Porn ban

France’s porn age verification laws prompt Aylo to block Pornhub and other sites. VPN use surges as France defends the new rules amid circumvention risks.

EU Commission probes Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX & XVideos for inadequate age checks under DSA; non-compliance risks fines up to 6 % of turnover.

Ofcom says that any site that hosts pornography that’s accessible to UK users will need to implement “highly effective” age verification by July 25, 2025.

ChatGPT gets a little more grown-up! OpenAI relaxes rules, allowing erotica in specific contexts. Kissing is now OK, but porn is still off-limits.

Pornhub has blocked access to people in Virginia and Mississippi, taking the total number of US states in which it has suspended service to four.

Access to Pornhub has been blocked across the whole state of Utah, following a requirement to provide more stringent age verification to users of the site.

Imgur announces explicit content ban from May 15, 2023, amid new terms & conditions. Artistic nudity stays, but is this the end of Imgur porn as you know it?

A somewhat ill-defined law that requires adult sites to verify users’ ages via specific methods came into effect this month, as worldwide crackdowns continue.

The Iraqi government has said it will block access to all porn sites from within the country, expanding its previous efforts to stop people watching porn.

Tumblr has introduced a new way for users to 'flag' content with sexual themes, leading people to wonder if porn will be welcomed back onto the platform.

xHamster has been, at least temporarily, blocked in Germany for its failure to implement robust age verification measures, authorities say.