{ "name": "pornblocked.com age-verification and platform status dataset", "as_of": "2026-10-26", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/", "cite_as": "pornblocked.com, Editorial Team (October 26, 2026). https://pornblocked.com/data", "sentence": "As of October 26, 2026, 27 US states have age-verification laws for adult sites in effect, and Pornhub blocks 25 of them.", "counts": { "us": { "jurisdictions": 51, "law": { "in_effect": 27, "enacted_not_yet_effective": 0, "enjoined": 0, "repealed": 0, "bill_pending": 1, "no_law": 23, "held": 0 }, "pornhub": { "blocked": 25, "verifies": 1, "available": 25, "unclear": 0, "held": 0 }, "law_in_effect_and_pornhub_blocked": 25 }, "world": { "jurisdictions": 10, "law": { "in_effect": 7, "enacted_not_yet_effective": 0, "enjoined": 0, "repealed": 0, "bill_pending": 1, "no_law": 2, "held": 0 }, "pornhub": { "blocked": 3, "verifies": 0, "available": 7, "unclear": 0, "held": 0 } } }, "jurisdictions": [ { "slug": "alabama", "name": "Alabama", "kind": "us_state", "code": "AL", "url": "/usa/alabama", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/alabama", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 164", "law_name": "HB 164", "citation": "Ala. Code §§ 8-19G-1 to 8-19G-10 (Act 2024-97)", "law_url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB164-enr.pdf", "signed": "2024-04-18", "effective": "2024-10-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: private civil action in circuit court by an injured individual or a minor's parent or guardian, and the Attorney General, who may petition for civil penalties once a court finds a violation. Violations are also violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-09-26", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Alabama since September 26, 2024. Alabama law (HB 164) took effect October 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since October 1, 2024, Alabama requires adult websites, apps and platforms where more than a third of the content is sexual material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age-verification method and to display state-written health warnings; a 10 percent tax on Alabama-based adult content followed on September 1, 2025. Pornhub has blocked Alabama since late September 2024 instead of checking ages. A separate app store age-verification law takes effect January 1, 2027.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "warning_label", "name": "HB 164, Section 9 (Ala. Code § 8-19G-9)", "effective": "2024-10-01", "status": "in effect" }, { "type": "other", "name": "HB 164, Section 10 (Ala. Code § 8-19G-10)", "effective": "2025-09-01", "status": "in effect" }, { "type": "other", "name": "HB 164, Section 8 (Ala. Code § 8-19G-8)", "effective": "2024-10-01", "status": "in effect" }, { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "HB 161 (App Store Accountability Act, 2026), Act 2026-59", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "enacted, not yet in effect (approved by the governor 2026-02-17 as Act 2026-59)" }, { "type": "device_filter", "name": "SB 186 (2025)", "effective": "2025-10-01", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-02-14", "type": "introduced", "text": "HB 164 is introduced in the Alabama House (first read Feb. 14, 2024).", "source": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB164-enr.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-04-18", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Kay Ivey approves HB 164, which becomes Act 2024-97.", "source": "https://arc-sos.state.al.us/cgi/actdetail.mbr/detail?year=2024&act=97" }, { "date": "2024-09-26", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Alabama ahead of the law's start date.", "source": "https://www.alreporter.com/2024/09/27/alabama-begins-to-see-impacts-of-porn-id-law-implementation" }, { "date": "2024-10-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 164's age-verification, data, health-warning and consent provisions take effect.", "source": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB164-enr.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-09-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 164's 10 percent tax on gross receipts from adult content produced, sold or otherwise based in Alabama takes effect.", "source": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB164-enr.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 164 (2024 Regular Session), enrolled text, Alabama Legislature", "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2024RS/HB164-enr.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-04-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Act 2024-97 (H 164) record, Legislative Acts, Alabama Secretary of State", "url": "https://arc-sos.state.al.us/cgi/actdetail.mbr/detail?year=2024&act=97", "type": "government", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Act 2026-59 (H 161) record, Legislative Acts, Alabama Secretary of State", "url": "https://arc-sos.state.al.us/cgi/actdetail.mbr/detail?year=2026&act=59", "type": "government", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 186 (2025 Regular Session), enrolled text, Alabama Legislature", "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB186-enr.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-05-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 161 (2026 Regular Session), enrolled text, Alabama Legislature", "url": "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2026RS/HB161-enr.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-02-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ala. Code § 8-19G-3 (Justia)", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-8/chapter-19g/section-8-19g-3/", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ala. Code § 8-19G-2 definitions (Justia)", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-8/chapter-19g/section-8-19g-2/", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ala. Code ch. 8-19G section list (Justia)", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/alabama/title-8/chapter-19g/", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alabama HB 164 (2024) bill history (FastDemocracy)", "url": "https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/al/2024rs/bills/ALB00016552", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alabama begins to see impacts of porn ID law implementation (Alabama Reporter)", "url": "https://www.alreporter.com/2024/09/27/alabama-begins-to-see-impacts-of-porn-id-law-implementation", "type": "news", "date": "2024-09-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn sites blocking access in Alabama over state law requiring age verification (1819 News)", "url": "https://1819news.com/news/item/porn-sites-blocking-access-in-alabama-over-state-law-requiring-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2024-09-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alabama's new 'Porn ID Law' raises privacy and rights concerns (Alabama Reporter)", "url": "https://www.alreporter.com/2024/04/19/alabamas-new-porn-id-law-raises-privacy-and-rights-concerns", "type": "news", "date": "2024-04-19", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alabama Becomes the Fourth State to Enact an App Store Accountability Act (Loeb & Loeb)", "url": "https://www.loeb.com/en/insights/passle/2026/02/alabama-becomes-the-fourth-state-to-enact-an-app-store-accountability-act", "type": "news", "date": "2026-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "alaska", "name": "Alaska", "kind": "us_state", "code": "AK", "url": "/usa/alaska", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/alaska", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Alaska has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Alaska has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. A 2024 House bill with ID checks for porn sites (HB 254) died in the Senate, and a 2026 bill (HB 47) passed the House with social media age verification added, but a Senate committee stripped those provisions and the bill went no further.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 47", "status": "Died: passed the House 39-0 on 2026-02-27; the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee removed the social media and age-verification sections and reported the bill on 2026-04-10; it was referred to Senate Judiciary with no further action." }, { "name": "HB 46", "status": "Died: referred to House Labor and Commerce on 2025-01-22 with no further action in the 34th Legislature." }, { "name": "SB 262", "status": "Died: last recorded in Senate Judiciary (status date 2026-05-04); not passed by the 34th Legislature." }, { "name": "HB 254", "status": "Died: passed the House in April 2024; a Senate substitute was referred to Senate Judiciary on 2024-05-06 with no further action." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 47 (34th Legislature) bill detail - Alaska State Legislature", "url": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=HB%2047", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 254 (33rd Legislature) bill detail - Alaska State Legislature", "url": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/33?Root=HB%20254", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House and Senate bill lists, 34th Legislature - Alaska State Legislature", "url": "https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Range/34?session=&bill1=HB%201&bill2=HB%20999", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Legislators nix online age checks for social media, citing First Amendment concerns (Alaska Current)", "url": "https://thealaskacurrent.com/2026/04/09/legislators-nix-online-age-checks-for-social-media-citing-first-amendment-concerns/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-04-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alaska House unanimously passes sweeping social media and AI restrictions (Anchorage Daily News)", "url": "https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2026/02/27/alaska-house-unanimously-passes-sweeping-social-media-and-ai-restrictions/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-02-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Alaska House approves social media ban for young kids, online pornography ID checks for all (Anchorage Daily News)", "url": "https://www.adn.com/politics/alaska-legislature/2024/04/27/alaska-house-approves-social-media-ban-for-young-kids-online-porn-id-checks-for-all/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-04-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "arizona", "name": "Arizona", "kind": "us_state", "code": "AZ", "url": "/usa/arizona", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/arizona", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 2112", "law_name": "HB 2112", "citation": "A.R.S. § 18-701 (Laws 2025, ch. 193)", "law_url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm", "signed": "2025-05-13", "effective": "2025-09-26", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: a parent or guardian of a minor who accessed the material, and any person whose identifying information was retained or transmitted in violation of the law, may sue. The statute gives no enforcement role to the Attorney General.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-09-26", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Arizona since September 26, 2025. Arizona law (HB 2112) took effect September 26, 2025.", "summary": "Since September 26, 2025, Arizona law (HB 2112, A.R.S. § 18-701) requires websites where more than a third of the material is sexual material harmful to minors to verify that visitors are 18 or older, and bars sites and verifiers from keeping ID data or sending it to the government. The law is enforced only through private lawsuits. Pornhub has blocked Arizona since the day the law took effect, and a 2026 bill that would have amended it (HB 2991) died in the Senate.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 2991", "status": "Died: passed the House 44-6 on 2026-03-05; the Senate Committee of the Whole adopted amendments on 2026-06-10, but there was no Senate final vote. The Legislature's final disposition is 'Held in Senate'." }, { "name": "SB 1747", "status": "Died: passed the Senate 18-11 on 2026-03-10 and was amended in House Commerce on 2026-03-24; final disposition 'Held in House'." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-05-13", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Katie Hobbs signs HB 2112 (Laws 2025, ch. 193).", "source": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0193.htm" }, { "date": "2025-09-26", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 2112 (A.R.S. § 18-701) takes effect.", "source": "https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/pornhub-block-arizona-access-due-new-age-verification-law" }, { "date": "2025-09-26", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors from Arizona, four days after Aylo announced it would.", "source": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pornhub-down-arizona-heres-why-140634646.html" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Laws 2025, Chapter 193 (HB 2112, Senate Engrossed) - Arizona Legislature", "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/laws/0193.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-05-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "A.R.S. § 18-701: Internet pornography; age verification - Arizona Revised Statutes", "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/ars/18/00701.htm", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2112 Senate fact sheet - Arizona Legislature", "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/1R/summary/S.2112JUDE.DOCX.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-03-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2991 (2026) bill overview - Arizona Legislature", "url": "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85496?SessionId=130", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2991 Senate fact sheet, as passed by Committee of the Whole - Arizona Legislature", "url": "https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/57leg/2R/summary/S.2991RAGE_AS%20PASSEDCOW.DOCX.