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Trust & Safety changelog
Stay on top of the latest changes affecting your Trust & Safety operations.
This changelog is crowdsourced, feel free to suggest missing items.
Adult contentChild SafetyExtremismHarassmentHateMisinformationPrivacySelf-HarmSubstancesViolence
January 2024 | ||
| Pornhub is restrincting access in North Carolina and Montana, fighting against government age verification laws. Read more | USPornhub | ProductAdult |
December 2023 | ||
| Three pornography websites are joining the Digital Services Act’s very large online platforms list. Read more or even more | EU | RegulatoryAdult |
August 2023 | ||
| Meta is revising its Adult Sexual Exploitation policy, permitting sharing of content involving non-consensual sexual touching if posted with the aim of raising awareness. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductAdult |
June 2023 | ||
| An amendment to the Online Safety Bill is eliminating the requirement to have proof that perpetrators of revenge porn intended to cause distress. Read more | UK | RegulatoryAdultHarassment |
| Apple is annoucing that a new feature will soon warn users when receiving unsolicited nudes. Read more | WorldApple | ProductAdult |
May 2023 | ||
| The US are introducing a new legislation that would make sharing non-consensual AI-generated pornography illegal. Read more | US | RegulatoryAdult |
April 2023 | ||
| Canada is examining a bill requiring sites showing sexually explicit material to have valid age verification for users. Read more | Canada | RegulatoryAdultChild Safety |
February 2023 | ||
| Singapore is examining a new Code of Practice seeking to remove harmful content from app stores. Read more | Singapore | RegulatoryAdultChild SafetyViolence |
| Tennessee is examining a bill asking phone manufacturers to track and block harmful content from minors. Read more | US | RegulatoryAdultChild SafetyViolence |
| Arkansas is proposing a new bill requiring ID to access pornographic websites. Read more | US | RegulatoryAdultChild Safety |
| Google is introducing a blur feature helping users avoiding explicit images while using the search engine. Read more | WorldGoogle | ProductAdultViolence |
| France is imposing age verification to block access to pornographic websites for minors from next September. Read more | France | RegulatoryAdultChild Safety |
January 2023 | ||
| CNIL is warning that some age verification methods requiring face scans to access pornographic websites could be used for blackmail. Read more | US | RegulatoryAdultChild Safety |
| Meta's oversight board is sharing their decision to redefine Facebook and Instagram's community rules regarding nudity in a less discriminatory way. Read more or even more | WorldMeta | ProductAdult |
| Louisiana is passing a new law requiring residents to provide proof of their age with an official ID to access pornographic websites. Read more | US | RegulatoryAdultChild Safety |
December 2022 | ||
| TikTok and Bumble are joining Meta to stop revenge porn by blocking images from StopNCII.org's bank of hashes. Read more or even more | WorldTikTokBumbleMeta | ProductAdult |
October 2022 | ||
| Singapore is introducing a bill into Parliament to fight egregious and harmful online content. Read more | Singapore | RegulatoryAdultChild SafetyExtremismSelf-harm |
September 2022 | ||
| Tumblr is creating community labels allowing users to avoid seeing unwanted content. Read more | WorldTumblr | ProductAdultSubstancesViolence |
| Instagram is developing a feature protecting users from receiving unsolicited nude photos. Read more | WorldMeta | ProductAdult |
August 2022 | ||
| OpenAI is introducing a content moderation endpoint assessing whether the content is sexual, hateful or promoting self-harm. Read more | WorldOpenAI | ProductAdultHateSelf-harm |
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