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Pornhub quits France over "age verification" law

Rob Beschizza
Jun 04, 2025
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The parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and other popular smut sites is to suspend service in France today in advance of "age verification" laws kicking in there. The laws would require adult sites to either maintain records of users' identities or integrate with third-party systems that perform this service: "an ineffective …

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