MINNEAPOLIS — Carnal Media has released three new scenes this week, starring studio exclusives Milo Miles and Adam Snow, among others.
First, Ethan Tate and Eddie Patrick star in “Stepping Up.”
In “Ripe and Ready,” co-workers Milo Miles and Cain Marko have fun during break time.
Finally, Logan Crow and Adam Snow star in “Anointing.”
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LONDON — U.K.’s much delayed Online Safety Bill appears to be heading to implementation after last minute negotiations at the House of Lords, in spite of vocal criticisms by virtually all digital rights and free speech organizations and advocates.
Leading digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published an extensive analysis of the bill, written by Jason Kelley and Monica Horten, warning that the legislation “will mandate dangerous age verification for much of the web.”
As free speech advocates have pointed during the protracted, years-long process leading to its current version, the Conservative government’s Online Safety Bill will effectively censor and officially classify adult content according to whatever standards the politicians that happen to be in power in the U.K. at any given time will deem “harmful” or “pornographic.”
Though termed a “constitutional monarchy,” the U.K. has no written constitution and no equivalents to the U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment or codified Section 230 protections.
The Online Safety Bill currently being finalized by the unelected, aristocratic membership of the House of Lords, the EFF analysis explains, defines two types of sites which it will target: “web services that solely exist to publish and sell access to pornographic content, and user-to-user services which allow users to post their own content.”
The latter “may carry limited amounts of pornographic or ‘harmful’ content — because user-generated content is impossible to moderate at scale — but clearly that is not their primary purpose.” Social media platforms and other sites that contain user-generated content “will have to assess the risk of children using their service, and the risk of content defined as harmful to children being on their site. They will have to block children from being able to access content defined as harmful. This includes pornography, but the full list encompasses a much wider range of content”
Whatever the U.K. government considers a “pornographic website,” however, will be mandated to prevent anyone under 18 years old from accessing its content
“Pornography websites that have U.K. users, or target U.K. users,” the EFF explains, “will be required to use age verification to ensure that children are not able to encounter their content. Age verification is, essentially, identity verification, which makes it effectively impossible to browse pornographic sites anonymously, and creates the risk of data breaches and the potential for data to be collected and potentially shared or sold. Data protection laws apply, although little guidance exists in the Bill about compliance.”
A Much-Delayed Bill to Placate Anti-Porn Crusaders
As XBIZ has been reporting, the Tory government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was pressured this year by a campaign by hardline conservatives in his own party to address adult content online through the Online Safety Bill.
After years of delays, the Sunak government made the controversial bill a priority, seeking to hand a victory to social conservatives, religious crusaders and SWERF activists. Those groups have been conducting a moral panic campaign around “harmful content” — which for many of them includes all porn — through the U.K. media, marketing the bill as a “save the women and children” measure while disregarding or minimizing privacy and technical issues.
In July, Sunak also ordered a review of all legislation relating to pornography, online and off, to ensure that it is “fit for purpose.” Tory Technology Minister Paul Scully told The Telegraph that the Prime Minster’s Pornography Review ‘will look closely at the laws and regulations relating to offline and online content, informing our next steps” after passing the Online Safety Bill, which leaves the definition of what is “harmful” to the current Conservative-majority U.K. Parliament.
The details of the bill’s implementation, however, “have been left to the UK’s regulation agency, the Office of Communications (Ofcom), but the Bill is vague on the details of this,” the EFF reports. “Social media and other sites, where users regularly engage with each other’s content, will have to determine the risk of minors using their site, and block their access to any content that the government has described as ‘harmful’. Platforms like Facebook and TikTok, and even community-based sites like Wikipedia, will have to choose between conducting age checks on all users – a potentially expensive, and privacy-invasive process – or sanitizing their entire sites.”
The bill, the EFF concludes, will “lead to a less open, less functional, and less free Internet. Platforms will face criminal penalties for failing to comply and may choose to block young people — including those as old as seventeen — entirely. They may filter and moderate enormous amounts of content to allow young people on the site without age verification. They may filter and moderate enormous amounts of content for young people only, while allowing age-verified users access to all content. Or, they could exclude UK users entirely, rather than risk liability and the cost of expensive and untried age estimation systems and content moderation.”