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-06-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1747 (2026) bill overview - Arizona Legislature", "url": "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85412?SessionId=130", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub to block Arizona access due to new age verification law (FOX 10 Phoenix)", "url": "https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/pornhub-block-arizona-access-due-new-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2025-09-22", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is down in Arizona: Here's why and what to know (Arizona Republic, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pornhub-down-arizona-heres-why-140634646.html", "type": "news", "date": "2025-09-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "arkansas", "name": "Arkansas", "kind": "us_state", "code": "AR", "url": "/usa/arkansas", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/arkansas", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Act 612", "law_name": "SB 66 (Act 612)", "citation": "Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-88-1101 to 4-88-1105 (Act 612 of 2023)", "law_url": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FACT612.pdf", "signed": "2023-04-11", "effective": "2023-08-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: a site that fails to verify ages is liable for damages when a minor accesses the material. The act gives the Attorney General no separate enforcement power or fine.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2023-07-28", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Arkansas since July 28, 2023. Arkansas law (Act 612) took effect August 1, 2023.", "summary": "Since August 1, 2023, Arkansas law (Act 612) makes websites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors liable for damages if they let users in without verifying that they are 18 or older, using a digital ID, government ID or an IAL2-level commercial check, and bars keeping identifying data afterward. The law is enforced through private lawsuits. Pornhub has blocked Arkansas since late July 2023.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 396 (Act 689 of 2023, Social Media Safety Act)", "effective": "2023-09-01", "status": "permanently enjoined (NetChoice v. Griffin, W.D. Ark., 2025-03-31); appeal at 8th Cir." }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 611 (Act 900 of 2025)", "effective": "2025-08-05", "status": "preliminarily enjoined 2026-04-20" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 612 (Act 901 of 2025)", "effective": "2025-08-05", "status": "preliminarily enjoined 2025-12-15" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-01-17", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 66 is filed in the Arkansas Senate.", "source": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=SB66&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R" }, { "date": "2023-04-11", "type": "signed", "text": "SB 66 is approved and becomes Act 612 of 2023.", "source": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FACT612.pdf" }, { "date": "2023-07-28", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Arkansas, days before the law takes effect.", "source": "https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/07/28/pornhub-blocks-arkansas-users-apparently-in-protest-of-states-age-verification-law" }, { "date": "2023-08-01", "type": "effective", "text": "Act 612 takes effect on the general effective date for 2023 acts without an emergency clause.", "source": "https://ezel.ai/ag-opinions/ar/2023-0031-what-is-the-effective-date-of-those-acts-of-the-94th-general" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Act 612 of 2023 (SB 66), Arkansas General Assembly", "url": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2023R%2FPublic%2FACT612.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2023-04-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 66 (2023 Regular Session) bill status, Arkansas General Assembly", "url": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=SB66&ddBienniumSession=2023%2F2023R", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Arkansas Attorney General Opinion No. 2023-031, effective date of acts of the 94th General Assembly (copy on ezel.ai)", "url": "https://ezel.ai/ag-opinions/ar/2023-0031-what-is-the-effective-date-of-those-acts-of-the-94th-general", "type": "other", "date": "2023-05-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "New Arkansas laws going into effect on Aug. 1 (KAIT8)", "url": "https://www.kait8.com/2023/08/01/new-arkansas-laws-going-into-effect-aug-1", "type": "news", "date": "2023-07-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks all Arkansas users before state's age-verification law takes effect Aug. 1 (Arkansas Times)", "url": "https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/07/28/pornhub-blocks-arkansas-users-apparently-in-protest-of-states-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2023-07-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub cuts Arkansas' access in protest of age verification law (Axios)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2023/08/09/pornhub-age-verification-law-arkansas?stream=top", "type": "news", "date": "2023-08-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub wants to come back to Arkansas screens (Axios)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/nw-arkansas/2026/08/07/pornhub-wants-come-back-arkansas", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "australia", "name": "Australia", "kind": "country", "code": "AU", "url": "/australia", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/australia", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Online Safety Act codes", "law_name": "Online Safety Act 2021 – industry codes for age-restricted material (Phase 2 codes)", "citation": "Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth); three codes registered 27 June 2025 (hosting, internet carriage, search engines) and six codes registered 9 September 2025 (social media, messaging, relevant electronic services, designated internet services, app distribution, equipment)", "law_url": null, "signed": "2025-09-09", "effective": "2026-03-09", "regulator": "eSafety Commissioner", "enforcement": "eSafety monitors compliance, investigates complaints and says it will take enforcement action where there is systemic non-compliance. Its first step is a direction to comply with a code; a provider that ignores one can face Federal Court civil penalty proceedings, and eSafety can also ask search engines to delist the service.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2026-03-09", "pornhub_qualifier": "it shows only safe-for-work content, except to Apple-verified iPhones and iPads", "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Australia since March 9, 2026 (it shows only safe-for-work content, except to Apple-verified iPhones and iPads). Australia's Online Safety Act codes took effect March 9, 2026.", "summary": "Under industry codes registered by the eSafety Commissioner under the Online Safety Act 2021, porn sites, R18+ apps and games, and AI chatbots that can produce sexual content have had to check users' ages since 9 March 2026; self-declaration is not enough. Aylo responded by limiting Pornhub to safe-for-work content for Australians and restricting its other sites; since 7 October 2026 it has restored the full Pornhub site for iPhone and iPad users whose age Apple has confirmed. Breaching an eSafety direction to comply can bring civil penalties of up to A$49.5 million per breach.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social media minimum age", "name": "Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024", "effective": "2025-12-10", "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Directions to comply issued to AI 'nudify' services (names withheld) for lacking age assurance. The first, to a high-traffic service in May 2026, led it and two associated services to withdraw from Australia; a second, in June 2026, led its provider to commit to comply", "body": "eSafety Commissioner", "status": "directions issued (first enforcement under the Age-Restricted Material Codes); no action against a dedicated porn website reported", "date": null, "url": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/another-three-nudifying-services-go-dark-in-australia-as-regulatory-pressure-mounts-over-child-safety-concerns" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-09-09", "type": "signed", "text": "eSafety registers the remaining six age-restricted material codes under the Online Safety Act 2021 (three others were registered on 27 June 2025).", "source": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/codes/faq-access-to-online-porn-and-other-adult-content" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "type": "effective", "text": "The age-restricted material codes take effect: porn sites and other R18+ services must check users' ages, and self-declaration is no longer enough.", "source": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/online-safety-codes-introduce-real-world-protections-for-children-online" }, { "date": "2026-03-09", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub shows Australian visitors only safe-for-work content and closes new registrations; Aylo's RedTube, YouPorn and Tube8 had restricted Australian access from 6 March.", "source": "https://www.pedestrian.tv/online/porn-sites-blocked-australian-users/" }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "type": "platform_return", "text": "Partial return: Aylo restores the full Pornhub site for Australian iPhone and iPad users whose age Apple has confirmed; other visitors still see the safe-for-work version.", "source": "https://www.mediaweek.com.au/pornhub-is-back-baby-but-only-for-apple-users" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Frequently asked questions about access to online porn and other adult content (eSafety)", "url": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/industry/codes/faq-access-to-online-porn-and-other-adult-content", "type": "regulator", "date": "2025-09-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Age verification for R-rated games and websites raises privacy concerns (ABC News)", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/privacy-concerns-about-age-verification-r-rated-games-websites/106432440", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Australia's New Age-Verification Codes Now Cover Porn, AI Chatbots (MediaNama)", "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/03/223-australia-age-verification-ai-chatbot-porn-apps-law-2026/", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn Sites Block Australians Ahead of March 9 Age-Verification Deadline (Man of Many)", "url": "https://manofmany.com/culture/porn-sites-block-australians-ahead-of-march-9-age-verification-deadline", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "New online safety codes require age verification for explicit content (HSF Kramer)", "url": "https://www.hsfkramer.com/insights/2025-09/new-online-safety-codes-require-age-verification-for-explicit-content", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Online safety codes introduce real-world protections for children online (eSafety media release)", "url": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/online-safety-codes-introduce-real-world-protections-for-children-online", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-03-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Another three 'nudifying' services go dark in Australia as regulatory pressure mounts over child safety concerns (eSafety media release)", "url": "https://www.esafety.gov.au/newsroom/media-releases/another-three-nudifying-services-go-dark-in-australia-as-regulatory-pressure-mounts-over-child-safety-concerns", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-06-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Here's why Pornhub is blocked for users in Australia right now (PinkNews)", "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/03/09/heres-why-pornhub-is-blocked-for-users-in-australia-right-now/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aussies Blocked From Pornhub As Govt.'s New Age-Restriction Laws Come Into Effect (Pedestrian.tv)", "url": "https://www.pedestrian.tv/online/porn-sites-blocked-australian-users/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aussie age checks lead Pornhub to pull out Down Under (Cyber Daily)", "url": "https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/13314-aussie-age-checks-lead-pornhub-to-pull-out-down-under", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub returns to Australia, but Apple holds the keys (Mediaweek)", "url": "https://www.mediaweek.com.au/pornhub-is-back-baby-but-only-for-apple-users", "type": "news", "date": "2026-10-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is back in Australia, if Apple confirms you're 18 (Information Age, ACS)", "url": "https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2026/pornhub-is-back-in-australia---if-apple-confirms-you-re-18-.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-10-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "brazil", "name": "Brazil", "kind": "country", "code": "BR", "url": "/brazil", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/brazil", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "ECA Digital", "law_name": "Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA Digital)", "citation": "Lei nº 15.211, de 17 de setembro de 2025 (arts. 9, 35); in force 17 March 2026 per art. 41-A as amended by Lei nº 15.352/2026", "law_url": null, "signed": "2025-09-17", "effective": "2026-03-17", "regulator": "ANPD (Agência Nacional de Proteção de Dados), designated by Decreto nº 12.622/2025; its powers are detailed in Decreto nº 12.880/2026", "enforcement": "ANPD supervises compliance in phases: monitoring of app stores and operating systems from March 2026; guidance on age assurance and wider monitoring from August 2026, with an adaptation period to November 2026; updated inspection and sanction rules from November 2026; and enforcement under its priority-topics map from January 2027. It says the implementation phase does not stop it from opening proceedings earlier, and in June 2026 it began monitoring 18 adult sites.