Pornhub exits France over age verification law
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The owner of Pornhub has suspended access to the website for users in France because of its objections to a new French law requiring pornographic sites to verify the age of their users, the country’s communications regulator said Tuesday.
The owner of Pornhub has suspended access to its website in France because of its objections to a new French law requiring pornographic sites to verify the age of their users, the country’s communications regulator said Tuesday. Arcom, the regulator, said in a statement that adult entertainment company Aylo had chosen to “shirk the requirement of protecting minors” enshrined in digital regulations “by suspending access to its content in France, including for adults.” That’s despite the “numerous technical solutions on the market (allowing) users’ age to be verified while ensuring the protection of their personal data,” the regulator added. Aylo runs several pornography sites and is owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners. Reuters cited a spokesperson for Pornhub Tuesday as saying that Aylo had also suspended access in France to its sites YouPorn and Redtube. In 2024, France accounted for the second-biggest audience for Pornhub on a daily basis behind the United States, according to the website. Last year, France enacted a law mandating that pornographic sites implement stricter age-verification technology. That could include asking users to provide their bank card details, Arcom said in an October document detailing aspects of the law’s implementation.
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