Overview

• The Paris administrative tribunal paused France’s decree requiring EU-based porn platforms to verify users’ ages while it examines compliance with EU law.
• Aylo had blocked access to Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in early June to protest the age checks and restored them after the ruling.
• The suspended decree mandated age confirmation via credit card or ID and a third-party double-blind option to shield platforms from user data.
• Aylo argued that website-based verifications expose sensitive information, divert users to unregulated sites and urged device-level age checks instead.
• France’s government has signaled it will appeal the tribunal’s decision to the Council of State, the nation’s highest administrative court.