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "self-declaration reported; under ANPD review", "answer": "No. Brazil's ECA Digital took effect March 17, 2026, but Pornhub is still available there (self-declaration reported; under ANPD review).", "summary": "Brazil's Digital Statute of the Child and Adolescent (ECA Digital) took effect on 17 March 2026. It and its implementing decree require pornographic sites to run reliable age verification and bar self-declaration. The data protection authority (ANPD) began monitoring 18 adult sites, including Pornhub, in June 2026; in September a national legal outlet reported that ANPD had found half of them lacked age checks, though ANPD has not published site-by-site findings. No sanction has been reported, and phased enforcement runs into 2027.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "regulation", "name": "Decreto nº 12.880, de 18 de março de 2026", "effective": null, "status": null }, { "type": "law", "name": "Lei nº 15.352, de 25 de fevereiro de 2026", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Preventive monitoring of 18 adult and escort sites (including Pornhub, XVideos, XNXX, xHamster and OnlyFans) for ECA Digital age-verification compliance", "body": "ANPD", "status": "monitoring under way; JOTA reported in September 2026 that ANPD's monitoring unit found half the sites lacked age verification. Brasil em Folhas (a regional outlet) reported that monitoring closed on 4 September and findings went to ANPD's enforcement unit on 14 September, naming Pornhub, XVideos and Fatal Model; ANPD has not published those findings, and its 16 September release says the monitoring is to conclude by the end of 2026. No sanction proceeding reported", "date": "2026-06-19", "url": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/anpd-monitoramento-sites-com-conteudo-pornografico-eca-digital" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-09-17", "type": "signed", "text": "Lei nº 15.211/2025, the Estatuto Digital da Criança e do Adolescente (ECA Digital), is signed.", "source": "https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/lei/L15211.htm" }, { "date": "2026-03-17", "type": "effective", "text": "The ECA Digital takes effect, requiring reliable age verification for pornographic content.", "source": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/eca-digital" }, { "date": "2026-03-18", "type": "amendment", "text": "Decreto nº 12.880/2026 regulates the ECA Digital: pornography providers must run their own age verification, and self-declaration cannot unlock content.", "source": "https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2026/decreto/D12880.htm" }, { "date": "2026-06-19", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "ANPD begins preventive monitoring of 18 adult sites, including Pornhub, for age-verification compliance.", "source": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/anpd-monitoramento-sites-com-conteudo-pornografico-eca-digital" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Lei nº 15.211, de 17 de setembro de 2025", "url": "https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2025/lei/L15211.htm", "type": "statute", "date": "2025-09-17", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Decreto nº 12.880, de 18 de março de 2026", "url": "https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_ato2023-2026/2026/decreto/D12880.htm", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-03-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "ECA Digital (ANPD)", "url": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/eca-digital", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-06-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "ANPD começa o monitoramento de sites com conteúdo pornográfico (ANPD)", "url": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/anpd-monitoramento-sites-com-conteudo-pornografico-eca-digital", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-06-19", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "ECA Digital completa um ano e é marco na proteção de crianças e adolescentes na internet (ANPD)", "url": "https://www.gov.br/anpd/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/eca-digital-completa-um-ano-e-e-marco-na-protecao-de-criancas-e-adolescentes-na-internet", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-09-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "ECA Digital: sites pornôs continuam sem checar idade, e redes tentam adivinhar a faixa etária (O Sul, citing g1)", "url": "https://www.osul.com.br/eca-digital-sites-pornos-continuam-sem-checar-idade-e-redes-tentam-adivinhar-a-faixa-etaria/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Verificação de idade do ECA Digital pode levar meses; setor pornô aguarda orientação (FolhaPress via Acessa.com)", "url": "https://www.acessa.com/noticias/2026/03/amp/314996-verificacao-de-idade-do-eca-digital-pode-levar-meses-setor-porno-aguarda-orientacao.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "De 18 plataformas de teor adulto, 50% não aferem idade, afirma ANPD (JOTA)", "url": "https://www.jota.info/executivo/de-18-plataformas-de-teor-adulto-50-nao-aferem-idade-afirma-anpd", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "ANPD aponta que metade de sites adultos não verifica idade (Brasil em Folhas)", "url": "https://www.brasilemfolhas.com.br/2026/09/anpd-aponta-que-metade-de-sites-adultos-nao-verifica-idade/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "california", "name": "California", "kind": "us_state", "code": "CA", "url": "/usa/california", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/california", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. California has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "California has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages; the last such bill (AB 3080) died in the Senate in 2024. Its Digital Age Assurance Act (AB 1043, amended by AB 1856 in 2026) instead has device operating systems collect an age at setup and send an age-bracket signal to app stores and apps from January 1, 2027, and a separate 2026 law (AB 1705) requires sites that host user uploads of explicit content to collect uploaders' certifications of age and consent, with no visitor age check. Major adult sites are not blocked in California.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "AB 1043", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "Enacted: signed 2025-10-13 (Stats. 2025, ch. 675); operative 2027-01-01; amended by AB 1856 (2026)" }, { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "AB 1856", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "Enacted: signed 2026-09-10 (Stats. 2026, ch. 184); amends the Digital Age Assurance Act before it takes effect on 2027-01-01" }, { "type": "other", "name": "AB 1705", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "Enacted: signed 2026-09-30 (Stats. 2026, ch. 890); takes effect 2027-01-01 (California's default effective date; the act sets no operative date)" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "AB 56", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "Enacted: signed 2025-10-13 (Stats. 2025, ch. 671); operative 2027-01-01; challenged in NetChoice v. Bonta (C.D. Cal. No. 2:26-cv-12370, filed 2026-10-22)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "AB 3080", "status": "Died: passed the Assembly 65-0 on 2024-05-16 and Senate Judiciary 11-0, then was held under submission in Senate Appropriations on 2024-08-15." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "AB 1043 bill history (Stats. 2025, ch. 675) - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 1856 bill history (Stats. 2026, ch. 184) - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 1856 chaptered text - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1856", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-09-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 1705 bill history (Stats. 2026, ch. 890) - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1705", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 1705 chaptered text - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1705", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-09-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Governor Newsom issues legislative update 9.30.2026 - Office of the Governor", "url": "https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/30/governor-newsom-issues-legislative-update-9-30-2026/", "type": "government", "date": "2026-09-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 56 chaptered text (Stats. 2025, ch. 671) - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB56", "type": "statute", "date": "2025-10-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Bonta, No. 2:26-cv-12370 (C.D. Cal.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/75008149/netchoice-v-bonta/", "type": "court", "date": "2026-10-22", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 3080 (2023-2024) bill history - California Legislative Information", "url": "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3080", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "canada", "name": "Canada", "kind": "country", "code": "CA", "url": "/canada", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/canada", "law_status": "bill_pending", "law_label": "Bill moving", "law": "Bill S-209", "law_name": "Bill S-209, Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act", "citation": "45th Parliament, 1st Session; Senate public bill sponsored by Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne; passed by the Senate as amended on 15 April 2026; sponsored in the House of Commons by MP Rosemarie Falk", "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": "An enforcement authority designated by the government could issue a notice giving an organization 20 days to comply; if it does not, the authority could ask the Federal Court to order internet service providers to block access to the material in Canada, even if adults are incidentally affected. Senate committee amendments added an administrative monetary penalty regime for platforms that fail to verify or estimate users' ages, with the details to be set by regulation, and left the coming-into-force date to the government.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Canada has no age-verification law for porn sites in effect. Bill S-209 has passed the Senate and is being debated in the House of Commons.", "summary": "Canada has no federal law requiring age verification for porn sites. Bill S-209 would make it an offence for companies to make porn available to under-18s for commercial purposes, with a defence for using an approved age-verification or age-estimation method, fines of up to C$500,000 and court-ordered ISP blocking. It passed the Senate in April 2026 and is at second reading in the House of Commons, where debate began on 24 September 2026. Pornhub remains available in Canada.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "predecessor bill", "name": "Bill S-210 (44th Parliament)", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Bill S-209", "status": "at second reading in the House of Commons (per LEGISinfo)" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-05-28", "type": "introduced", "text": "Bill S-209 receives first reading in the Senate.", "source": "https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/S-209/first-reading" }, { "date": "2026-03-24", "type": "amendment", "text": "The Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee reports S-209 with amendments, adding administrative monetary penalties and leaving the coming-into-force date to the government.", "source": "https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/45-1/S-209" }, { "date": "2026-04-30", "type": "introduced", "text": "After passing the Senate on 15 April 2026, S-209 receives first reading in the House of Commons; second-reading debate began on 24 September 2026.", "source": "https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/45-1/S-209" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "LEGISinfo: S-209 (45-1) Protecting Young Persons from Exposure to Pornography Act", "url": "https://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/en/bill/45-1/S-209", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill S-209, First Reading", "url": "https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/S-209/first-reading", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-05-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne, third-reading speech on Bill S-209 (Senate of Canada)", "url": "https://sencanada.ca/en/senators/miville-dechene-julie/interventions/691181/31", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-04-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Online harms bill not right vehicle to bring in age-verification to access pornography, minister says (The Globe and Mail)", "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-online-harms-bill-age-verification-pornography/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-04-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "'Protecting kids': Online porn age-check bill sponsored by MP Falk heads to Commons debate (paNOW)", "url": "https://panow.com/2026/09/18/protecting-kids-online-porn-age-check-bill-sponsored-by-mp-falk-heads-to-commons-debate/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill S-209 (45th Parliament, 1st session), openparliament.ca", "url": "https://openparliament.ca/bills/45-1/S-209/", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "LEGISinfo: S-210 (44-1)", "url": "https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/44-1/s-210", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "colorado", "name": "Colorado", "kind": "us_state", "code": "CO", "url": "/usa/colorado", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/colorado", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Colorado has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Colorado has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages: a 2025 bill (SB25-201) stalled on the Senate floor, and a 2026 proposed constitutional amendment (HCR26-1002) was postponed indefinitely in committee. In June 2026 Colorado enacted SB26-051, which from July 1, 2028 requires device operating systems to collect a user's age at setup and pass an age-bracket signal to apps. Major adult sites are not blocked in Colorado.