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EU finds Pornhub and three other sites failed to stop minors accessing adult content

The European Commission says Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos relied on inadequate age checks and flawed risk assessments, and must introduce privacy preserving verification or face enforcement under the Digital Services Act.

Mar 26th 2026 ยท World

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  • European Commission preliminary probe says Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos breached the Digital Services Act after a 10 month investigation.
  • Platforms rely on a single-click age declaration and measures like warnings and blurring that the Commission says do not effectively prevent minors accessing content.
  • The Commission found risk assessments were incomplete or misrepresented consultations with child rights and age verification experts and emphasized business concerns over societal risks.
  • The platforms must adopt privacy preserving age verification systems and can respond to the preliminary findings or implement remedies.
  • If the Commission issues a non compliance decision, the sites could face fines up to 6 percent of their global annual turnover.

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