This week’s adult industry news: the UK porn ban on strangulation and roleplay content gets a Nov. 6 start date, France’s Arcom probes Mym, and new creator tools ModelPlug, HandSome and MoneyBoy take shape.
The UK porn ban now has a firm start date. On October 16, the Ministry of Justice confirmed that new offences in England and Wales take effect on November 6. Meanwhile, French regulators opened a probe into creator platform Mym. On top of that, three new creator tools arrived this week, and Kayden Kross took Deeper into an art gallery. Here’s what happened.
UK Porn Ban: England and Wales Set a Nov. 6 Start
The new offences come from the Crime and Policing Act 2026. According to the Ministry of Justice guidance, it will be a crime to possess or publish pornographic images that explicitly and realistically depict three things. The first is strangulation or suffocation. The second is penetrative sex between people who appear to be certain relatives. The third is sexual activity where someone is, or is pretending to be, under 16.
The penalties are serious. Possession carries up to two years in prison for strangulation or incest content. It carries up to three years for under-16 roleplay content. Publishing any of it carries up to five years. In addition, the offences only cover images that a reasonable person would think show real people. As a result, realistic AI images are included too.
Step and foster scenarios are treated narrowly. They are only covered when a performer is, or is pretending to be, under 18. Likewise, a government memo says a clearly adult performer in a school uniform is not the target, XBIZ reported. Even so, the guidance is blunt. Anyone holding covered images must delete them before November 6. Anyone publishing them must take them down. AVN also covered the announcement. Scotland and Northern Ireland have no enforcement date yet.
BBFC Pilot Could Help Police the UK Porn Ban Online
A day earlier, Sky News reported that the government has tapped the British Board of Film Classification for a pilot. The BBFC rates films and videos in the UK. Now, the Audit of Internet Services pilot will test whether it can monitor online porn the same way, XBIZ noted.
The idea traces back to Baroness Gabrielle Bertin’s February 2025 review. That report recommended a body such as the BBFC to audit platforms for prohibited content. For its part, the BBFC has said it “stands ready to take on a formal auditing role.” Consequently, sites serving UK users should expect closer scrutiny once the UK porn ban is live.
Arcom Investigates Mym Over Age Checks
Over in France, media regulator Arcom is investigating creator platform Mym under the SREN digital law. According to XBIZ, Arcom suspects possible breaches of age verification rules. It also flagged transparency duties, such as publishing full terms of use and explaining recommendation systems.
Arcom sent Mym a request for information on Wednesday. The platform has 15 days to reply “under penalty of sanction.” Notably, Mym’s operator, Air Medias, is registered in France. The probe follows a series of Arcom actions against adult sites. For background on how these rules differ by country, see our age verification laws explainer.
New Creator Tools: ModelPlug, HandSome and MoneyBoy
Meanwhile, creator tech had a busy week. First, ModelPlug officially launches on Monday, October 19. The tool lets creators upload once and post to six platforms: Clips4Sale, YourVids, Fansly, OnlyFans, APClips and BentBox. It also includes a content calendar, an import tool and a Workshop feature for editing clips, adding watermarks and making trailers. Founder Cody Stokes said creators “have been spending hours every week doing the same uploads,” XBIZ reported.
Second, Fukuoka firm Fidem opened a beta of HandSome, a blockchain-based platform for Japanese adult video. Fidem’s CEO, former JAV performer turned coder Ami Kasai, built it with several Japanese performers. HandSome offers creators 70 to 80 percent of sales revenue, plus a simplified removal process. For now, though, the beta is limited to Japanese IP addresses, per XBIZ.
Third, MoneyBoy.com, a Netherlands-based platform for male creators, is inviting founding creators before launch. Identity verification is mandatory for every profile. Planned features include subscriptions, tips, pay-per-view requests and automatic revenue splits between collaborators, AVN reported. To compare how platforms pay out, read our guide on how adult creators get paid.
Kayden Kross Takes Deeper to a Gallery
Finally, Kayden Kross launched “Deeper,” a 448-page photo book named after the Vixen Media Group imprint she founded in 2018. The launch took place Thursday at the Wönzimer gallery in downtown Los Angeles. The book draws on the studio’s photo library and work by photographer Daren Cornell, who has shot for Deeper since the start.
Copies sell for $149, while framed prints were priced at $1,500 each, XBIZ reported. The night also marked the live debut of “Gasplighting,” an online movement Kross helped found. The exhibition stays open Friday and Saturday night, with free admission by RSVP. We’ll keep tracking these stories, including the UK porn ban rollout, in our next update.
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