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "SB26-051", "effective": "2028-07-01", "status": "Enacted: signed 2026-06-03 (Session Laws 2026, ch. 343); takes effect 2028-07-01" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB24-1136", "effective": "2026-01-01", "status": "Preliminarily enjoined on 2025-11-06 (NetChoice v. Weiser, D. Colo. No. 1:25-cv-02538); the state's appeal is pending in the Tenth Circuit (No. 25-1456)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HCR26-1002", "status": "Lost: postponed indefinitely 7-4 by the House State, Civic, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee on 2026-04-13." }, { "name": "SB25-201", "status": "Lost: cleared Senate Health and Human Services 8-1 on 2025-03-27, then was laid over on second reading until 2025-05-08, after the 2025 session had ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB26-051 Age Attestation on Computing Devices - Colorado General Assembly", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Session Laws 2026, Chapter 343 (SB26-051) - Colorado General Assembly", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/laws/session-laws/SB26-051/343/download", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-06-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HCR26-1002 Require Age Verification for Pornographic Material - Colorado General Assembly", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hcr26-1002", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB25-201 Require Age Checks for Online Sexual Materials - Colorado General Assembly", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-201", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB24-1136 Healthier Social Media Use by Youth - Colorado General Assembly", "url": "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1136", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Weiser, No. 1:25-cv-02538 (D. Colo.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71107895/netchoice-v-weiser/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Weiser, No. 25-1456 (10th Cir.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72012509/netchoice-v-weiser/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Colorado porn age verification bill rejected (Colorado Sun)", "url": "https://coloradosun.com/2025/04/14/colorado-porn-age-verification-bill-rejected/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-04-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "connecticut", "name": "Connecticut", "kind": "us_state", "code": "CT", "url": "/usa/connecticut", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/connecticut", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Connecticut has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Connecticut has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and no adult-site age-verification bill was found in the 2025 or 2026 sessions. Public Act 26-15 (SB 5), signed May 27, 2026, will require platforms with personalized feeds to determine whether users are minors starting January 1, 2028; it does not require adult sites to check IDs. Pornhub is available in Connecticut without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 5 (Public Act 26-15, § 39)", "effective": "2028-01-01", "status": "enacted (signed 2026-05-27), not yet in effect" }, { "type": "other", "name": "SB 1295 (Public Act 25-113)", "effective": "2026-07-01", "status": "in effect (signed 2025-06-24)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 5037", "status": "Favorable report from the General Law Committee; tabled for the House calendar 2026-03-26; no floor vote before the 2026 session ended." }, { "name": "HB 6857", "status": "Passed the House as amended 2025-05-14; tabled on the Senate calendar 2025-05-16; died when the 2025 session ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 5 (2026), An Act Concerning Online Safety: bill status, Connecticut General Assembly", "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2026&bill_num=5", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Public Act 26-15 (SB 5), An Act Concerning Online Safety", "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/ACT/PA/PDF/2026PA-00015-R00SB-00005-PA.PDF", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-05-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1295 (2025), Public Act 25-113: bill status, Connecticut General Assembly", "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2025&bill_num=1295", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 5037 (2026), An Act Promoting the Safety of Minors on Social Media Platforms: bill status, Connecticut General Assembly", "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2026&bill_num=5037", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 6857 (2025), Attorney General's recommendations regarding social media and minors: bill status, Connecticut General Assembly", "url": "https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&which_year=2025&bill_num=6857", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Children's Online Privacy in 2026: More State App Store, Design Code and Social Media Laws Enacted - Then Delayed (Loeb & Loeb)", "url": "https://www.loeb.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/childrens-online-privacy-2026-state-app-store-design-code-and-social-media-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "delaware", "name": "Delaware", "kind": "us_state", "code": "DE", "url": "/usa/delaware", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/delaware", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Delaware has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Delaware has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. HB 265 passed the House in June 2024 but died in a Senate committee, and no adult-site age-verification bill was found in the 153rd General Assembly (2025-2026). Pornhub is available in Delaware without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 265", "status": "Reported out of the House Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee 2024-01-23; passed the House 31-5 on 2024-06-18; assigned to the Senate Executive Committee; died when the 152nd General Assembly ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 265 (152nd General Assembly), Age Verification/Materials Harmful to Minors: bill detail, Delaware General Assembly", "url": "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=140798", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "All legislation, 153rd General Assembly, Delaware General Assembly", "url": "https://legis.delaware.gov/AllLegislation", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "district-of-columbia", "name": "District of Columbia", "kind": "us_state", "code": "DC", "url": "/usa/district-of-columbia", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/district-of-columbia", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Washington, DC has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Washington, DC has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and a full-text search of DC Council legislation found no bill on the topic. DC's law against giving harmful sexual material to minors (D.C. Code § 22-2201) does not mention websites or require ID checks. Pornhub is available in DC without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Legislation Information Management System (LIMS), Council of the District of Columbia", "url": "https://lims.dccouncil.gov/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "D.C. Code § 22-2201, Certain obscene activities prohibited", "url": "https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/22-2201", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "eu", "name": "European Union", "kind": "bloc", "code": "EU", "url": "/eu", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/eu", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Digital Services Act", "law_name": "Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065)", "citation": "Art. 28 (protection of minors), Arts. 34–35 (systemic risk for VLOPs); Commission Guidelines on the protection of minors under Art. 28 (14 July 2025)", "law_url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj", "signed": "2022-10-19", "effective": "2024-02-17", "regulator": "European Commission (very large online platforms) and national Digital Services Coordinators", "enforcement": "The Commission opened formal DSA proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos on 27 May 2025 and issued preliminary findings of breach on 26 March 2026. National Digital Services Coordinators are running a coordinated action against smaller non-compliant porn platforms.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "click-through age declaration; rules vary by member state", "answer": "No. The EU's Digital Services Act took effect February 17, 2024, but Pornhub is still available there (click-through age declaration; rules vary by member state).", "summary": "The EU's Digital Services Act requires online platforms to protect minors, and Commission guidelines from July 2025 treat age verification as the appropriate safeguard for porn, with self-declaration ruled insufficient. On 26 March 2026 the Commission provisionally found Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach for admitting users with a click-through age declaration, which could lead to fines of up to 6% of global turnover; no final decision has been announced. The Commission is also rolling out a privacy-preserving EU age-verification app and wants every member state to offer one by the end of 2026.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "directive", "name": "e-Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC, art. 3 (country of origin)", "effective": null, "status": null }, { "type": "initiative", "name": "EU age-verification app", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "DSA non-compliance decisions against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos", "status": "pending; no decision found as of 26 October 2026" }, { "name": "National rollout of age-verification apps", "status": "in progress" }, { "name": "EU social media age limits", "status": "announced; legislative process not completed" } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates (C-188/24, joined with C-190/24 Coyote System)", "court": "Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber)", "status": "Decided 16 June 2026: member states may impose age verification on porn sites established in other member states through individual measures, after asking the home state to act and notifying the Commission (except in urgent cases). Referred back to the French Conseil d'État.", "date": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Formal proceedings opened against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos (protection of minors)", "body": "European Commission", "status": "opened", "date": "2025-05-27", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf" }, { "name": "Guidelines on protection of minors (Art. 28 DSA) and first age-verification blueprint published", "body": "European Commission", "status": "adopted", "date": "2025-07-14", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-makes-available-age-verification-blueprint" }, { "name": "Preliminary findings that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos breach the DSA (click-through self-declaration ineffective; inadequate risk assessments)", "body": "European Commission", "status": "preliminary findings; platforms may reply; no final decision as of 26 October 2026", "date": "2026-03-26", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf" }, { "name": "Recommendation urging member states to make an EU-compliant age-verification solution available by 31 December 2026 (implementation plans by 30 June 2026)", "body": "European Commission", "status": "adopted (non-binding)", "date": "2026-04-29", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-urges-member-states-rollout-eu-age-verification-app" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2022-10-19", "type": "signed", "text": "Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065) adopted.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj" }, { "date": "2024-02-17", "type": "effective", "text": "Digital Services Act applies to all online platforms.", "source": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj" }, { "date": "2025-05-27", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Commission opens formal proceedings against Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos over the protection of minors.", "source": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-07-14", "type": "amendment", "text": "Commission publishes its Article 28 guidelines on protecting minors, identifying age verification as the appropriate safeguard for adult content, and a first age-verification blueprint.", "source": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-makes-available-age-verification-blueprint" }, { "date": "2026-03-26", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Commission preliminarily finds Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA for admitting users by click-through self-declaration.", "source": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "type": "ruling", "text": "EU Court of Justice (C-188/24) holds member states may require age verification from porn sites based in other member states if they follow the e-commerce directive's procedure.", "source": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (Digital Services Act), EUR-Lex", "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj", "type": "statute", "date": "2022-10-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission preliminarily finds PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA (IP/26/722)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission preliminarily finds Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the Digital Services Act", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-preliminarily-finds-pornhub-stripchat-xnxx-and-xvideos-breach-digital-services-act", "type": "government", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission makes available an age-verification blueprint", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-makes-available-age-verification-blueprint", "type": "government", "date": "2025-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission urges Member States to rollout EU age verification app", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-urges-member-states-rollout-eu-age-verification-app", "type": "government", "date": "2026-04-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "CJEU press release No 87/26 (C-188/24 and C-190/24)", "url": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-06-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "European Commission's age verification app 'technically ready,' rollout to come (IAPP)", "url": "https://iapp.org/news/a/european-commission-s-age-verification-app-technically-ready-rollout-to-come", "type": "news", "date": "2026-04-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "EU Sets the Clock on Age Verification: Rollout Urged by End-2026 (Inside Privacy)", "url": "https://www.insideprivacy.com/minors/eu-sets-the-clock-on-age-verification-rollout-urged-by-end%E2%80%912026/", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "EU chief proposes social media ban for children under 13 (AP via TimesLIVE)", "url": "https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/world/2026-09-16-eu-chief-proposes-social-media-ban-for-children-under-13/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "florida", "name": "Florida", "kind": "us_state", "code": "FL", "url": "/usa/florida", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/florida", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 3", "law_name": "HB 3", "citation": "Fla. Stat. §§ 501.1737, 501.1738 (ch. 2024-42, Laws of Fla.)", "law_url": "https://laws.flrules.org/2024/42", "signed": "2024-03-25", "effective": "2025-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: the Department of Legal Affairs (Attorney General) treats violations as unfair or deceptive trade practices; a minor may sue a site that fails to block access after a report of unauthorized access.