MONTREAL — Aylo has partnered with StopNCII.org, a global initiative to prevent the spread of non-consensual intimate images (NCII) online.
Websites operated by Aylo, including Pornhub, will join other platforms as industry partner, enabling NCII content to be identified and removed.
Since launching in 2021, StopNCII.org, developed by Meta and SWGfL, “has established itself as a leading solution in the fight against intimate image abuse,” a rep noted. “The partnership will allow 18+ adults experiencing NCII abuse across Aylo platforms to proactively prevent the uploading and sharing of intimate material online through on-device hashing technology.”
StopNCII.org uses on-device hashing technology to creates a hash, or digital fingerprint, of images or videos, presented as a string of letters and numbers, that can be created straight from the user’s own device, ensuring that the original image or video never leaves the user’s device. The hash is then sent to participating platforms and if a subsequent image or video gets uploaded and matches the corresponding hash, it will be sent for moderation and removed if it meets the policy requirements of a platform. The image (or video) will then be blocked from any further sharing across participating platforms.
As with all hashing databases, this newly created directory increases in efficacy as more platforms join the StopNCII.org initiative.
The partnership, the latest in Aylo’s Trust and Safety processes, adds an additional layer of technology to its content moderation protocol. Aylo’s safeguards include mandatory age and identity verification in order to upload content, moderation practices including technologies and human moderation and partnerships with non-profit organizations worldwide.
This partnership also expands on Aylo’s existing relationship with the UK Revenge Porn Helpline, with whom it partnered to provide deterrence messaging for anyone seeking potentially illegal, non-consensual material across its adult platforms. StopNCII.org is operated by SWGfL, a not-for-profit charitable organization in the UK.
Revenge Porn Helpline Manager Sophie Mortimer said, “I am very pleased to welcome Aylo toStopNCII.org. We believe in online platforms doing everything they can to better protect their users online. Legal adult sites play a significant part in the digital world and to deny this would mean we are not facing the reality of current online spaces. These sites need online safety support just as much as anywhere else. Adopting StopNCII.org is a positive step towards making these spaces safer.”
For more information, visit StopNCII.org.
FLENSBURG, Germany — Orion Wholesale has debuted its new Flexible Wand, from the Sweet Smile line.
“The stylish massage wand is extremely flexible and versatile, and impresses with powerful vibrations in the delightfully textured massage head,” said a rep. “Covered with a velvety Soft Touch texture, it smoothly glides over the skin. And with its compact size and lightweight, it fits in any pocket – perfect for on-the-go pleasure.”
The 10-mode vibrator is fully waterproof and features one-button control.
For more information, visit Orion Wholesale online.
PITTSBURGH — Reagan Foxx stars in Elegant Angel’s latest award nominee showcase release, “MILF Performers of the Year 2023.”
The reigning XBIZ MILF Performer of the Year is joined in the title by fellow nominees Dee Williams and Natasha Nice, along with Rachael Cavalli and Crystal Rush.
Elegant Angel will also publish an interview with Foxx about her XBIZ win, on the Elegant Angel blog.
“It is a great honor,” says Foxx in the interview. “I smile about it every time I pass by my trophy. I just laugh about it; I still cannot believe I won.”
The full title and interview drop Friday on ElegantAngel; the individual scenes will be released throughout the week.
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LOS ANGELES — Rebel Rhyder stars with Richard Mann and Rob Piper in director Jonni Darkko’s “Double Anal Angels,” from Evil Angel.
The title also features Jane Wilde, Nicole Doshi, Savannah Bond and Sheena Shaw.
“Cover girl Rebel Rhyder gives you an amazing, crazy, dirty double anal scene,” enthused Darkko. “In the first two minutes, she ends up getting slammed and fisted by Rob Piper and Richard Mann, so it sets the tone for the anal mayhem about to ensue. I’ve always wanted to shoot Rebel, and I was just blown away.”
Added Rhyder, “It was such an honor to be in front of Jonni’s camera. Richard and Rob worked together so well to thoroughly destroy my asshole with both their dicks and fists. My butthole will never be the same.”
