Porn laws

Utah, Ohio, and Washington are moving to close the VPN loophole in porn age verification. The privacy tradeoffs are significant and enforcement is unproven.

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

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.

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”.

Australia mandates age verification for online porn access from March 9, 2026, with fines up to $32M for non-compliance.

Ofcom targets 22 adult sites with 8 million UK visitors for failing to implement age verification after new July 2025 rules took effect.

Bellesa blocks UK access to its porn site, calling the new age verification law flawed and unworkable. Offers workaround via BellesaPlus.

Pornhub, Reddit, Bluesky and Grindr now use ID, banking and video selfies to verify UK users’ age under the Online Safety Act, enforced from July 25.

Denmark plans to give people copyright over their face and voice to fight nonconsensual deepfake porn. Non-compliant platforms face potentially heavy fines.

Aylo confirms it will meet UK’s July 25 age check rules, while urging global shift to device-level porn verification to better protect user privacy.

UK regulator Ofcom investigates niche porn sites FTVGirls and FTVMilfs for failing to enforce age checks, signaling a wider crackdown beyond major platforms.