Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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New Mexico's attorney general sued Meta, claiming child exploitative content appears ten times more frequently on Facebook and Instagram than on Pornhub or OnlyFans.
Italy's AGCOM began requiring mobile providers to activate default porn-blocking filters on SIM cards registered to under-18s on November 21, 2023, with VPNs also subject to blocking.
Australia's government declined to mandate porn site age verification, citing privacy concerns and circumvention risks, opting instead for a parental education code overseen by the eSafety Commissioner.
Pornhub blocked users in Virginia and Mississippi on June 30 over new state age verification laws, its third and fourth state blocks in 2023 following Utah and Louisiana.
Roblox launched a 17+ content category allowing mature themes including violence and 'romantic' content, behind age verification, while still banning nudity and sexual activity.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended the Online Safety Bill as WhatsApp warned it would break end-to-end encryption and enable mass surveillance of private messages.
A Dutch court ordered xHamster to remove amateur videos lacking verified consent or face fines up to €30,000 per video, with xHamster citing "ongoing legal proceedings" when asked if it had complied.
Private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners acquired MindGeek on March 16, 2023, pledging ethics-first oversight of Pornhub while declining to acknowledge any past wrongdoing.
France plans to require government-approved age verification apps for all porn sites from September, making it the first country to mandate such a system under threat of blocking.
36 Conservative MPs are pushing to amend the UK's Online Safety Bill so social media executives face up to two years in prison for failing to implement age verification and child safety measures.
Louisiana's HB142 age verification law took effect January 1, 2023, requiring porn sites to verify users via a digital driver's license app, with Pornhub already prompting Louisiana visitors to comply.
French and German courts advanced porn-blocking measures in September 2022, with Arcom targeting Tukif, xHamster, XNXX, XVideos, and Pornhub over failure to implement age verification.