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Texas age-verification law for pornography websites is going to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear a case about one of laws that led Pornhub to shutter operations in multiple states earlier this year.
Anna Washenko07.02.2024
Pornhub to leave five more states over age-verification laws
Pornhub will block access to its site in five more states in the coming weeks.
Anna Washenko06.19.2024
Pornhub says adios to Texas
Pornhub is now inaccessible in Texas after the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the state can start enforcing its age verification regulations for porn websites.
Mariella Moon03.15.2024
Pornhub blocks Montana and North Carolina as their age verification laws take effect
Montana and North Carolina are the latest to join the list of states with age verification laws for adult platforms.
Mariella Moon01.02.2024
Pornhub and XVideos will be subject to the same strict EU rules as social media sites
The European Commission has designated Pornhub, XVideos and Stripchat as 'very large online platforms.' The porn sites are now subject to the same strict rules as the likes of Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok.
Kris Holt12.20.2023
Pornhub blocks access in Utah to challenge age verification law
Utah's age verification law, which targets publishers distributing material deemed to be "harmful to minors on the internet," has gone into effect.
Mariella Moon05.02.2023Netflix's Pornhub documentary trailer touches on sex trafficking allegations
'Money Shot,' a documentary about Pornhub, is coming to Netflix. A trailer offers a
Kris Holt03.01.2023
Louisiana residents will now need a government ID to access porn online
A new state law went into effect on January 1st, requiring websites containing "a substantial portion" of "material harmful to minors" to ask users to prove that they're 18 or older.
Mariella Moon01.04.2023YouTube removes Pornhub channel over 'multiple violations'
YouTube has removed PornHub's official channel over what it called "multiple violations" of its community guidelines.
Steve Dent12.19.2022
Judge refuses to remove Visa from Pornhub case on child porn
Judge refuses to dismiss Visa from Pornhub case on child porn.
Amrita Khalid08.01.2022
Recommended Reading: The failures of startup founders take over TV
Recommended Reading highlights the week's best long-form writing on technology and more.
Billy Steele02.26.2022
Roku will effectively ban porn channels on March 1st, 2022
Roku is effectively banning porn channels by limiting their scope starting on March 1st, 2022.
Jon Fingas11.02.2021
PornHub used AI to remaster the oldest erotic films in 4K
A machine learning system taught an algorithm to colorize skin flicks from as far back as 1896.
Kris Holt05.19.2021Pornhub's first transparency report details how it addresses illegal content
Pornhub has published its first ever transparency report that sheds light on its content moderation practices and reports its received from January 2020 to December 2020.
Mariella Moon04.03.2021Pornhub will use a third-party firm to verify IDs on uploaded content
The website is getting the services of a third-party firm called Yoti to verify the identities of users uploading content.
Mariella Moon02.04.2021
Visa will allow select payments from Pornhub owner Mindgeek
Visa isn’t done investigating allegations of illegal activity against Pornhub, but it has apparently seen enough to start accepting payments from its parent company again. According to Reuters and CNN, the credit card company will allow payments using its cards for some of MindGeek’s adult sites featuring professionally produced videos after an in-depth review. “Following a thorough review, Visa will reinstate acceptance privileges for MindGeek sites that offer professionally produced adult studio content that is subject to requirements designed to ensure compliance with the law.”
Mariella Moon12.24.2020
Pornhub removes all unverified videos from its platform
Last week, infamous porn-hosting site Pornhub made a big change by cutting off “unverified” uploads. Overnight, Pornhub has removed millions of uploaded videos — and, according to Vice, the site will start reviewing and verifying that those videos meet its “trust and safety policy.” This comes after a New York Times report last week highlighted how the site’s lax enforcement of its policies was leading to child exploitation.
Nathan Ingraham12.14.2020
Mastercard and Visa cut off payments to Pornhub
Mastercard says it’s axing its relationship with Pornhub after finding illegal content on the site.
Karissa Bell12.10.2020
Pornhub ends unverified uploads and bans downloads
Pornhub is ending uploads from unverified users and banning the ability of users’ to download much of the site’s content.
Karissa Bell12.08.2020
Pornhub's year in review defined by 'Fortnite' and Stormy Daniels
Like Twitter before it, Pornhub is crowning its biggest trends of 2018. There's no mention of its parent Mindgeek's age verification tool for the UK -- which could see it become the gatekeeper for porn in the country -- or its custom VPN and launch of closed-captions for viewers with hearing loss for that matter. Instead, this flashback is all about porn searches. And what a year it's been for the web's leading purveyor of potentially pirated adult entertainment.
Saqib Shah12.11.2018