Germany’s Berlin Administrative Court has upheld a “network ban” on adult sites Pornhub and YouPorn for failing to comply with that country’s age verification regulations.
Vodafone Australia has put its plan for 3G mobile porn on hold while it works out the bugs for restricting content. The glitch, according to a report, is because of internal conflict at Vodafone Australia over marketing strategies and not because of technical problems.
British telco giant Vodafone has partnered with Vivid Video to provide softcore erotic games for continental cellphone users, joining a market filled with American companies delivering mobile content to Europe.
Citing fraudulent billing for online adult entertainment, Vodafone in Japan has begun terminating services for prepaid mobile phones. Under the scheme, perpetrators emailed bogus bills for online adult use using the prepaid mobile phones, which allow for anonymity.
Claiming to be the first mobile phone operator in the world to launch a system to control Internet access, Vodafone is barring some customers from logging onto adult websites through their handsets in a bid to keep children away from porn.
