AYLO parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn has blocked access in France over new law

[TheButcher]

I had no idea France was the second largest viewing market for Pornhub, this is not good for French adults or Aylo.


"London CNN —

The owner of Pornhub has suspended access to its website in France because of its objections to a new French law requiring pornographic sites to verify the age of their users, the country’s communications regulator said Tuesday.

Arcom, the regulator, said in a statement that adult entertainment company Aylo had chosen to “shirk the requirement of protecting minors” enshrined in digital regulations “by suspending access to its content in France, including for adults.”

That’s despite the “numerous technical solutions on the market (allowing) users’ age to be verified while ensuring the protection of their personal data,” the regulator added.

Pornhub logo on its website. Illustration pictures of porn websites. France will impose a new device to block access to those sites to minors.
Related article Pornhub and other adult websites under EU investigation over lack of child safety measures

Aylo runs several pornography sites and is owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners. Reuters cited a spokesperson for Pornhub Tuesday as saying that Aylo had also suspended access in France to its sites YouPorn and Redtube.

In 2024, France accounted for the second-biggest audience for Pornhub on a daily basis behind the United States, according to the website. "



https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/tech/por ... ation-intl

[Emil]

The world is shrinking in market for adult this is definitely not a good trend.

[pornmafia]

VPN out of the question for French users?

[DeSexGuide]

Hahahahaha vpn companies must be loving these restrictions.


"A popular VPN service reported a 1,000% increase in registrations just 30 minutes after Pornhub blocked access in France this week. The adult site reportedly exited its second-biggest market on June 4 because of a new French age-verification law, per Mashable's Anna Iovine.

"5PM - PornHub blocks France from accessing its website," Proton VPN tweeted Wednesday. "5.30PM - @ProtonVPN registrations increase by 1,000%[.] For context, this is more than when TikTok blocked Americans.""

https://tech.yahoo.com/articles/proton- ... 58325.html