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-01-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Florida since January 1, 2025. Florida law (HB 3) took effect January 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since January 1, 2025, Florida's HB 3 requires websites and apps where more than a third of material is harmful to minors to verify users are 18 or older, offering both a standard and an anonymous verification option. The Attorney General can seek up to $50,000 per violation and has sued several adult site operators, including Aylo; no ruling in those suits has been reported. Pornhub has blocked Florida since January 1, 2025.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB 3 (Fla. Stat. § 501.1736)", "effective": "2025-01-01", "status": "enforceable: the Eleventh Circuit stayed the district court's injunction on 2025-11-25, then reversed and vacated it on 2026-10-14 and remanded (CCIA & NetChoice v. Uthmeier, No. 25-11881)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 1722", "status": "Died in Senate Judiciary Committee 2026-03-13." } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Uthmeier (formerly v. Moody)", "court": "U.S. District Court, N.D. Fla. (Judge Mark Walker)", "status": "Voluntarily dismissed by plaintiffs after the Supreme Court's June 27, 2025 ruling in FSC v. Paxton; case closed.", "date": "2025-07-01", "url": "https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2025-07-10/plaintiffs-drop-challenge-florida-age-verification-law-porn-sites" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Office of the Attorney General v. WebGroup Czech Republic (XVideos), NKL Associates (XNXX), Sonesta (BangBros), GGW Group (GirlsGoneWild) and Traffic F (TrafficFactory)", "body": "Florida Attorney General", "status": "Complaint filed in state circuit court under HB 3 and FDUTPA; seeks to compel compliance. No ruling or settlement reported as of October 2026.", "date": "2025-08-05", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28006" }, { "name": "Office of the Attorney General v. Aylo Holdings USA Corp., Aylo Billing US Corp., Aylo Group Ltd and Nutaku Entertainment Ltd", "body": "Florida Attorney General", "status": "Complaint filed in the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, Sarasota County, alleging SpiceVids and Nutaku lacked compliant age verification; seeks injunctions and up to $50,000 per violation. No ruling or settlement reported as of October 2026.", "date": "2025-09-15", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28023" }, { "name": "Office of the Attorney General v. Gethins Ltd., Toccata, Inc. and Segpay entities", "body": "Florida Attorney General", "status": "Complaint filed over the adult game site xh.lustyheroes.com. No ruling or settlement reported as of October 2026.", "date": "2025-09-15", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28023" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-03-25", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Ron DeSantis signs HB 3 (ch. 2024-42, Laws of Fla.).", "source": "https://laws.flrules.org/2024/42" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 3 takes effect.", "source": "https://laws.flrules.org/2024/42" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Florida.", "source": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/pornhub-blocks-access-to-its-site-in-florida" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "ruling", "text": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Uthmeier: plaintiffs voluntarily dismiss their challenge after the Supreme Court's ruling in FSC v. Paxton; case closed.", "source": "https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2025-07-10/plaintiffs-drop-challenge-florida-age-verification-law-porn-sites" }, { "date": "2025-08-05", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Attorney General sues the operators of XVideos, XNXX, BangBros and GirlsGoneWild, and the ad network TrafficFactory, under HB 3.", "source": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28006" }, { "date": "2025-09-15", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Attorney General sues Aylo and Nutaku over SpiceVids and Nutaku, and Segpay entities over an adult game site.", "source": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28023" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Chapter 2024-42, Laws of Florida (CS/CS/HB 3)", "url": "https://laws.flrules.org/2024/42", "type": "statute", "date": "2024-03-25", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Fla. Stat. § 501.1737 (Florida Senate)", "url": "https://m.flsenate.gov/Statutes/501.1737", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Fla. Stat. § 501.1738 (Florida Senate)", "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/501.1738", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Attorney General James Uthmeier files complaints against pornography websites for violating Florida's age-verification law (Florida Attorney General)", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28023", "type": "government", "date": "2025-09-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Complaint, Office of the Attorney General v. Aylo Holdings USA Corp. et al. (Fla. 12th Cir. Ct., Sarasota County)", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/sites/default/files/2025-09/aylo-holdings-et-al-complaint.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-09-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Attorney General James Uthmeier brings lawsuit against foreign and domestic porn distributors (Florida Attorney General)", "url": "https://www.myfloridalegal.com/node/28006", "type": "government", "date": "2025-08-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "CCIA & NetChoice v. Uthmeier, No. 25-11881 (11th Cir. Oct. 14, 2026)", "url": "https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202511881.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-10-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Plaintiffs drop challenge to Florida age verification law for porn sites (WUSF)", "url": "https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2025-07-10/plaintiffs-drop-challenge-florida-age-verification-law-porn-sites", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks access to its site in Florida (CBS Miami)", "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/miami/news/pornhub-blocks-access-to-its-site-in-florida", "type": "news", "date": "2025-01-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Florida sues porn sites over age verification (Axios Tampa Bay)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/08/05/florida-sues-porn-sites-over-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2025-08-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub pushes for a return to Florida's web browsers (Axios Tampa Bay)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2026/08/04/florida-pornhub-block-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub says DeSantis' porn crackdown is backfiring (Miami New Times)", "url": "https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/pornhub-says-desantis-porn-crackdown-is-backfiring-40573650/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1722 (2026) Application Stores - Florida Senate", "url": "https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1722", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-03-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "france", "name": "France", "kind": "country", "code": "FR", "url": "/france", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/france", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SREN law", "law_name": "Loi n° 2024-449 du 21 mai 2024 visant à sécuriser et à réguler l'espace numérique (SREN)", "citation": "Arts. 10, 10-1 and 10-2 of Loi n° 2004-575 (LCEN) as amended by the SREN law; Arcom référentiel of 11 October 2024; Penal Code art. 227-24", "law_url": "https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/loi/2024/5/21/ECOI2309270L/jo/texte", "signed": "2024-05-21", "effective": "2025-01-11", "regulator": "Arcom", "enforcement": "Arcom can issue observation letters and formal notices (mises en demeure), then impose financial penalties and order ISPs, DNS resolvers and search engines to block or delist a site within 48 hours, without first going to court. For EU-established sites, Arcom refers cases to the regulator in the home member state under EU cooperation procedures. By July 2026, Arcom said 35 of the sites most visited by minors had complied, stopped serving porn in France, or been blocked since February 2025.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-06-04", "pornhub_qualifier": "it now shows only a safe-for-work version, with no new sign-ups", "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked France since June 4, 2025 (it now shows only a safe-for-work version, with no new sign-ups). France's SREN law took effect January 11, 2025.", "summary": "Since January 2025, France has required pornographic sites to verify users' ages with systems that meet Arcom's technical standard, and Arcom can fine sites or order them blocked or delisted. Aylo withdrew Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in June 2025 rather than comply; since June 2026 Pornhub has offered French visitors only a safe-for-work version with sign-ups closed. In 2026 a Paris court rejected Aylo's challenge, and the EU Court of Justice confirmed France can apply such rules to sites based elsewhere in the EU if procedural conditions are met.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "earlier law", "name": "Loi n° 2020-936 du 30 juillet 2020", "effective": "2020-07-31", "status": null }, { "type": "ministerial order", "name": "Arrêté du 26 février 2025 designating EU-established pornographic services", "effective": "2025-06-07", "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Conseil d'État ruling in the WebGroup Czech Republic case", "status": "pending; no decision found as of 26 October 2026" }, { "name": "Arcom July 2026 enforcement wave", "status": "ongoing" } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Urgent challenge (référé) to the arrêté of 26 February 2025 (Hammy Media/xHamster, with Aylo intervening)", "court": "Tribunal administratif de Paris, then Conseil d'État", "status": "Paris judge suspended the arrêté on 16 June 2025; the Conseil d'État overturned that order on 15 July 2025, reinstating the duties for designated EU-based sites.", "date": "2025-07-15", "url": "https://www.conseil-etat.fr/site/Media/actualites/documents/2025/juillet-2025/cp_protection_mineurs_web.pdf" }, { "case": "Aylo Freesites Ltd v. arrêté of 26 February 2025 (merits)", "court": "Tribunal administratif de Paris", "status": "Aylo's challenge rejected on 22 May 2026: the DSA and the e-commerce and audiovisual directives do not preclude the measure, and self-declaration of age is not enough. No appeal found as of 26 October 2026.", "date": "2026-05-22", "url": "https://www.universfreebox.com/article/594719/coup-dur-pour-pornhub-la-justice-francaise-valide-les-controles-dage" }, { "case": "WebGroup Czech Republic and NKL Associates (C-188/24, joined with C-190/24 Coyote System)", "court": "Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber), on a reference from the Conseil d'État", "status": "Judgment of 16 June 2026: a member state may require porn sites established in another member state to verify age through individual measures, provided it first asks the home state to act and notifies the Commission (except in urgent cases). The Conseil d'État must now apply the answer; no decision found as of 26 October 2026.", "date": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Formal notices to five EU-established pornographic sites", "body": "Arcom", "status": "issued", "date": "2025-08-04", "url": "https://www.arcom.fr/nous-connaitre-notre-institution/pole-numerique-arcep-arcom/protection-des-mineurs-contre-la-pornographie-en-ligne" }, { "name": "Formal notices to two further sites", "body": "Arcom", "status": "issued", "date": "2026-02-03", "url": "https://www.arcom.fr/nous-connaitre-notre-institution/pole-numerique-arcep-arcom/protection-des-mineurs-contre-la-pornographie-en-ligne" }, { "name": "Proceedings against 31 non-compliant pornographic sites (13 of unknown location sent to ISPs and search engines for blocking or delisting within 48 hours; 5 French or non-EU sites sent observation letters; 13 EU-based sites handled through cooperation with their home states)", "body": "Arcom", "status": "ongoing", "date": "2026-07-29", "url": "https://fr.aleteia.org/2026/07/30/31-sites-pornos-dans-le-viseur-la-plus-vaste-action-jamais-entreprise-par-larcom/" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-05-21", "type": "signed", "text": "SREN law (Loi n° 2024-449) promulgated, giving Arcom power to set age-verification standards and order blocking.", "source": "https://www.arcom.fr/nous-connaitre-notre-institution/pole-numerique-arcep-arcom/protection-des-mineurs-contre-la-pornographie-en-ligne" }, { "date": "2025-01-11", "type": "effective", "text": "Age verification under Arcom's référentiel becomes mandatory for covered sites, three months after the standard's publication.", "source": "https://cnil.fr/fr/verification-de-lage-en-ligne-la-cnil-rend-son-avis-sur-le-referentiel-de-larcom" }, { "date": "2025-06-04", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Aylo suspends Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in France.", "source": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/owner-suspends-pornhub-youporn-redtube-144648991.html" }, { "date": "2025-06-16", "type": "ruling", "text": "Paris Administrative Court judge suspends the order designating EU-based sites; Aylo restores access with click-through self-declaration within days.", "source": "https://next.ink/189132/pornhub-co-reviennent-suite-a-la-suspension-de-larrete-sur-la-verification-de-lage/" }, { "date": "2025-07-15", "type": "ruling", "text": "Conseil d'État overturns the suspension, reinstating age-verification duties for designated EU-based sites.", "source": "https://www.conseil-etat.fr/site/Media/actualites/documents/2025/juillet-2025/cp_protection_mineurs_web.