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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Aylo announced Tuesday that Pornhub access has been restored in the United Kingdom for Apple users who complete Apple’s age-verification process through iOS devices.
The company said the change follows Apple’s rollout of device-based age verification in the U.K. through iOS 26.4.
In a statement, Aylo Vice President of Brand and Community Alex Kekesi said, “For years, Aylo has advocated for device-based age verification as the most effective and privacy-protecting approach to help prevent minors from accessing age-inappropriate content online. With the release of iOS 26.4, Apple has introduced the world’s first-ever device-based age verification solution for its users in the U.K., a major first step toward a global solution that stands to better protect children everywhere. As a result, today Aylo welcomes eligible age-confirmed U.K. iOS users back to Pornhub.”
Aylo had previously implemented age-assurance measures in the U.K. to comply with requirements under the Online Safety Act. In February 2026, however, the company began restricting access to its free video-sharing platforms in the country unless users had existing accounts, citing concerns about what it described as flaws in the law’s verification framework.
Following Apple’s March release of iOS 26.4, the company introduced account-level age verification for U.K. users. Aylo said the system represents “one of the strongest and hardest to circumvent protections currently available for helping prevent minors from accessing age-inappropriate content.”
During a press conference Tuesday, Ethical Capital Partners partner Solomon Friedman said the ownership group behind Aylo welcomed Apple’s implementation of device-based age assurance across the U.K., while Kekesi described the rollout as “a huge step.”
“We believe this is the path forward,” Kekesi said, adding that the company hopes similar systems will eventually expand to other operating systems and additional international markets.
Aylo has previously blocked access to its sites in several U.S. states with age-verification laws, along with France and Australia. Kekesi said the restoration of access in the U.K. marks the first time the company has resumed operations in a market after suspending access over verification concerns.
“This is the first time we are effectively coming back to a market because we have a solution that in our view permits us to do that in the safest way possible,” she said. “This is a really exciting day.”
Kekesi said the verification process takes place within Apple’s ecosystem, eliminating the need for users to complete additional verification steps directly on the site.
“It offers a much more seamless experience to the user,” Kekesi said.
Friedman said Aylo views that process as important because users often migrate to sites that do not comply with verification requirements when verification systems become cumbersome.
“Right now, when you Google ‘free porn’ from the U.K., half the results Google and Bing return are sites that are noncompliant,” Friedman said.
Friedman also said Apple’s system satisfies the company’s standards for effective age assurance because it does not require users to provide personal information directly to websites and is more difficult to bypass than many existing platform-based systems.
“Apple’s got it right,” Friedman said.
Ethical Capital Partners partner Sarah Bain said the restored access currently applies only to Pornhub and not to other Aylo-owned platforms including YouPorn and Redtube.
“Aylo is rolling this out in a measured way,” Bain said.
