Overview
- Aylo sent letters this week urging Apple, Google, and Microsoft to enable device-based age verification and share a neutral age signal with websites via an API.
- Google said it is developing age-assurance tools such as a Credential Manager API and reiterated its ban on adult apps on Google Play, while Apple and Microsoft declined direct comment and pointed to existing child-safety policies.
- Pornhub reports traffic declines of roughly 77–80 percent in jurisdictions enforcing site-level age checks, including Louisiana and the United Kingdom.
- The company argues current site-based systems are ineffective and drive users to unregulated sites, pointing to research and internal search data showing increased interest in alternatives without safeguards.
- Privacy advocates warn device-level schemes risk creating de facto digital IDs, as California’s new Digital Age Assurance Act will require app stores to authenticate user ages starting in 2027.