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-07-15", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Aylo blocks Pornhub, YouPorn and RedTube in France again after the Conseil d'État decision.", "source": "https://next.ink/241119/pornhub-de-retour-en-france/" }, { "date": "2025-08-04", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Arcom sends formal notices to five EU-established pornographic sites.", "source": "https://www.arcom.fr/nous-connaitre-notre-institution/pole-numerique-arcep-arcom/protection-des-mineurs-contre-la-pornographie-en-ligne" }, { "date": "2026-05-22", "type": "ruling", "text": "Paris Administrative Court rejects Aylo's challenge to the order designating its sites.", "source": "https://www.universfreebox.com/article/594719/coup-dur-pour-pornhub-la-justice-francaise-valide-les-controles-dage" }, { "date": "2026-06-05", "type": "platform_return", "text": "Pornhub reopens in France in a safe-for-work version: explicit content is hidden and new registrations are closed.", "source": "https://next.ink/241119/pornhub-de-retour-en-france/" }, { "date": "2026-06-16", "type": "ruling", "text": "EU Court of Justice (C-188/24) holds France may require age verification from porn sites based in other member states if it follows the e-commerce directive's procedure.", "source": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-07-29", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Arcom opens proceedings against 31 more pornographic sites without age verification.", "source": "https://www.leclubdesjuristes.com/en-bref/verification-dage-larcom-engage-une-procedure-contre-31-sites-pornographiques-17191/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Protection des mineurs contre la pornographie en ligne (Arcom)", "url": "https://www.arcom.fr/nous-connaitre-notre-institution/pole-numerique-arcep-arcom/protection-des-mineurs-contre-la-pornographie-en-ligne", "type": "regulator", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Vérification de l'âge en ligne : la CNIL rend son avis sur le référentiel de l'Arcom", "url": "https://cnil.fr/fr/verification-de-lage-en-ligne-la-cnil-rend-son-avis-sur-le-referentiel-de-larcom", "type": "regulator", "date": "2024-10-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "CJEU press release No 87/26: Judgment in Joined Cases C-188/24 and C-190/24", "url": "https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-06/cp260087en.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-06-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Conseil d'État press release: protection des mineurs (arrêté du 26 février 2025)", "url": "https://www.conseil-etat.fr/site/Media/actualites/documents/2025/juillet-2025/cp_protection_mineurs_web.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-07-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Order specifying EU-wide adult websites subject to age verification requirements under the SREN law (Digital Policy Alert)", "url": "https://digitalpolicyalert.org/change/14382-order-specifying-eu-wide-adult-websites-subject-to-age-verification-requirements-under-the-law-securing-and-regulating-the-digital-space", "type": "tracker", "date": "2025-03-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Owner suspends Pornhub, YouPorn, RedTube in France from Wednesday (Reuters, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/owner-suspends-pornhub-youporn-redtube-144648991.html", "type": "news", "date": "2025-06-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub & co reviennent suite à la suspension de l'arrêté sur la vérification de l'âge (Next)", "url": "https://next.ink/189132/pornhub-co-reviennent-suite-a-la-suspension-de-larrete-sur-la-verification-de-lage/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-06-20", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Contrôle de l'âge : pourquoi Youporn, Pornhub et Redtube bloquent à nouveau l'accès à leurs sites ? (Public Sénat)", "url": "https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/societe/controle-de-lage-pourquoi-youporn-pornub-et-redtube-bloquent-a-nouveau-lacces-a-leurs-sites", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Coup dur pour Pornhub : la justice française valide les contrôles d'âge (Univers Freebox)", "url": "https://www.universfreebox.com/article/594719/coup-dur-pour-pornhub-la-justice-francaise-valide-les-controles-dage", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub « de retour » en France (Next)", "url": "https://next.ink/241119/pornhub-de-retour-en-france/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub est de retour en France, mais risque d'en décevoir plus d'un (Journal du Geek)", "url": "https://www.journaldugeek.com/2026/06/08/pornhub-est-de-retour-en-france-mais-sans-porno/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Vérification d'âge : l'Arcom engage une procédure contre 31 sites pornographiques (Le Club des Juristes)", "url": "https://www.leclubdesjuristes.com/en-bref/verification-dage-larcom-engage-une-procedure-contre-31-sites-pornographiques-17191/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "31 sites pornos dans le viseur : la plus vaste action jamais entreprise par l'Arcom (Aleteia)", "url": "https://fr.aleteia.org/2026/07/30/31-sites-pornos-dans-le-viseur-la-plus-vaste-action-jamais-entreprise-par-larcom/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Devant l'Arcom, PornHub dénonce le contrôle d'âge par les sites (L'Informé)", "url": "https://www.linforme.com/tech-telecom/article/devant-l-arcom-pornhub-denonce-la-verification-d-age-par-les-sites_6401.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Explore the law on securing and regulating the digital space (Baker McKenzie)", "url": "https://connectontech.bakermckenzie.com/explore-the-law-on-securing-and-regulating-the-digital-space-untangling-the-content-regulation-obligations-applicable-to-online-service-operators/", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "georgia", "name": "Georgia", "kind": "us_state", "code": "GA", "url": "/usa/georgia", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/georgia", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 351", "law_name": "SB 351 (adult-content provisions)", "citation": "O.C.G.A. § 39-5-5 (SB 351, § 3-2; 2024 Ga. Laws Act 463)", "law_url": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66023", "signed": "2024-04-23", "effective": "2025-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: the Attorney General, or the solicitor general or district attorney with jurisdiction, must bring fine proceedings within one year of a violation; private suits for damages when a minor gains access or identifying data is kept.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-07-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Georgia since July 1, 2025. Georgia law (SB 351) took effect July 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2025, Georgia requires websites where more than a third of material is harmful to minors to verify that visitors are 18 or older, and bars keeping identifying data once access is granted. The Attorney General or local prosecutors can seek fines of up to $10,000 per violation, and people harmed can sue. Pornhub has blocked Georgia since the law took effect.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 351 (Protecting Georgia's Children on Social Media Act, O.C.G.A. §§ 39-6-1 to 39-6-5)", "effective": "2025-07-01", "status": "preliminarily enjoined 2025-06-26 (NetChoice v. Carr, N.D. Ga. No. 1:25-cv-02422-AT); the Eleventh Circuit vacated the injunction and remanded on 2026-10-15 (No. 25-12436)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 467", "status": "Introduced 2026-02-05; no further action recorded before the 2025-2026 session ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-04-23", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Brian Kemp signs SB 351 (Act 463), including the age-verification section O.C.G.A. § 39-5-5.", "source": "https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-23/gov-kemp-signs-legislation-strengthening-education-system-georgia" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "O.C.G.A. § 39-5-5 takes effect.", "source": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Georgia.", "source": "https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/07/01/georgia-adult-sites-age-verification-law" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 351 (2023-2024), Georgia General Assembly bill page", "url": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/66023", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 351, final version as passed (LC 49 1936S), Georgia General Assembly", "url": "https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229669", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-03-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Gov. Kemp Signs Legislation Strengthening Education System in Georgia (Office of the Governor)", "url": "https://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-23/gov-kemp-signs-legislation-strengthening-education-system-georgia", "type": "government", "date": "2024-04-23", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2024 Signed Legislation (Office of the Governor), listing SB 351", "url": "https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/legislation/signed-legislation/2024", "type": "government", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Lt. Governor Burt Jones social media priority signed into law (Office of the Lieutenant Governor)", "url": "https://ltgov.georgia.gov/node/11581", "type": "government", "date": "2024-04-23", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 351 (2023-24) bill history: signed 2024-04-23, Act 463 (FastDemocracy)", "url": "https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/ga/2023_24/bills/GAB00026103/", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Attorney General, State of Georgia, No. 25-12436 (11th Cir. Oct. 15, 2026)", "url": "https://media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/files/202512436.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-10-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Carr Secures Major Victory in Defense of Georgia's Social Media Law (Office of the Attorney General)", "url": "https://law.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-10-15/carr-secures-major-victory-defense-georgias-social-media-law", "type": "government", "date": "2026-10-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Adult sites go dark as Georgia enacts age verification law (Axios Atlanta)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/07/01/georgia-adult-sites-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub pushes to overturn Georgia's age verification law (Axios Atlanta)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2026/08/05/pornhub-seeks-to-overturn-georgia-age-verfication-law", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Georgia SB 467 (2025-2026) (Legiplex legislative data)", "url": "https://app.azure.legiplex.com/ga/legislature/2025/2025-r/bills/sb467", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Children's Online Privacy in 2026: More State App Store, Design Code and Social Media Laws Enacted - Then Delayed (Loeb & Loeb)", "url": "https://www.loeb.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/childrens-online-privacy-2026-state-app-store-design-code-and-social-media-laws", "type": "other", "date": "2026-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "germany", "name": "Germany", "kind": "country", "code": "DE", "url": "/germany", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/germany", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "youth media treaty (JMStV)", "law_name": "Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV, Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media)", "citation": "§ 4(2) JMStV (pornography online only in 'closed user groups' for verified adults); § 24 JMStV (fines); § 184 StGB (criminal offence)", "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": "2003-04-01", "regulator": "KJM (Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz) acting for the state media authorities (Landesmedienanstalten)", "enforcement": "Landesmedienanstalten, through the KJM, can prohibit non-compliant offers. After the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW's 2020 prohibition and enforcement against the Cyprus-based operator failed, the state media authorities in 2024 ordered the five largest German access providers to block Pornhub and YouPorn; orders named in court and regulator releases went to Telekom and Vodafone (NRW), 1&1 (Rhineland-Palatinate), Telefónica (Bavaria) and Tele Columbus (Berlin). A December 2025 amendment also requires designated operating systems to provide age-based youth-protection settings.