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  "id": 9406504,
  "title": "UK regulator to investigate Pornhub parent company for alleged age verification failings",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/uk-regulator-to-investigate-pornhub-parent-company-for-alleged-age",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-23T20:07:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Record",
    "slug": "the-record",
    "url": "https://therecord.media/uk-regulator-to-investigate-pornhub-parent-company-privacy"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "In May, Pornhub began using a new age assurance process to verify some users’ ages, according to an Ofcom press release. The new method relies on signals from Apple that suggest under 18s in the UK “may have completed Apple’s age checks,” the press release said.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "British regulator takes a hard look at Pornhub's Apple-powered age checks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/british-regulator-takes-a-hard-look-at-pornhubs-apple-powered-age",
        "published": "2026-09-23T11:53:37.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}