US EditionPornhub Exits France, Its Second-Biggest Market, over Age Verification Law
- Aylo, owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, suspended access to these platforms in France on Wednesday due to new age verification laws.
- This decision followed France’s gradual introduction of requirements for adult sites to verify users’ ages using ID or credit card details, which Aylo argues risks privacy.
- Aylo is displaying a message to French users denouncing the law’s privacy risks and featuring Delacroix’s painting, while asserting that operating system-level age verification by Google, Apple, and Microsoft offers a better solution.
- French Culture Minister Aurore Berge welcomed Aylo’s withdrawal, stating it reduces minors’ access to harmful content and favoring site closure over compliance, while junior minister Clara Chappaz affirmed France's legal stance.
- The suspension highlights tensions over privacy and child protection in digital regulation, suggesting countries might better regulate OS developers than individual adult platforms.
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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...
Faced with the blocking of the main pornographic sites in France, netizens seem determined to circumvent the restrictions: VPNs are booming.
After Pornhub left France, this VPN saw a 1,000% surge in signups in 30 minutes
A popular VPN service reported a 1,000% increase in registrations just 30 minutes after Pornhub blocked access in France this week. The adult site reportedly exited its second-biggest market on June 4 because of a new French age-verification law, per Mashable's Anna Iovine."5PM - PornHub blocks France from accessing its website," Proton VPN tweeted Wednesday. "5.30PM - @ProtonVPN registrations increase by 1,000%[.] For context, this is more than…
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.
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