Manisha Krishnan: Breaking: Pornhub will be blocking itself to new users in the UK as of Feb 2, claiming that the UK's age verification laws are "flawed" and don't actually protect minors. Anyone not already registered and age verified will not be able to use to site: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...

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Breaking: Pornhub will be blocking itself to new users in the UK as of Feb 2, claiming that the UK's age verification laws are "flawed" and don't actually protect minors. Anyone not already registered and age verified will not be able to use to site: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
Pornhub Will Block New UK Users Starting Next Week to Protest ‘Flawed’ ID Law

Only users who have already registered and completed age verification will be able to access the world's largest porn site.

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Jan 27, 2026 16:14
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Manisha Krishnan manishakrishnan.bsky.social · Jan 27
the company did a demo this morning showed that 6/10 top google results for "free porn" are non-compliant with age restriction. It wants Apple, Google, and Microsoft to enact device-based age verification, but those companies have previously been unresponsive to that: www.wired.com/story/pornhu...
Pornhub Is Urging Tech Giants to Enact Device-Based Age Verification

The company sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn, as US and UK laws have caused its traffic to plummet.

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