Pornhub因法国推行的年龄验证法而两度暂停在法国的运营。该法律要求色情网站安装第三方系统进行双盲年龄验证，但因涉及欧盟法规及实施挑战，该法曾被暂停后又恢复。Pornhub母公司Aylo对此表示担忧，认为该方法未能有效保护未成年人，反而可能因数据泄露威胁用户隐私，并可能将未成年人推向不合规网站。公司呼吁提供法律实施后的数据证明其成效，并主张采用设备级过滤方案。此前，美国最高法院支持德克萨斯州的年龄验证法，而英国的同类法律即将生效。

🚧 Pornhub两次暂停在法国的运营，主要原因是法国新出台的年龄验证法。该法要求色情网站采用双盲的第三方年龄验证系统，即网站和验证系统都无法获知用户的真实年龄和访问记录，以保护未成年人。

⚖️ 法国该年龄验证法在实施过程中经历了法律波折。最初因欧盟法规被巴黎行政法院暂停，但随后被法国最高法院（国家委员会）推翻了暂停令，恢复了法律的效力。然而，Pornhub及其母公司Aylo选择再次停止在法国的运营。

🤔 Aylo公司对法国年龄验证法的有效性和隐私保护提出了质疑。他们认为，每次访问都进行年龄验证并不能有效阻止未成年人访问，反而可能因数据泄露而危及用户隐私。此外，他们还担心这些法律可能将未成年人引向更不安全的、不遵守法律的网站。

💡 Aylo主张采用设备级过滤等替代方案来防止未成年人访问不适宜内容，认为这比网站层面的年龄验证更能保护隐私。公司呼吁法国政府提供数据，证明该法律在保护未成年人方面取得了实际成效。

🌐 类似的网络年龄验证法律在全球范围内引起关注。美国最高法院已裁定德克萨斯州的年龄验证法合宪，为其他州树立了先例。Pornhub已在多数实施此类法律的美国州暂停运营，并将遵守英国即将生效的同类法律。

Pornhub stopped operating in France last month in anticipation of the country's age-verification law going into effect. When the law was suspended weeks later, Pornhub restored itself in France. Now, Pornhub has blocked itself once again.

France's age-verification law requires porn sites to install a third-party system to check visitors' ages. This system must also be "double-blind," meaning the porn site doesn't know the visitor's age, and the verification system doesn't know which site they are accessing.

On June 16, the Administrative Court of Paris suspended the law, citing EU regulations. On July 15, the Council of State, the top French court, annulled the suspension. That same day, Aylo (which owns Pornhub and other adult sites like YouPorn and Redtube) released a statement that it will again stop operating in France.

"While important questions about the implementation of the law in France are still being considered, we maintain that French citizens deserve regulation that will prevent children from accessing adult content and that can be effectively enforced," Aylo states. "They also deserve that their privacy and sensitive data be protected. Again, we believe the current approach faces significant challenges in achieving these important goals."

The company goes on to state that verifying one's age every time one visits a site doesn't protect minors but instead endangers privacy through potential data breaches. It also said these laws put children at risk by driving them to websites that don't comply with the laws.

"To the French government and [France's communication regulator] Arcom we ask, how many minors have been protected in the six weeks since this law came into effect?" the statement says. "Provide the data on how this reduced access to age-inappropriate content."

These are the same concerns free speech advocates have expressed to Mashable: that age-verification sites won't work, are easily circumvented with VPNs, and have internet privacy and security concerns. In terms of the former, Proton VPN saw a 1,000 percent increase in sign-ups in France in the 30 minutes following the initial block.

Aylo advocates for device-level filters to prevent minors from accessing these websites.

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court deemed Texas's age-verification law constitutional, setting a precedent for similar laws. Pornhub has blocked itself in most states with such a law. The UK's own age-verification law goes into effect on July 25, and Pornhub will comply and operate within the region.