Overview
- Brussels believes Pornhub, XVideos, Stripchat and XNXX lack adequate and proportionate age-verification and risk-mitigation tools mandated by the Digital Services Act
- Stripchat lost its “very large online platform” status after falling below the 45 million monthly user threshold and will shift to Cyprus’ regulatory oversight
- The Commission’s investigation powers include requesting additional information, interviewing site operators and performing on-site inspections
- EU member states have launched coordinated national actions to enforce minor-protection rules on smaller adult content websites
- Vice President Henna Virkkunen said the internet must be a safe environment for children and that the DSA is central to safeguarding underage users