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2mo ago

Aylo Blocks Pornhub and YouPorn Access in France Over New Age-Verification Rules

This protest arrives ahead of Arcom’s June 6 penalty deadline for France’s SREN age-verification law, highlighting tensions between child protection and digital privacy.

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Selon l’Arcom, 30% des internautes qui consultent ces sites, soit 2,3 millions d’individus, ont mois de 18 ans.
Dans ce énième bras de fer avec les autorités françaises, le géant du secteur essaye d’échapper à cette obligation en renvoyant à une vérification de l’âge au niveau des appareils et de leur système d’exploitation.
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Overview

  • On June 4, Aylo suspended access in France to Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube in opposition to the SREN law’s strengthened age-verification mandate.
  • Arcom, France’s media regulator, will begin imposing fines on June 6 for adult-content sites that fail to comply with the new verification requirements.
  • Users attempting to reach the blocked platforms encounter a banner featuring Delacroix’s “Liberty Leading the People” condemning the regulation as privacy-invading and ineffective.
  • Aylo contends that collecting personal data for age checks risks exposing user information without reliably preventing underage access due to frequent data breaches.
  • The standoff is drawing attention from the European Commission, which is reviewing age-verification practices under the Digital Services Act for possible EU-wide rules.