US EditionPornhub Exits France, Its Second-Biggest Market, over Age Verification Law
- Aylo will stop operating Pornhub in France starting Wednesday due to new age verification laws.
- France is the second largest market for Pornhub, and it will only see a statement regarding the new regulations instead of pornographic content.
- An Aylo spokesperson stated that the new law poses a privacy risk and that age assessments should occur at the device level.
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Pornhub Exits Its Second-Biggest Market
French visitors to Pornhub and other major porn sites are being greeted with the famous painting "Liberty Leading the People" instead of adult content. The site's parent company Aylo has stopped operating in France—Pornhub's second-largest market, after the US—to protest a new French law requiring more stringent age...
Pornhub Pulls Out of France Over Age Verification Law
Pornhub, along with sister sites YouPorn and RedTube, pulled the plug on French access after a new law forced adult sites to verify the age of their users. The owner, Aylo, says it tried for years to work with French regulators to develop an age-check system that wouldn’t also serve up users’ personal data. After failing to reach an agreement, it slammed the door on one of its biggest audiences. France was Pornhub’s second-largest daily traffic …
The operator of the Porno website has blocked access for French users to protest against a new law on age verification. The Minister of Gender Equality cheers. However, it is questionable whether minors can really be protected.
Now Pornhub ban spreads to EUROPE & it includes two other major X-rated sites
PORNHUB has pulled out of France as a stringent clampdown on adult sites makes its way to Europe. A furious backlash over the country’s new age verification rules has prompted the site to block access. GettyFrench minister Aurore Berge said the decision meant there would be “less violent, degrading and humiliating content accessible to minors in France”[/caption] GettyPornhub is the world’s most visited porn site, with France being one of its bi…
For years, it has been part of the story of French liberalism: Here, there is a bang for art, a bang for decadence and a bang for sex – also with minors. The heavy-drinking French provocateur, liber...
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