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "no age check; some internet providers have been ordered to block it", "answer": "No. Germany's youth media treaty (JMStV) took effect April 1, 2003, but Pornhub is still available there (no age check; some internet providers have been ordered to block it).", "summary": "German law has required online pornography to be restricted to verified adults since 2003, and regulators have pursued Pornhub and YouPorn since 2020. After the Cyprus-based operator refused to add age checks, state media authorities ordered the largest German ISPs to block the sites in 2024. Courts have since split: 2025 interim rulings left the Berlin and Bavaria blocks in place, while courts in Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia (most recently on 9 October 2026) held the orders likely conflict with EU law, so access depends on the ISP.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "amendment", "name": "Amended JMStV (Sixth Media Amendment Treaty)", "effective": "2025-12-01", "status": null }, { "type": "EU law", "name": "Digital Services Act", "effective": "2024-02-17", "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Main proceedings on the 2024 ISP blocking orders", "status": "pending" }, { "name": "OS youth-protection designations", "status": "due by 2026-12-01" } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Aylo Freesites v. Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (VG 32 L 25/25, 32 L 26/25)", "court": "Verwaltungsgericht Berlin", "status": "Operator's urgent applications against the blocking order to Tele Columbus rejected as inadmissible; sites stay blocked for that provider pending the main case. No appeal decision found.", "date": "2025-04-24", "url": "https://www.berlin.de/gerichte/verwaltungsgericht/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung.1554767.php" }, { "case": "Blocking orders of the Bavarian media authority (BLM) to Telefónica (M 17 S 25.478, M 17 S 25.2135)", "court": "Verwaltungsgericht München", "status": "Operator's urgent applications rejected. No appeal decision found.", "date": "2025-06-05", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-muenchen-m17s25478-m17s252135-pornoseiten-zypern-zugangssperre-telefonica-2025-06-05" }, { "case": "Blocking orders of the Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz (2 B 10575/25.OVG, 2 B 10576/25.OVG)", "court": "Oberverwaltungsgericht Rheinland-Pfalz", "status": "Interim decision: the Cyprus operator's appeal rejected for lack of a legal-protection interest (only access providers can challenge blocking orders).", "date": "2025-07-30", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/ovg-rlp-2b1057525ovg-rechtsschutzbeduerfnis-porno-seiten-sperre-zypern-internet-2025-07-31" }, { "case": "Blocking orders of the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (27 L 1347/24, 27 L 1350/24)", "court": "Verwaltungsgericht Düsseldorf", "status": "Enforcement of the orders against access providers (including Vodafone) suspended on country-of-origin grounds; upheld by OVG NRW on 9 October 2026.", "date": "2025-11-19", "url": "https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/vg-duesseldorf-27l134724-jugendschutz-porno-seiten-sperre-eugh-dsa" }, { "case": "Blocking orders of the Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz (5 K 475/24.NW, 5 K 476/24.NW, 5 K 1203/24.NW, 5 K 1204/24.NW)", "court": "Verwaltungsgericht Neustadt an der Weinstraße", "status": "Four blocking orders annulled on the merits (DSA primacy and country-of-origin principle); appeal to OVG Rheinland-Pfalz permitted. Not final.", "date": "2026-01-13", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-neustadt-5k47524nw-sperrverfuegungen-porno-plattformen-rechtswidrig-2026-02-12" }, { "case": "Landesanstalt für Medien NRW, appeals against VG Düsseldorf (13 B 1351/25, 13 B 1359/25)", "court": "Oberverwaltungsgericht Nordrhein-Westfalen", "status": "Unappealable interim decision: the authority may not, for now, require a large access provider to block Pornhub and YouPorn, because the DSA has regulated youth protection EU-wide since February 2024 and Cyprus or the Commission are competent. The court confirmed the sites breach the JMStV. Main proceedings and seven related cases pending.", "date": "2026-10-09", "url": "https://www.ovg.nrw.de/behoerde/presse/pressemitteilungen/61_261009/index.php" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Prohibition of Pornhub and YouPorn outside closed user groups (Landesanstalt für Medien NRW)", "body": "Landesanstalt für Medien NRW / KJM", "status": "issued 2020; appeals pending at OVG NRW", "date": null, "url": "https://www.ovg.nrw.de/behoerde/presse/pressemitteilungen/61_261009/index.php" }, { "name": "Blocking orders against the five largest German access providers for Pornhub and YouPorn (joint action of the state media authorities)", "body": "Landesmedienanstalten / KJM", "status": "issued April 2024; NRW orders suspended, Rhineland-Palatinate orders annulled at first instance, Berlin and Bavaria orders upheld in 2025 interim rulings", "date": null, "url": "https://www.kjm-online.de/pressemitteilungen/sperrverfuegungen-bestaetigt/" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2003-04-01", "type": "effective", "text": "Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (JMStV) takes effect, restricting online pornography to closed user groups of verified adults.", "source": "https://recht.nrw.de/gvnrw/2003-s267" }, { "date": "2025-04-24", "type": "ruling", "text": "VG Berlin rejects the operator's urgent applications against the Berlin blocking order; Pornhub and YouPorn stay blocked for that provider.", "source": "https://www.berlin.de/gerichte/verwaltungsgericht/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung.1554767.php" }, { "date": "2025-06-05", "type": "ruling", "text": "VG München rejects the operator's urgent applications against the Bavarian blocking orders addressed to Telefónica.", "source": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-muenchen-m17s25478-m17s252135-pornoseiten-zypern-zugangssperre-telefonica-2025-06-05" }, { "date": "2025-07-30", "type": "ruling", "text": "OVG Rheinland-Pfalz rejects the operator's appeal against the Rhineland-Palatinate blocking orders for lack of a legal-protection interest.", "source": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/ovg-rlp-2b1057525ovg-rechtsschutzbeduerfnis-porno-seiten-sperre-zypern-internet-2025-07-31" }, { "date": "2025-11-19", "type": "ruling", "text": "VG Düsseldorf suspends enforcement of the NRW blocking orders against access providers, including Vodafone, on country-of-origin grounds.", "source": "https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/vg-duesseldorf-27l134724-jugendschutz-porno-seiten-sperre-eugh-dsa" }, { "date": "2025-12-01", "type": "amendment", "text": "Sixth Media Amendment Treaty takes effect, adding youth-protection duties for designated operating systems and raising fines for them to €2 million.", "source": "https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/JMStV-24" }, { "date": "2026-01-13", "type": "ruling", "text": "VG Neustadt annuls four Rhineland-Palatinate blocking orders, citing the DSA and the country-of-origin principle; appeal permitted.", "source": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-neustadt-5k47524nw-sperrverfuegungen-porno-plattformen-rechtswidrig-2026-02-12" }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "type": "ruling", "text": "OVG NRW rules, in unappealable interim decisions, that the NRW media authority may not for now require an ISP to block Pornhub and YouPorn, because the DSA governs youth protection EU-wide.", "source": "https://www.ovg.nrw.de/behoerde/presse/pressemitteilungen/61_261009/index.php" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Bekanntmachung des In-Kraft-Tretens des Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrages (GV. NRW. 2003 S. 267)", "url": "https://recht.nrw.de/gvnrw/2003-s267", "type": "government", "date": "2003-05-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "JMStV § 24 (Ordnungswidrigkeiten), Bayern.Recht", "url": "https://www.gesetze-bayern.de/Content/Document/JMStV-24", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "OVG NRW: Internetseiten 'Pornhub' und 'YouPorn' müssen weiter nicht blockiert werden", "url": "https://www.ovg.nrw.de/behoerde/presse/pressemitteilungen/61_261009/index.php", "type": "court", "date": "2026-10-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "VG Berlin: Pornoseiten bleiben gesperrt (Nr. 27/2025)", "url": "https://www.berlin.de/gerichte/verwaltungsgericht/presse/pressemitteilungen/2025/pressemitteilung.1554767.php", "type": "court", "date": "2025-04-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornoplattformen müssen Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz umsetzen (KJM press release 06/2025)", "url": "https://www.kjm-online.de/pressemitteilungen/sperrverfuegungen-bestaetigt/", "type": "regulator", "date": "2025-04-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission preliminarily finds PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA (IP/26/722)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sperrverfügungen gegen Porno-Plattformen gekippt (VG Neustadt), beck-aktuell", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-neustadt-5k47524nw-sperrverfuegungen-porno-plattformen-rechtswidrig-2026-02-12", "type": "news", "date": "2026-02-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Weiter kein Zugriff auf Pornoseiten aus Zypern (VG München), beck-aktuell", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/vg-muenchen-m17s25478-m17s252135-pornoseiten-zypern-zugangssperre-telefonica-2025-06-05", "type": "news", "date": "2025-06-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porno-Seiten gehen vom Netz (OVG Rheinland-Pfalz), beck-aktuell", "url": "https://www.beck-aktuell.de/heute-im-recht/rechtsprechung/ovg-rlp-2b1057525ovg-rechtsschutzbeduerfnis-porno-seiten-sperre-zypern-internet-2025-07-31", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Zugangssperren gegen YouPorn und Pornhub aufgehoben (LTO)", "url": "https://www.lto.de/recht/hintergruende/h/vg-duesseldorf-27l134724-jugendschutz-porno-seiten-sperre-eugh-dsa", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Überraschendes Urteil: Keine Pornosperren bei Telekom und Vodafone (WinFuture)", "url": "https://winfuture.de/news,155133.html", "type": "news", "date": "2025-11-22", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub & Co.: OVG NRW bestätigt Todesurteil für Jugendschutz (LTO)", "url": "https://www.lto.de/recht/nachrichten/n/ovg-nrw-13b135125-sperre-youporn-pornhub-pornoseiten-zypern-eu", "type": "news", "date": "2026-10-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Higher Administrative Court NRW overturns web blocks for Pornhub and YouPorn (heise online)", "url": "https://www.heise.de/en/news/Higher-Administrative-Court-NRW-overturns-web-blocks-for-Pornhub-and-YouPorn-11483396.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-10-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Germany adopts new youth protection obligations for operating system providers (Freshfields)", "url": "https://www.freshfields.com/en/our-thinking/blogs/technology-quotient/germany-adopts-new-youth-protection-obligations-for-operating-system-providers-102lwz8", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "hawaii", "name": "Hawaii", "kind": "us_state", "code": "HI", "url": "/usa/hawaii", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/hawaii", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Hawaii has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Hawaii has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. Two 2025 House bills for adult-site age verification (HB 1212 and HB 1198) and an app store bill (SB 1542) never received a hearing, no adult-site bill was introduced in 2026, and a 2026 app store and social media bill (SB 2761) was deferred in a House committee after passing the Senate.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 1212", "status": "Died: referred to the House Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committees on 2025-01-27 and carried over to 2026, with no hearing or further action." }, { "name": "HB 1198", "status": "Died: referred to the House Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs committees on 2025-01-27 and carried over to 2026, with no hearing or further action." }, { "name": "SB 1542", "status": "Died: referred to Senate committees on 2025-01-27 and carried over to 2026, with no hearing or further action." }, { "name": "SB 2761", "status": "Died: passed the Senate 22-3 on 2026-03-10; the House Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs Committee recommended deferral on 2026-04-01." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 1212 (2025-2026) measure status - Hawaii State Legislature", "url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1212&year=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1198 (2025-2026) measure status - Hawaii State Legislature", "url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1198&year=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1542 (2025-2026) measure status - Hawaii State Legislature", "url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1542&year=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 2761 (2026) measure status - Hawaii State Legislature", "url": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2761&year=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2026 Regular Session bill texts - Hawaii State Legislature", "url": "https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "idaho", "name": "Idaho", "kind": "us_state", "code": "ID", "url": "/usa/idaho", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/idaho", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "H 498", "law_name": "H 498", "citation": "Idaho Code §§ 6-3801 to 6-3809 (2024 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 113)", "law_url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/", "signed": "2024-03-20", "effective": "2024-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: any person exposed to material in violation of the law, including the parent or guardian of a child, may sue. The act says it is enforced exclusively through these private suits; the state, local governments and their officers may not enforce it (§ 6-3807).", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub blocks visitors in Idaho. Idaho law (H 498) took effect July 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2024, Idaho law (H 498) has required commercial websites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors to verify that users are 18 or older, and bars them from keeping the identifying data. It is enforced only through private lawsuits, with statutory damages of at least $10,000. Pornhub has blocked Idaho since late June 2024.