Daniel Way

🚨🇪🇺 BREAKING: The European Commission just told all 27 member states to hurry up with rolling out online age verification, demanding deployment before the end of 2026. Asked today how the system stops anyone bypassing it with a VPN from outside the EU, Vice-President Virkkunen said only that it is "an important part of the next steps."

Starting September 2026, a silent update pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID. Google calls the new rule Android Developer Verification. This starts with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand expanding worldwide in 2027 every app on certified Android phones must come from a developer who has registered their real identity with Google. This covers apps from the Play Store, third-party stores, and sideloaded APKs. Here’s what developers have to do: They sign up in Google’s new verification system, share their legal name, address, phone number, and ID, and pay a one-time $25 fee. Apps from unverified developers will be blocked or come with big warnings and extra steps. Google doing this to fight malware, the company says sideloaded apps are about 50 times more likely to contain bad software than Play Store apps. Android is becoming a little more controlled with all of this changes

You want to buy a videogame with your own money? Not so fast, champ! Think about the children

Japanese indie game developer Mai Itsuki creates adult-themed games under her doujin circle called Ren reported a serious problem with her bank. Resona Bank has suddenly stopped processing her international payments from game sales overseas. This includes revenue from a publisher in Taiwan. The bank gave no clear reason, only mentioning unspecified “risks.” Itsuki has always operated legally, paid all her taxes, and followed Japan’s strict rules for this type of content. She is also currently undergoing cancer treatment, which adds to the stress of the situation. The block began in March 2026 and has left her without access to important funds. She now plans to change banks to keep her work going.

IMPORTANT CENSORSHIP NEWS: FAKKU has contacted me and told me the recent censorship on their site is thanks to Payment Processors. FAKKU told me its okay for me to share our DMs to break this news to all of you before they make their official post announcing it FAKKU is a legal site that houses adult Manga for those unaware of them. They directly told me they will be looking into legal action against card companies restricting artistic expression in manga. For awhile now Payment Processors have been strangleholding them and demanding censorship Japanese authors have recently opened up about these issues and it appears FAKKU is trying to create alternative payment methods outside of VISA and Mastercard So to clarify FAKKU is siding with creators and is taking a stand against censorship

IMPORTANT CENSORSHIP NEWS: FAKKU has contacted me and told me the recent censorship on their site is thanks to Payment Processors. FAKKU told me its okay for me to share our DMs to break this news to all of you before they make their official post announcing it FAKKU is a legal site that houses adult Manga for those unaware of them. They directly told me they will be looking into legal action against card companies restricting artistic expression in manga. For awhile now Payment Processors have been strangleholding them and demanding censorship Japanese authors have recently opened up about these issues and it appears FAKKU is trying to create alternative payment methods outside of VISA and Mastercard So to clarify FAKKU is siding with creators and is taking a stand against censorship