This summer has absolutely flown past, with lots happening on and off BateWorld that’s kept our attention from landing in any one spot for too long.
We lost one of our own a few months back, when milkingCØACH passed away unexpectedly after producing our most successful BateOff competition to date. We’ve had to comply with more than two dozen state and regional age verification laws and onboard a separate verifier just to comply with Florida’s silly requirements. And we’ve done a lot of thinking in the background about how authenticity fuels BateWorld.
Losing a long time team member a few months back was a huge challenge for us internally. There’s no reason not to be honest with you here. Each of us had a different but personal relationship with CØACH, and it was his drive and understanding of the culture that helped fire some of our best initiatives and find our biggest supporters. There won’t be a way to replace him; both his job with BateWorld, and his role within our group. But we are determined to continue and to carry his work forward into the future. I hope you’ll be part of that with us.
As you likely already know, the US Supreme Court upheld Texas’ patently unconstitutional age verification law, setting a precedent for all of the other hack job AV laws already on the books in many states. In July, the UK’s phenomenally unpopular Online Safety Act came into effect, forcing even Spotify to verify the age of users just trying to stream Deep In My Dick for the first time.
The results are already in, and traffic for sites like BateWorld, who are working to comply with these laws and regulations, is being cannibalized by sites that operate illegally and have no intention of complying. In other words, these laws are already the oft-predicted failures they always would be. Because protecting children wasn’t ever the point.
I believe very deeply in BateWorld’s mission to normalize masturbation for all men. As a result of this, I’ve had to make some uncomfortable decisions as COO around which laws to comply with and how best to keep our members safe.
The only benefit to these mandates that I can see, is the opportunity to help bators reinforce their legitimacy and authenticity in adult spaces. Having a Verified check mark on BateWorld has become something of a modest status symbol for folks who want you to know they are real and that they’re committed to their community in a meaningful way.
As of September 1, 2025, we have nearly 13,000 active verified members and I couldn’t be more proud of that fact. I’m deeply saddened for the need to ask for verification—I believe in a free and private internet where you have the choice to decide whether, where, and how you expose yourself—but my heart is full that so very many of you were willing to cross this bridge with us. You are why BateWorld continues.
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While agree with you about bogus AV laws which are really aimed at censoring porn (which adults have a right to use), I am also proud to be verified. I am proud to be a masturbator and to be authentic. I also appreciate the safety it affords me as someone who enjoys playing online with twink bators. Knowing that 18 or 19 year old bators are who they say they are makes for a more relaxing bate.