Europe EditionPornhub Exits France, Its Second-Biggest Market, over Age Verification Law
- Aylo, the company behind Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, has blocked access to these sites in France starting Wednesday, displaying a notification criticizing the nation's new age verification laws.
- The suspension follows France's gradual introduction this year of laws requiring all adult sites to verify user ages via credit cards, ID documents, or a third-party 'double-blind' option.
- Aylo argues the French law is dangerous, ineffective, and risks user privacy, claiming the double-blind mechanism exposes data to hacks and urging governments to focus on OS developers instead.
- Executive Alex Kekesi emphasized Aylo's strong support for age verification systems, while Solomon Friedman of Ethical Capital Partners criticized France's method despite major operating system providers already offering age verification solutions.
- France's Culture Minister Aurore Berge expressed approval of the platform's suspension, noting it would reduce the availability of harmful and inappropriate material to underage users in the country, reflecting ongoing efforts to protect children.
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Owner Suspends Pornhub, YouPorn, RedTube in France
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Pornhub and its sister sites YouPorn and Redtube, owned by Aylo, suspended access for French users on Thursday, June 5, in protest of a new national law requiring strict age verification to access adult content. The decision followed years of unsuccessful negotiations with French regulators to create a verification system that Aylo claims would not compromise user privacy. The company redirected French users to a protest message, stating that wh…
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