Pornhub and three other porn sites are confronted with an EU child safety probe

The EU is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat and two other pornography websites, which it believes can break into its online content laws.

The European Commission said sites, which also include XVIDEOS and XNXX, seem to have no measures to protect children and their rights.

It states that this involves the obvious lack of “appropriate” methods of age -checking to stop children from accessing adult materials.

“Online platforms must ensure that the rights and the best interests of children are central to the design and functioning of their services,” the statement said.

The parent company of Pornhub Ayl said she was aware of the investigation and “fully committed to guaranteeing the safety of minors online.”

“We will always obey the law, but we hope that governments around the world will apply laws that protect the safety and security of consumers,” he added.

The BBC also turned to Stripchat for comment.

The Commission reported his initial investigations We have found that the four platforms have not introduced “appropriate and proportionate measures to ensure a high level of privacy, safety and security for minors.”

It says platforms also do not seem to comply with porn sites to use age -to -check tools to protect children from accessing adult content.

An employee of the committee said the pop -up windows that are currently used by some porn sites, asking users if they are over 18 years old, it may not be an effective tool for it.

Platforms have also been found to have not introduced “risk assessment measures and mitigating negative effects on the rights of the child, mental and physical well -being of consumers,” the statement said.

It comes against the backdrop of broader control of online pornography services worldwide, with many regulators wanting to break up to those who do not have an age check.

The UK’s online safety regulator recently announced two investigations In porn sites that do not seem to have no methods to check the age of usersS

In early May, it is said that ITAI Tech Ltd – which operates the so -called “Nudifify” site – and the Score Internet Group LLC failed to describe how to prevent children from accessing their platforms.

Pornhub is the most visited porn site in the world -and 19th most visited in the whole network, According to data from a similar WebS

But it is under increasing regulatory pressure.

He has blocked access to his site in 16 US states, including Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Texas, who adopt laws that require him to check the age of users.

He claims that age check should be carried out on users’ devices, not on individual age-limited sites in order to create a simpler process for regulators and to improve confidentiality for consumers.

EU investigation companies were identified as very large online platforms under the Digital Services Act (DSA) in 2023.

According to the metabolism set of rules for the digital content of the block, they face more stringent requirements for dealing with harmful and illegal materials on the platforms.

If the suspect violations of the DSA are confirmed, the platforms may face additional implementation or ultimately, up to 6% of their annual turnover.

The Commission said on Tuesday that Stripchat would no longer be designated as a so -called VLOP, but its suspected non -compliance with digital content rules would still be investigated.

Lower platforms that do not comply with 45 million EU user thresholds should also comply with the digital rules of the children’s protection block, the message said.

Coordinated actions from the Member States will also strive to apply the requirements for smaller pornography sites.

“It is our priority to protect the minors and allow them to navigate safely online,” says Henna Virkunn, Executive Vice President of the Commission on Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy.

“Together with the digital service coordinators in the Member States, we are determined to deal with any potential harm to young online users.”