Overview

• Aylo’s Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube have been inaccessible in France since June 4 after the firm refused to comply with a new age-verification law.
• Proton VPN recorded a tenfold rise in sign-ups and NordVPN saw a 170 percent increase, while overall interest in VPN services in France jumped more than 330 percent.
• Arcom has enforced the regulation by blocking non-compliant sites, and digital minister Clara Chappaz said the law will not change and Aylo may leave the market if it refuses to comply.
• Privacy advocates warn that the requirement to upload identification documents could create security risks such as data breaches or extortion.
• The European Union is considering similar age-verification mandates and countries like Germany have already moved to block pornography sites that fail to meet comparable requirements.