Political Attacks

The European Union has given sites a year to comply with their age verification laws.

EU Gives Platforms 12 Months to Deploy ‘Strict’ Age Verification AVN

The European Commission is granting all online platforms, including adult entertainment platforms, at least 12 months to comply with the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) requirements that dictate age verification measures be deployed to protect minors from age-restricted materials.

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Adult business ownershave petitioned the US Court of Appeals to rehear a zoning law that limits adult stores in New York City.

NYC Adult Stores Petition for Rehearing in Zoning Law Case

A group of adult businesses on Tuesday petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit to rehear a case involving a zoning law that could severely limit adult stores’ operations in New York City.

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Ofcom has ordered x.com to block minors from viewing porn on their site.

X Ordered to Block Minors From Viewing Porn in U.K. AVN

Social media platform X was ordered by Ofcom, the United Kingdom's digital regulator, to block users within the U.K. identified as minors from accessing pornography on the site.

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Ireland’s new age verification rules came into effect on Monday. They apply only to Ireland based sites.

New AV Rules Take Effect for Ireland-Based Sites

Ireland’s Online Safety Code came into force Monday, including a provision requiring adult sites headquartered in Ireland to implement age assurance measures beyond self-declaration.

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Pornhub is considering a return to Texas, while the state has resumed a lawsuit against them.

Pornhub Texas Return Possible After High Court Age Check Ruling

Pornhub is considering whether to resume operations in Texas after the porn industry lost a Supreme Court challenge over the state’s age-verification requirements last month, its lawyer said in court Thursday.

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In France, porn sites have been ordered to practice age verification.

France’s Council of State Orders Porn Sites to Check Ages AVN

The high administrative court of France ruled in favor of the government Tuesday in a legal dispute over whether adult entertainment platforms have to verify the ages of users originating from IP addresses in the country's digital space.

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Reddit and Bluesky will not practice age verification, due to the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act.

Bluesky, Reddit to Verify Ages of U.K. Users AVN

Social media networks Bluesky and Reddit are now overhauling their trust and safety programs in compliance with the United Kingdom's age verification requirements established under the Online Safety Act of 2023.

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Five countries in the European Union, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain, will test the region’s new age verification app.

Five EU Member States Test Bloc’s Age Verification App AVN

Five member states of the European Union are preparing to deploy the bloc's white-label age verification app as a pilot program.

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Justice Elena Kagan criticized the Supreme Court’s “terrible logic” in their ruling against the FSC and for the state of  Texas on age verification.

Elena Kagan Torches Supreme Court’s Terrible Logic in Porn Ruling

The Supreme Court upheld a decision allowing age-verification laws for online porn.

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An opinion piece from PornBiz on age verification.

The Scam of Age Verification - PORNBIZ.COM

A lot has happened in the past month: the EU Commission (the executive branch of the EU) publicly attacked the three largest porn sites — including us — over our supposed obligation to prevent minor access, while completely ignoring far larger mainstream platforms.

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