France will soon also order MindGeek’s YouPorn and Redtube to be shut down in the country for breaking France’s child protection law requiring age verification for porn sites. #ShutITDown
French media watchdog Arcom has ordered pornographic websites YouPorn and RedTube to block access to children – or face a court order to have their services shut down. The move was made public Wednesday in JORF, the Official Journal of the French Republic, which publishes major legal information from the French government.
It comes a month after the regulator took legal action to block five porn sites – Pornhub, Tukif, Xhamster, Xvideos and Xnxx – also accused of being too easily accessible to minors.The exposure of pornographic photos and videos to minors is banned under a French domestic violence law passed in July 2020. The legislation specifies that companies may not exonerate themselves of responsibility simply by asking the internet user if they are of legal age.
