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TikTok accused of helping to promote sex industry to girls

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Researchers say popular performers covertly market OnlyFans content and tell followers about wealthy lifestyleTikTok is helping to promote and normalise the sex industry, allowing “sexfluencers” to post videos aimed at marketing pornographic content they have uploaded elsewhere on sites such as OnlyFans, a report indicates.After studying non-explicit content posted on TikTok over the course of

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Pornography with strangulation and incest to be banned in England and Wales next month

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Campaigners welcome legislation which follows recommendations by 2025 review into pornography regulationPornography that depicts strangulation and incestuous relationships will be banned in England and Wales from early November, the government has announced.The content will be outlawed from 6 November after cross-party pressure prompted ministers to announce new legislation earlier this year. Continue reading…

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Police routinely failing to investigate ‘revenge porn’, research reveals

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Lawyers launch super-complaint over finding that officers in England and Wales frequently dismiss image-based abusePolice forces are routinely failing to investigate complaints about the circulation of image-based abuse, previously known as “revenge pornography”, according to research that has triggered a super-complaint over the way such crimes are handled.Lawyers have gathered evidence from 100 people who

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Pornhub returns to Australia after banning access due to age verification rules

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Australian adults again able to access the world’s most popular porn site after parent company introduces age checking via Apple devicesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian adults will be able to access Pornhub once again after the site brought in age-checking on Apple devices in response to legal requirements that

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‘Online sex workers literally have to bare it all’: why Patricia Nilsson is exposing the world’s biggest porn bosses

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As a business journalist, Nilsson began rigorously reporting on the power players of the adult industry, who prefer to remain in the shadows. Along the way, she uncovered how porn has shaped the internet – and our lives as a wholeThere was a time, a few decades ago, when the men who owned the world’s

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Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study

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German study surveyed adults who engage in gaming, pornography and online shoppingSpending excessive time online is associated with higher stress levels, worse mood, and greater neglect of other activities, according to analysis.The new study by academics at the University of Duisburg-Essen published in the journal PLOS One, surveyed 900 German adults in 2025 who reported

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AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps

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As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornographyUK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fearsThe two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran

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Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s new film shines a light on the human cost of unregulated social media

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California first lady’s Miss Representation: Rise Up studies the backlash against women in the era of algorithms and deepfakesLife moves pretty fast. It is Monday lunchtime when Jennifer Siebel Newsom drops into the Guardian’s office in Washington, just a couple of blocks from the White House, for an interview to promote her new film. Less

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The malignant rise of OnlyFans managers: ‘It’s exploiting. It’s grooming. It’s predatory’

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As the pornography platform has exploded in popularity, a side industry has emerged: middlemen who encourage young women into the industry, then take a large cut of their earningsMarkuss Hussle wants his online students to understand one thing: he knows how to make money. There is no subtlety involved. He gives an hour-long presentation in

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The strange surveilled life of Piper Rockelle: why did a former child influencer decide to go on OnlyFans?

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She made millions as a tween and teenager by posting clips of herself and her friends on YouTube. Then the business collapsed amid acrimony. What does her success in the adult industry, at 18, say about surveillance, social media and sexualisation?‘Honestly, the answer is kind of gross,” says Piper Rockelle, in a recent TikTok video,

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