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The EU AI Act is Here: What Adult Website Operators Need to Do Now

October 1, 2026
Corey D. Silverstein
Additional Practice Areas, Adult Law, Adult Website Compliance Audits, Adult Website Purchases, Sales & Asset Transactions, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business Law, DSA, Online Safety & International Platform Compliance, Terms of Service, Privacy Policies & Adult Platform Compliance

The Compliance Landscape For adult platforms, the new compliance landscape reaches far beyond content generation – into age assurance, moderation, biometrics, virtual performers and workplace systems. The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act is no longer a distant compliance issue. Most of the law became applicable on August 2, 2026, and European regulators have begun enforcement. For the adult entertainment industry, the AI Act is particularly significant. Adult platforms increasingly use artificial intelligence for content creation, performer verification, age estimation, moderation, recommendations, fraud detection, advertising and customer service. The industry also handles extraordinarily sensitive information, including sexual preferences, intimate images, biometric…

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Adult Platforms Need to Prove Their Compliance Controls Work

Processor diligence is expanding across adult business models, including AI-generated adult content and subscription platforms that produce their own content. Adult-industry platforms are facing increased scrutiny from payment processors, acquiring banks, card networks, and third-party agents. The compliance conversation is shifting from “Do you have policies?” to “Can you prove your policies are actually implemented, monitored, tested, and enforced?” That shift matters. For years, many adult platforms focused primarily on having the right public-facing documents: Terms of Service, content rules, acceptable use policies, DMCA policies, performer consent language, age-verification disclosures, and prohibited-content rules. Those documents remain important, but they are…

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FTC Sends Warning Letters Over Take It Down Act Compliance

The Federal Trade Commission has begun enforcing the federal TAKE IT DOWN Act and has already sent warning letters to companies that the FTC believes may be out of compliance. The first wave of letters targeted websites offering so-called “nudify” tools, which can be used to create nonconsensual, sexualized images from clothed images. The FTC’s action is an important signal for platforms that host, publish, transmit, curate, or otherwise make available user-generated content, intimate content, AI-generated content, digitally altered images, messaging content, livestreams, comments, or other media. Covered platforms are now expected to have a clear process for receiving and…

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Not so Sweet Alabama – How the State Became One of the Most Hostile Jurisdictions for the Adult Industry

Over the past two years, Alabama has quietly — but aggressively — transformed itself into one of the most restrictive and unfriendly jurisdictions in the United States for the adult entertainment industry. Through the enactment of House Bill 164 and related enforcement mechanisms, the state has layered taxation, compliance burdens, and content restrictions in a way that goes far beyond traditional regulation. Featured In The May 2026 Edition Of XBIZ World Taken together, these measures — most notably a 10% tax on adult-content revenue, mandatory age verification requirements, and a notarization mandate for performer consent documents — have created a…

UK Expands Criminal Prohibitions on Certain Pornographic Content

The United Kingdom continues to significantly expand its regulatory framework governing online adult content through amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill, with important implications for platforms, producers, and distributors operating globally. Key Developments Recent legislative amendments will criminalize the possession and publication of certain categories of pornographic content, including: Depictions of strangulation or suffocation (“choking”) in a sexual context; and Content involving adults portraying children, including “age-play” or “barely legal” themed material. These measures build on a broader policy initiative aimed at addressing online harms, violence against women and girls, and child protection concerns. Criminalization of “Choking” Content What…