Age verification: A Decade of Coverage
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The EU agreed to ban AI nudify apps under an amended AI Act, effective December 2, 2026, targeting the software itself rather than individual deepfake outputs.
The EU's age verification app shipped with unencrypted passport scans and bypassable biometrics, exposing serious security flaws days after the European Commission declared it production-ready.
Venus Berlin confirms October 22-25, 2026 dates at Berlin Messe, with tickets starting at $65 per day as the exhibition cements its status as Europe's primary sextech showcase.
The EU's Digital Services Act classifies adult platforms by reach and risk, placing Pornhub alongside Facebook in the highest regulatory tier while leaving smaller operators to navigate Article 28's contradictory age-verification demands.
Pornhub's 2025 Year In Review shows age verification laws dropped the UK three places in traffic rankings and France to sixth, while Coldplay's viral CEO affair scandal drove a 388% spike in 'CEO' searches.
Aylo confirmed participation in the European Commission's age verification app pilot, a notable shift given the company recently blocked its sites in France and multiple US states over comparable laws.
Italy's AGCOM has listed 45 porn platforms, including Pornhub, OnlyFans, and Chaturbate, that must implement age verification by November 12 or face fines up to €250,000.
Berlin's Sx Festival and Sx Expo return June 27-28, 2026 at the Heeresbäckerei venue, with early-bird tickets from €35, despite the 2025 event drawing mixed reviews.
Denmark plans to extend copyright law to cover facial features, body likeness, and voice, giving people grounds to demand removal of non-consensual deepfake porn from platforms.
Aylo reinstated French access to Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube after a Paris court suspended France's age verification decree, using the moment to push its case for device-level age verification implemented globally.
Aylo blocked Pornhub and its other sites in France on June 4, 2025, after France mandated per-session age verification using official ID, with Proton VPN reporting a 1,000% signup spike within 30 minutes.
The European Commission has opened formal DSA investigations into Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos over age verification failures, with non-compliance potentially triggering fines of up to 6% of annual turnover.