Pornhub, Euporn and Redtube suspended activity in France in protest
In Eye, which contains Pornhub, Yuporn and Redtube sites, these platforms in France stops access, as a means of competing with the law that requires the verification of the consumer age.
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Iloo, a company that has Pornhub, Yuporn and Redtube sites, has stopped access to adult content platforms in France from Wednesday. Black volunteers in an attempt to compete with the need for pornography, check whether their customers are Over 18 years.
This decision emerges as a form of political stress, Creating anger among consumers and leading to competing with the authorities for the law that has been in force since July 2020.
“I can confirm that the Illo Group has made a difficult decision to discontinue access to platforms in France. Tomorrow, we will use our platforms to lead French audiences directly to French audience,” said a company spokesperson Reuters Agency.
The responsibility of verifying age should not fall on websites, and a group of companies like Apple, Google and Microsoft, who dominate the market from equipment and operating systems.
“Checking users’ age at a real solution to protect minors and adults, IE is directly from devices,” the spokesman said.
“The French government is attacking thousands of adult websites to prevent small access by Google, Apple and Microsoft deficiency,” he said.
According to Le Monde, the effect of this decision is significant, because PornHub is currently the fifth site that is mostly visited in France, Its popularity is definitely due to access Uncontrolled and free.
On social networks, French Minister of French Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology responded to the decision of the company.
“If we would like to leave France instead of applying our laws in I, it would be free to do so,” he said.
According to the AudioVisual and Digital Communication Regulation Authority (ARCOM) in FranceAbout 2.3 million miners accept obscene matters every month despite the legal ban. New law to lock this access.
Increased stress in Europe
According to the information revealed, Brussels suspect that “properly assessing and attracting the risks caused by pornography is” properly assessed and attracted “and children are not effectively prevented from accessing adult content”.
