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Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Takes Action Against Another AI “Nudify” Service

May 20, 2026
Corey D. Silverstein
Additional Practice Areas, Adult Law, Adult Website Compliance Audits, Age Verification, Content Moderation, Takedowns & Trust-and-Safety Compliance, DSA, Online Safety & International Platform Compliance, News, Privacy, Biometrics & Age-Verification Vendor Compliance

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has begun enforcement action against another major AI-powered “nudify” service for allegedly failing to protect Australian children from exposure to sexually explicit deepfake content. According to eSafety, the service allows users to upload images of real people and generate sexually explicit deepfake content on demand. eSafety issued a formal Direction to Comply to the service, giving it 14 days to implement stronger protections to prevent children from accessing the service. The action is significant because it shows that Australia’s online safety regulator is moving quickly against AI services that create or facilitate sexualized deepfake content, particularly where…

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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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FTC Warns Platforms: Take It Down Act Compliance Deadline Is May 19

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a clear warning to online platforms: comply with the Take It Down Act by May 19, 2026, or risk enforcement. On May 11, 2026, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson announced that the agency sent letters to more than a dozen major technology companies, including Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, Automattic, Bumble, Discord, Match Group, Meta, Microsoft, Pinterest, Reddit, Snapchat, TikTok, and X, reminding them of their obligations under the Take It Down Act. The FTC stated that it is prepared to “monitor compliance, investigate violations, and enforce” the law. Although the FTC’s letters targeted major technology…

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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…

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It’s Time to Take the DSA and GDPR Seriously

Adult platforms have never been more visible to regulators than they are right now. The Digital Services Act (DSA) is fully in force across the EU, GDPR enforcement keeps accelerating, and parallel “online safety” regimes in the UK and U.S. are converging on the same targets: pornography sites, creator platforms, cam networks, and tube-style aggregators. If you operate an adult website and you’re still treating DSA and GDPR compliance as a “nice-to-have,” you’re sitting on a landmine. It’s time to get serious, and enforcement against adult operators has ramped up. Featured In The January 2026 Edition Of XBIZ World The…

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A New Legal Landscape: Why Adult Entertainment Companies Must Revamp Their Policies Now

Legal and Operational Policies The adult entertainment industry is navigating a complex and rapidly changing legal environment. A confluence of new age verification legislation, high-profile private lawsuits, a landmark FTC order against Aylo (formerly MindGeek), and evolving credit card processing rules has created an urgent need for all industry participants — from major platforms to independent creators — to completely overhaul their legal and operational policies. The old way of doing business is no longer a viable option. Action must be taken now to avoid potential catastrophic consequences. Featured In The October 2025 Edition Of XBIZ World The Tsunami of…

European Commission Opens Formal DSA Investigations into Pornographic Platforms to Safeguard Minors

May 27, 2025
Corey D. Silverstein
Adult Law, Business Law, Civil Litigation, DSA, Online Safety & International Platform Compliance, News

Key Takeaways Formal Proceedings Initiated: The European Commission has opened formal investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos for suspected breaches of the Digital Services Act (DSA), focusing on the lack of effective age verification and child protection measures. Core Allegations: The platforms are suspected of failing to: Implement appropriate and proportionate age verification tools. Assess and mitigate risks related to minors’ access to adult content. Ensure the rights and well-being of children are central to platform design. VLOP Status Change: Stripchat is being de-designated as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) after falling below the active user threshold for…