Age Verification

Aylo has started blocking unregistered Australian users from its porn sites ahead of the country’s new age verification rules on March 9.

Discord has pushed back its global age verification rollout to H2 2026 after users raised privacy concerns following a data breach that exposed 70,000 user IDs.

Discord will require age verification for adult content from March 2026. Users cite privacy fears and the platform’s recent data breach as reasons to leave.

Aylo has blocked unverified UK users from Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn, while Ofcom says more fines are on the way for non-compliant porn sites.

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Aylo will participate in the European Commission’s age verification app pilot, a shift from its recent approach of blocking sites in France and US states.

UK regulator Ofcom has fined AVS Group Ltd £1 million for failing to implement age checks across 18 porn sites, its largest Online Safety Act penalty to date.

OnlyFans will require criminal background checks for new US creators, partnering with screening company Checkr to vet applicants before they can join.

Ofcom issues first fines under UK’s porn age verification rules, penalizing Nudify app £55,000 and 4chan £20,000. 4chan says it won’t pay the fine.

Pornhub owner Aylo is urging Apple, Google and Microsoft to implement device-level age verification, arguing site-based systems are “flawed and counterproductive”.

Italy’s regulator AGCOM lists 45 porn sites including Pornhub, xHamster and OnlyFans that must verify users are 18+ starting November 12, 2025.

Character.AI is ending free-flowing chats for minors by November 25 while Microsoft rejects erotic AI. OpenAI and X’s Grok are heading the opposite way.