SAN JOSE, Calif.  — Television streaming giant Roku will ban porn and NSFW streaming channels in March of 2022, according to media reports. Protocol reports that Roku is getting rid of its Pornhub channel, and other porn channels will be removed from its “Private...

NEW YORK —  New York Times opinion contributor Nicholas Kristof has announced that he’s leaving the respected newspaper to commit to a bid for the governorship of the U.S. state of Oregon. This news is relevant to the adult industry due to Kristof’s recent spate of...

WASHINGTON — Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., D-N.J., and three other colleagues announced last week the introduction of the Justice Against Malicious Algorithms Act (JAMAA) of 2021, presented as a legislative fix to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. “Social media...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Cloudflare, the controversial DDOS protection and a web infrastructure provider, won a partial legal victory over models and adult content creators who sued the company and the operators of the Thothub website for pirating copyrighted content. U.S. District...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A new trial for the founders of Backpage.com has been scheduled for February 22, 2021, following the declaration of a mistrial by the court in the embattled site operators’ previous trial, last month. Three weeks ago, US District Judge Susan Brnovich said...

LISBON, Portugal — In our latest look into the world of crypto and blockchain’s take over the adult entertainment industry, YNOT sat down and chatted with SmuttyFy’s Mike Pinto in an exclusive interview. Pinto is the chief executive officer and founder of the popular...

PHOENIX, A.Z. — The judge presiding over the criminal trial against the former owners of Backpage.com declared a mistrial in the case after federal prosecutors tainted the jury with sensationalist testimony about unfounded child sex trafficking claims while the case was focused...

PHOENIX — Prosecutors have laid out a case before a federal jury last week arguing that senior executives for the now-defunct Backpage.com knowingly permitted child prostitution advertisements on their classified ads website. Reginald Jones, an assistant U.S. Attorney, used...

LOS ANGELES — The rise of blockchain technology has generated an evolution in the modern creator economy — and the adult industry is no exception. Adult platforms and secure billing processors started accepting cryptocurrencies long before Elon Musk, the billionaire behind...

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Security researchers and privacy experts are concerned that a new initiative from tech giant Apple to detect CSAM (“child sexual abuse materials”) and other illegal content on user devices could lead to a catastrophic failure in new corporate...