Just because adult work has long been relegated to the margins does not mean it must remain unprofessional. We argue that professional training across the adult industry is not only …
The adult industry now accounts for an estimated 0.6% of global digital commerce, a fact that was largely unnoticed until policy papers began citing it. This figure forces a reassessment …
Vulnerable yet vital, compliance teams now resemble clinical trial panels more than traditional legal desks as they step into ever-larger roles within the adult industry. Familiar regulatory functions — policy …
By tracking the surge in live-streaming platforms and subscription-based performer channels over the past five years, we see how recent technological and regulatory shifts are reshaping an industry long relegated …
Could data protection be the single most important factor in restoring trust between consumers and the adult industry? Short answer: Yes — data protection can be the single most important …
Keeping brand safety concerns confined to fringe discussions is a myth we’re here to dispel. We once assumed that placing ads broadly online would naturally avoid problematic adjacency, trusting platforms’ …
Many of us remember the hush in the room when a familiar website refreshed and the homepage looked different — colors shifted, thumbnails rearranged, a tagline vanished — and we …
Growing regulatory fines in some jurisdictions have exceeded annual revenues for many small adult-content platforms, and we find ourselves at a pivotal crossroads. Compliance teams are scrambling to interpret patchwork …
From the back of a dimly lit studio, we watched a single notification ripple across a creator’s phone and knew the rules had changed. We had come to document a …
Recent shifts in banking regulations and major payment processors’ policies have intensified the challenges adult industry firms face. As banks tighten compliance and card networks update their merchant category rules, …
