inevitable, virtual red light district, silver lining. Snapchat is possible because there are certain pictures people want to see but make sure they're never caught seeing, both tawdry and not. Snapcash opens the door for the company to finally profit off of those interested parties. Snapcash is available now in Snapchat with the app's latest update. You can watch the company's announcement video below.
The TUAW Daily Update Podcast for June 5, 2014
It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get some the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the player at the top of the page. The Daily Update has been moved to a new podcast host in the past few days. Current listeners should delete the old podcast subscription and subscribe to the new feed in the iTunes Store here.
Yes, China employs censors to watch nothing but porn
For the first five minutes, we imagine getting paid to watch adult material would be rather interesting. After that point, however, we'd probably spend the bulk of our day quietly updating our resume. If we didn't, then we'd probably wind up as broken and sickened as Chinese civil servant Chunqi Liu. Since all media is censored in the nation, China employs people to watch anything up to 330 clips of grumble per day. Liu, a former policeman, is also on-call a lot of the time, just in case the local authorities plan a midnight raid on a back-room DVD store selling prohibited materials and he needs to check the discs over. The 59-year-old has said that the job has left him physically ill, unable to eat for days and thrust his marriage into jeopardy. So what's the lesson here? That you should always be careful what you wish for, and that the mechanics of censorship can be weirder than anything you imagine.
UK government will unblock websites after adult filter blunder
Shortly after the UK government implemented a nationwide adult content filter, it transpired that it wasn't just naughty sites you couldn't access. Copyright blogs, relationship education sites and even women's crisis centers were all marked as being dangerous for family viewing. After much hand-wringing, the government has admitted the error, and is now working on a whitelist of sites that shouldn't be censored. At the same time, there are plans to develop an appeals system -- so that we can all go back to reading about James Earl Miles Jr. without fear.
UK adult content filters inadvertently block online education and medical resources
We've all fallen victim to the pedantic e-mail filter that denies the existence of Scunthorpe and refuses to let you order Shiitake Mushrooms, but the situation just got a whole lot worse in the UK. The country's new nationwide adult content filter has been found to restrict access not just to smut, but also to online educational, medical and emergency resources. The list of "offending" sites runs from BishUK, a site to teach young people about relationships, all the way through to several women's crisis centers being blocked. In response to questions from the BBC, networks like BT and TalkTalk have pledged to make the necessary changes -- although some have questioned if it's right that ISPs have this much say in what parts of the internet are safe or not.
UK government to activate adult content filters by default
In a speech later today, David Cameron will announce that, by the end of this year, all new UK broadband accounts will have adult content filters activated by default. Such restrictions will only be removed if the account-holder specifically requests it. Meanwhile, around 20 million users already connected will be presented with an "unavoidable decision" concerning adult content, and public WiFi providers must advertise if they utilize filters or not. Cameron also wants to outlaw "extreme pornography," unify police forces' regional databases and request that the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Center draws up a "blacklist" of search terms to prevent people from searching for outlawed images online. Legislation will be introduced towards the end of the year to codify the changes, and ISPs not considered to be doing enough will be forced into action.
The Daily Grind: Would you play an adult MMO?
Yesterday we told you about an adult MMO called Orgia Romanus that's causing a stir due to its focus on sexual content. While the game is certainly taking an over-the-top approach, it's by no means the first MMO to walk this path. Indie titles like Sociolotron and portions of virtual worlds like Second Life are renowned for their focus on various taboo topics, while more traditional titles like Age of Conan and Mortal Online have dabbled in avatar nudity and adult-oriented quests. But what if an MMO came along that managed to incorporate adult topics in a manner devoid of sensationalism? Sure, it's a tall order, but let's assume it's possible. Would you play it, or do you steer clear of anything with the "adult" label? Every morning, the Massively bloggers probe the minds of their readers with deep, thought-provoking questions about that most serious of topics: massively online gaming. We crave your opinions, so grab your caffeinated beverage of choice and chime in on today's Daily Grind!
Kinect has no qualms about guessing a woman's age
Did you know that Microsoft's Kinect can measure your bodily proportions in 3D and hence ontogenetically estimate your age? Well grandma, it can. Aside from being incredibly impolite, a recent patent application from Redmond also highlights a more beneficial function: to prevent kids from watching or playing age-restricted media. The proposed system could even shut down inappropriate material automatically when an offending minor steps in the room and then resume it when they leave. On the other hand, we give it five minutes before some scheming rugrat with a distorting lens tweets a workaround.
