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Sam Cole

@samleecole
100 posts
2026-01-28
this applies to Aylo's free sites; users who've already gone through current age verification will still have access when logged in. but if you're not grandfathered in, you're out www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...  [image]
2026-01-28 View on X
404 Media

Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can log in

2026-01-27
this applies to Aylo's free sites; users who've already gone through current age verification will still have access when logged in. but if you're not grandfathered in, you're out www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...  [image]
2026-01-27 View on X
404 Media

Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can log in

Starting February 2, many people connecting from the UK will not be able to access the porn site and many others.

BREAKING: Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, will seriously restrict access to users in the UK beginning Feb. 2: www.404media.co/uk-pornhub-b...
2026-01-27 View on X
404 Media

Pornhub parent Aylo says it will restrict UK users from February 2, after six months of complying with the UK's OSA; users who verified their ages can log in

Starting February 2, many people connecting from the UK will not be able to access the porn site and many others.

2026-01-11
putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-11 View on X
Reuters

Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool

Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.

putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-11 View on X
The Guardian

Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery

I suppose a subscription CSAM app might be the way MECHAHITLER manages to make money …Matthew Broersma /Silicon UK:EU Extends X Retention Order Over Sexualised ImagesThe Guardian:T...

2026-01-10
putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-10 View on X
Reuters

Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok, citing the risk of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, becoming the first country to block the AI tool

Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.

putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-10 View on X
The Verge

X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok command for free users, but they can still create sexual deepfakes via X's “Edit image” or Grok's app

X's sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-10 View on X
The Guardian

The UK government says X restricting Grok's image creation to paid users is insulting as it just makes the ability to generate unlawful images a premium service

Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service. www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...@jf2u:So... in moving ...

putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-10 View on X
The Guardian

Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery

X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action

2026-01-09
putting it behind a paywall is not “turning it off” lol what www.theguardian.com/technology/ 2...
2026-01-09 View on X
The Guardian

Grok says image generation and editing are now limited to paid subscribers, after outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery

X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action

2025-12-03
cool milestone alert: half the country is under restrictive age verification law www.404media.co/missouri-age...
2025-12-03 View on X
404 Media

Half of US states now require users to upload their IDs or hand over their biometric data to view porn, after Missouri became the 25th state to enact such a law

As of this week, half of the states in the U.S. are under restrictive age verification laws that require adults to hand …

2025-08-14
this story is so fucking sad, and every new detail that comes out about how Meta's chatbot characters product was made is more disturbing than the last www.reuters.com/investigates...  [image]
2025-08-14 View on X
Reuters

An internal policy doc shows Meta permitted its chatbots to engage in provocative behavior; Meta removed some examples, including romantic roleplay with kids

An internal Meta policy document, seen by Reuters, reveals the social-media giant's rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior …

2025-08-06
the state of florida is hell bent on making the internet less safe for people who live there, and is spreading harmful propaganda about the adult industry in the process www.404media.co/florida-sues...
2025-08-06 View on X
404 Media

Florida sues some of the biggest porn platforms, several owned by companies outside the US, accusing them of not complying with the state's age verification law

8.5.2025—Florida Sues Czech-Owned Porn Sites—Gimenez, Miami Mayor—Much More... Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : Florida cracks down on porn sites over child protection law Stephany Mat...

2025-07-26
in the UK that's become the reality as of today. in the US, it's the case in ~30 states for adult sites. you have to show ID to access reddit in the UK now. everything experts have warned about in the last several years is about to come horribly true www.wired.com/story/the-ag...
2025-07-26 View on X
Wired

The UK starts enforcing new online child safety laws, requiring websites that host porn, self-harm, suicide, and eating disorder content to verify users' age

Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online.  Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens …

2025-06-13
a $1.7 trillion company can't figure out how to outsmart the makers of an app that harasses women, so they're taking them to court www.404media.co/meta-sues-nu...
2025-06-13 View on X
404 Media

Meta sues Joy Timeline, which makes nudify app CrushAI, in Hong Kong to prevent it from advertising on Meta apps; in January, 90% of its traffic came from Meta

I mean goddamn!  If you're not even vetting the current ad buys, how the fuck do you think AI-generated ads are going to somehow be less of a clusterfuck? Alexios Mantzarlis / @man...

2025-04-09
of all the soundbites of the last few months, “the tradecraft of America, the high school educated Americans, the core to our workforce” might piss me off the most www.404media.co/a-us-made-ip...
2025-04-09 View on X
9to5Mac

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says that President Trump “believes” the US has the labor, workforce, and resources to build iPhones in the US

Trump's massive 104% tariffs on China are set to go into effect at midnight tonight, a move that will have a major impact on Apple and its supply chain.

of all the soundbites of the last few months, “the tradecraft of America, the high school educated Americans, the core to our workforce” might piss me off the most www.404media.co/a-us-made-ip...
2025-04-09 View on X
CNN

The White House says that tariffs on China are set to rise to 104% at 12:01am ET on April 9 after China missed Trump's deadline to remove its reciprocal tariffs

President Donald Trump is set to impose an astounding 104% in levies across all Chinese imports on Wednesday …

2025-04-06
“We'd be quiet too if we were them because it's such a humiliating self own.” www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
2025-04-06 View on X
404 Media

In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies

In October of 2023, Marc Andreessen, founder of the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) …

2025-04-05
“We'd be quiet too if we were them because it's such a humiliating self own.” www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
2025-04-05 View on X
404 Media

In backing Trump, effective accelerationists like Musk and Andreessen got a “Decel-in-Chief”, who instigated a brain drain and tariffs that hurt tech companies

Effective accelerationists didn't just accidentally shoot themselves in the foot.

“We'd be quiet too if we were them because it's such a humiliating self own.” www.404media.co/big-tech-bac...
2025-04-05 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy and public markets

Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …