A French Court of Appeals in Paris has ruled that certain porn websites are subject to a national age verification requirement adopted under a 2020 French law. The ruling applies to websites that don't operate in European Union member states. Websites Tukif, xHamster, MrSexe, and IciPorno, all non-EU platforms, must adopt more rigorous age verification measures within 15 days or else they will be blocked by French ISPs.
Porn websites are currently under duress via the EU and the websites are presently challenging Digital Services Act rules. The Court of Appeal ruled that: Children's general interest was an overriding
consideration which may justify infringement of other rights such as freedom of expression or communication. Giving priority to the protection of the private lives of adult consumers, by ruling out age verification, is
incompatible with the protection of minors.
AVN also reported on a national age verification requirement granting Arcom, the audiovisual and internet censor for France, the right to enforce age-verification rules.
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