“Double Anal Angels” is streaming on EvilAngelVideo; Rhyder’s, Bond’s and Shaw’s scenes are streaming on EvilAngel, with Doshi’s and Wilde’s scenes dropping this week.
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LOS ANGELES — LoyalFans will hold a new “Creator Master Class” with Larkin Love, the second class from her followup series on the platform, on Saturday at 2 p.m. (EDT).
The class is titled “Teamwork Makes The Dream Work! An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Collabing With Other Performers.”
“While collaboration isn’t strictly necessary for a successful independent adult career, it can certainly open opportunities you wouldn’t have as a solo performer,” said Love. “When you collaborate, you increase the total potential audience and create greater awareness of your brand. You can perform scenarios and storylines that require more than one actor – and every performer brings something unique to the shoot, which means your fans get to see you in a novel situation. We all know novelty sells.”
Click here to register for the class.
For more information, visit LoyalFans or email the company at media@loyalfans.com.
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LOS ANGELES — XBIZ is pleased to announce that multi-award-winning performer Amirah Adara will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming XBIZ Amsterdam conference.
With a prolific career spanning more than a decade, Adara has garnered an avid fan base and over 800 scene credits with major studios such as Dorcel, Evil Angel, Nubile Films, MetArt, LetsDoeIt, Reality Kings and Wicked Pictures. She has also cultivated a strong presence on social media where she commands over half a million fans, many of whom tune in for her self-produced content, which she monetizes on content platforms. Among her top accolades, she was named Female Performer of the Year at the inaugural XBIZ Europa Awards in 2018.
“I’m always honored to be part of XBIZ shows, and I am so happy to be a keynote speaker at the upcoming conference in Amsterdam,” Adara said. “I am looking forward to sharing my journey, since I think it shows how you can be in this industry for a long time — if you love it as much as I do.”
Adara’s keynote address is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 4 p.m., as the finale of the XBIZ Amsterdam conference. The veteran performer noted a few topics she plans to cover.
“What are the opportunities in this business to step up? What is the best way to achieve success?” Adara said. “And most importantly: how to enjoy every moment of being in the porn family.”
The Amsterdam edition of XBIZ’s fall events series will offer a completely refreshed show experience, uniting international players to examine the latest trends shaping the industry and to spark business-to-business opportunities.
For event information, visit XBIZAmsterdam.com.
MONTREAL — Marica Hase makes her Transfixed debut with Asia Belle in “A Welcome Sight,” directed by Ricky Greenwood.
As the scene opens, Belle “returns home from a long, arduous journey after winning her team’s football game, and she’s eager to revel in her hard-won victory,” the synopsis reveals. “But Marica, wearing nothing but a football jersey to mark Belle’s gridiron triumph, has fallen fast asleep. Asia wakes up her girlfriend and the pair dispense with their jerseys to properly celebrate.”
Hase enthused about the scene.
“I’m so happy my debut scene for Transfixed is finally being released,” she said. “Asia Belle is so beautiful and was so fun to work with. Working with Ricky Greenwood on my first scene in this genre was really exciting, and I hope the fans enjoy the scene as much as I did shooting it.”
Added Greenwood, “Bringing ‘A Welcome Sight’ to life was an absolute blast from start to finish and an incredibly rewarding experience, and collaborating with the wonderful Asia Belle and Marica Hase in their Transfixed debuts only made it more fun. This scene is all about the thrill of anticipation, and I believe fans will feel that crackling electricity between the two of them when they watch it.”
“A Welcome Sight” is streaming on Transfixed.
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COPENHAGEN — Danish pleasure brand DanaMedic Aps has acquired American brand Zestra Arousal Oils from Innovus Pharmaceuticals.
“We are very enthusiastic about now owning the Patent and IP rights of Zestra Brand worldwide,” enthused DanaMedic CEO Jes Bech Muller. “Our initial interest in the brand was based on their impeccable testing of the effects of the product, which is top-notch science (double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over tests). We, therefore, know we can make a significant difference for the intimate well-being of women. So, apart from the business opportunity, this also involves quite a bit of “feel good” knowing we are helping couples everywhere.”
The company plans to release a new formula oil later this year.
For more information, visit Zestra.