Pornhub and Other Adult Sites Challenge EU's Digital Services Act
The lawsuits target the EU's imposition of age verification and content moderation obligations on platforms with significant user traffic.
- Pornhub, Xvideos, and Stripchat are suing the European Union over the Digital Services Act, which requires platforms with over 45 million monthly users to implement age verification measures.
- The EU Commission has designated these sites as 'very large online platforms,' a classification that the companies are disputing based on their reported user numbers.
- The Digital Services Act aims to protect minors and combat harmful digital content by imposing content moderation laws and establishing a public library of adverts.
- Companies failing to comply with the law face fines up to six percent of their global turnover, prompting concerns over free speech implications beyond the EU.
- The lawsuits follow similar legal challenges by Amazon and Zalando, questioning the criteria for being classified as a very large online platform under the act.
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