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How Adult Businesses Can Navigate Global Compliance Demands
The internet has made the world feel small. Case in point: Adult websites based in the U.S. are now getting letters from regulators demanding compliance with foreign laws, even if they don’t operate in those countries. Meanwhile, some U.S. website operators dealing with the patchwork of state-level age verification laws have considered incorporating offshore in the hopes of avoiding these new obligations — but even operators with no physical presence in the U.S. have been sued or threatened with claims for not following state AV laws.
FSC Launches Age Verification Toolkit for Adult Websites
The Free Speech Coalition (FSC) announced today that it has launched a comprehensive toolkit to help adult websites navigate age verification laws.
NCOSE Sues 4 Adult Websites Under Kansas Age Verification Law
The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), a conservative anti-pornography organization, has sued four adult websites in Kansas under the state's age verification law.
Indiana Republican's Copycat Age Verification Bill Introduces Felony Charges for Adult Websites
Republican state Sen. Mike Bohacek this week filed an age verification bill with the Indiana state legislature — a copycat version of the numerous age verification bills being advanced by religious conservatives and anti-porn crusaders around the country.
France Moves to Force Adult Websites to Comply With Unclear Age Verification Law
The center-right French government led by Emmanuel Macron confirmed over the weekend that it will attempt to bypass the courts to force the five largest adult sites accessible in the country to comply with a controversial, vaguely worded 2020 age verification law.
Iraqi Communications Minister Blocks All Adult Websites
Last Friday, Iraq's Minister for Communications, Hiyam al-Yasiri, ordered all pornographic websites in the country blocked.
China Boasts of Paying Rewards to Citizens for Snitching on Adult Websites
Another report from China about their anti-porn investigations of the first half of 2020 claims that their censorship agencies handled over 140,000 reports from members of the public during that period, and that the Chinese government handed out over $147,000 as rewards for snitching on “pornography and other online harms.”
Study: Streaming Sites Take Design Cues from Adult Websites
Mainstream streaming sites like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime are taking their design cues from adult websites like Pornhub, according to a University of Toronto professor.
intimate.io Debuts Cryptocurrency Solution for Adult Websites
A blockchain startup focused on solving issues with payments and privacy in the adult industry, intimate.io has launched a new e-commerce checkout solution to offer customers of adult products and services the option to pay with cryptocurrency.
Malaysia Cuts Off Access to More Than 1,000 Adult Websites
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission today said it has blocked more than 1,000 porn websites in its “continuous effort to preserve good values upheld by the plural and multi-religious society in the country.”
Content-Based and Interactive Adult Websites Both Offer Valuable Opportunities
Online adult entertainment has become more and more diverse over the years, and for those who are experts at affiliate marketing, there are many different types of websites to promote. With content-driven membership sites, affiliates are typically promoting downloadable or streamed erotica.
Sky Is Blocking Adult Websites by Default in the U.K.
Customers of one of the U.K.’s largest ISPs, Sky, will find themselves automatically blocked from online porn.
How Elements of Online Dating Can Be Used in Adult Websites
The world of online dating continues to grow, attracting new audiences — but this does not have to mean taking visitors away from traditional adult websites — especially if those sites can incorporate elements of the online dating experience into their offerings.
Webmaster Central Offers Turnkey Adult Websites
Webmaster Central has announced that it now offers turnkey adult websites, each stocked with HD video content and custom-built for the customer’s specific needs.
Five Veteran Adult Websites Join to Launch GirlKino.com
Five veteran adult website proprietors have teamed up to launch GirlKino.com, a new solo-girl masturbation site offering members a wide variety of content without increasing production costs for the studios.
Thrust SEO Offers ‘Panda’ Recovery Service for Adult Websites
SEO marketing agency, Thrust SEO, has announced its launch of new services targeting adult websites negatively impacted by Google’s “Panda” updates.
Adult Websites and Evolving Sources of Revenue
2008 and 2009 were challenging years for adult membership websites. Many webmasters experienced declining sales, and the belief that the adult entertainment industry is recession-proof was finally put to rest.
Bangladesh to Ban 84 Online Adult Websites
Government officials here have signed off on a request to block 84 websites with content depicting Bangladeshi citizens it considers obscene.
Baidu Apologizes for Links to Adult Websites
Baidu, China’s most popular search engine, issued an apology today for hosting links to pornography after the Chinese government accused it and other websites of having “negative effects” on Internet users.
Policy Expert Warns Kentucky Governor May Sue Adult Websites
A policy expert warns that Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s may soon apply the same tactic to online adult websites that he has applied to Internet gambling — having them forfeit the domains to the state by taking owners to court.