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "H 542 (2026), Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act", "effective": "2026-07-01", "status": "in effect (signed 2026-04-02; 2026 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 268)" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-02-07", "type": "introduced", "text": "H 498 introduced in the Idaho House by the State Affairs Committee.", "source": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/" }, { "date": "2024-03-20", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor signs H 498 (2024 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 113).", "source": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/" }, { "date": "2024-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "H 498 takes effect.", "source": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "H 498 (2024) bill status, Idaho Legislature", "url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill No. 498 (2024), bill text, Idaho Legislature", "url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/H0498.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H 542 (2026) Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media Act, bill status, Idaho Legislature", "url": "https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2026/legislation/H0542/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Idaho to join list of states requiring age verification on pornography sites (Idaho Reports, Idaho PTV)", "url": "https://blog.idahoreports.idahoptv.org/2024/03/14/idaho-to-join-list-of-states-requiring-age-verification-on-pornography-sites/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-03-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is blocking users from viewing its content in 5 more states due to age verification laws (Scripps News)", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/pornhub-is-blocking-users-from-viewing-its-content-in-5-more-states-due-to-age-verification-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2024-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub Officially Blocks Users in Another State (Newsweek)", "url": "https://www.newsweek.com/pornhub-officially-blocks-users-another-state-1921173", "type": "news", "date": "2024", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Breaking down what House Bill 498 means for Idaho residents (The Argonaut, University of Idaho)", "url": "https://www.uiargonaut.com/2024/09/24/breaking-down-what-house-bill-498-means-for-idaho-residents/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-09-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "illinois", "name": "Illinois", "kind": "us_state", "code": "IL", "url": "/usa/illinois", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/illinois", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Illinois has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Illinois has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. Two Senate bills that would (SB 3945 and SB 2082) are sitting in the Senate Assignments Committee without a vote. A separate 2026 law, HB 5511, will require device-level age signals for social media platforms starting in 2028, and Pornhub is not blocked in Illinois.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB 5511 (Public Act 104-0664, Children's Online Social Media Safety Act)", "effective": "2028-01-01", "status": "enacted (Governor approved 2026-07-31), not yet in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 3945 (Adult Content Age Verification Act)", "status": "Filed 2026-02-06 (Sen. Erica Harriss); re-referred to Assignments 2026-05-22; has not passed either chamber. Alive until the 104th General Assembly ends in January 2027." }, { "name": "SB 2082 (Adult Content Age Verification Act)", "status": "Filed 2025-02-06 and referred to Assignments; no committee action (a co-sponsor was added 2026-05-05). Alive until January 2027." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-02-06", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 2082 (Adult Content Age Verification Act) is filed and referred to the Senate Assignments Committee, where it remains.", "source": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2082&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104" }, { "date": "2026-02-06", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 3945 (Adult Content Age Verification Act) is filed; it was re-referred to Assignments on May 22, 2026 after missing committee deadlines.", "source": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3945&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Bill Status of HB 5511, 104th General Assembly (Illinois General Assembly)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=5511&GAID=18&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=114&GA=104", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Public Act 104-0664 (Illinois General Assembly)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/PublicActs/View/104-0664", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-07-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill Status of SB 3945, 104th General Assembly (Illinois General Assembly)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=3945&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill Status of SB 2082, 104th General Assembly (Illinois General Assembly)", "url": "https://www.ilga.gov/Legislation/BillStatus?DocNum=2082&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "indiana", "name": "Indiana", "kind": "us_state", "code": "IN", "url": "/usa/indiana", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/indiana", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 17", "law_name": "SB 17 (Senate Enrolled Act 17)", "citation": "Ind. Code ch. 24-4-23", "law_url": "https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2024/03/28/age-verification-for-material-harmful-to-minors-3", "signed": "2024-03-13", "effective": "2024-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: the Attorney General (injunction, civil penalty, investigation costs, civil investigative demands; a violation is also a deceptive act) and private actions by a parent or guardian of a harmed child (damages, injunction, attorney fees), by any other person (injunction, attorney fees), and by a person whose identifying information was retained.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-06-27", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Indiana since June 27, 2024. Indiana law (SB 17) took effect July 1, 2024.", "summary": "Indiana's SB 17 requires adult websites where at least a third of images and videos are harmful to minors to verify that users are 18 or older. A federal judge blocked it just before its July 1, 2024 start, but the Seventh Circuit let it take effect on August 16, 2024, and after the Supreme Court's 2025 Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton ruling the First Amendment challenge was resolved for the state. Pornhub has blocked Indiana since June 2024, and in December 2025 the Attorney General sued Aylo in state court, arguing that blocking which VPN users can get around is not enough.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "vpn", "name": "None (AG enforcement theory)", "effective": null, "status": "litigation pending" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HEA 1408 (2026)", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "enacted, not yet in effect (per tracker)" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Rokita", "court": "U.S. District Court, S.D. Ind. (No. 1:24-cv-00980); 7th Cir. (No. 24-2174)", "status": "Preliminary injunction granted 2024-06-28; the 7th Circuit stayed it 2024-08-16, letting the law take effect. After FSC v. Paxton, the 7th Circuit vacated the injunction (order of 2025-07-15, amended 2025-08-01) and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for the Attorney General on the First Amendment claim. The district case continues on the remaining claims and the State's counterclaims against plaintiffs NKL Associates and WebGroup Czech Republic; their motion to dismiss the counterclaims was fully briefed on 2026-10-16, and dispositive motions are due 2026-12-07.", "date": "2025-07-15", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68841577/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-rokita/" }, { "case": "State of Indiana v. Aylo Freesites Ltd., Aylo Group Ltd., Aylo Premium Ltd., et al.", "court": "Marion Superior Court 5, Indiana (No. 49D05-2512-PL-057061)", "status": "Filed 2025-12-03 against Aylo entities over about 50 sites. Alleges violations of the age-verification law and the Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, arguing that IP-based blocking that VPN users can bypass is not a reasonable age-verification method. Aylo has moved to dismiss (reported in 2026); no ruling found.", "date": "2025-12-03", "url": "https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/ag-rokita-sues-porn-companies-for-alleged-violations-of-indianas-age-verification-law" } ], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-01-08", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 17 is introduced in the Indiana Senate.", "source": "https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/in/2024/bills/INB00012348/" }, { "date": "2024-03-13", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Eric Holcomb signs SB 17 (Public Law 98-2024).", "source": "https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/in/2024/bills/INB00012348/" }, { "date": "2024-06-10", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Free Speech Coalition, Aylo and other site operators sue Attorney General Todd Rokita in federal court to block SB 17.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68841577/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-rokita/" }, { "date": "2024-06-27", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Indiana ahead of the law's start date.", "source": "https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/06/13/you-will-lose-access-pornhub-warns-hoosier-users-as-state-prepares-to-enact-age-verification-law/" }, { "date": "2024-06-28", "type": "ruling", "text": "Judge Richard L. Young preliminarily enjoins enforcement of SB 17 on First Amendment grounds.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.insd.215210/gov.uscourts.insd.215210.35.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 17's effective date; enforcement is on hold under the June 28 preliminary injunction.", "source": "https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2024/03/28/age-verification-for-material-harmful-to-minors-3" }, { "date": "2024-08-16", "type": "ruling", "text": "The 7th Circuit stays the preliminary injunction pending FSC v. Paxton, so the law can be enforced.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69054050/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-todd-rokita/" }, { "date": "2025-07-15", "type": "ruling", "text": "After FSC v. Paxton, the 7th Circuit vacates the preliminary injunction and remands for judgment for the Attorney General on the First Amendment claim (order clarified August 1, 2025).", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69054050/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-todd-rokita/" }, { "date": "2025-12-03", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Attorney General sues Aylo entities in Marion Superior Court, arguing that geoblocking that VPN users can bypass does not comply with the law.", "source": "https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/ag-rokita-sues-porn-companies-for-alleged-violations-of-indianas-age-verification-law" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Age verification for material harmful to minors (S.E.A. 17, P.L. 98), Indiana Courts Legislative Update", "url": "https://legislativeupdate.courts.in.gov/2024/03/28/age-verification-for-material-harmful-to-minors-3", "type": "government", "date": "2024-03-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Rokita, No. 1:24-cv-00980 (S.D. Ind.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68841577/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-rokita/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Entry granting plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction, FSC v. Rokita (S.D. Ind., June 28, 2024)", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.insd.215210/gov.uscourts.insd.215210.35.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2024-06-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Todd Rokita, No. 24-2174 (7th Cir.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69054050/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-todd-rokita/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Indiana SB 17 (2024) bill history (FastDemocracy)", "url": "https://fastdemocracy.com/bill-search/in/2024/bills/INB00012348/", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "'You will lose access': Pornhub warns Hoosier users as state prepares to enact age verification law (Indiana Capital Chronicle)", "url": "https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2024/06/13/you-will-lose-access-pornhub-warns-hoosier-users-as-state-prepares-to-enact-age-verification-law/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-06-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Federal judge blocks Indiana law requiring age verification for porn websites (Indiana Capital Chronicle, via IBJ)", "url": "https://www.ibj.com/articles/federal-judge-blocks-indiana-law-requiring-age-verification-for-porn-websites", "type": "news", "date": "2024-07-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Federal appeals court lets porn website age verification mandate go into effect (Indiana Lawyer)", "url": "https://theindianalawyer.com/?p=225226", "type": "news", "date": "2024-08-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn companies sued for alleged violations of Indiana's age verification law (Indiana Lawyer)", "url": "https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/ag-rokita-sues-porn-companies-for-alleged-violations-of-indianas-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Attorney general sues pornographic websites (Indiana Capital Chronicle)", "url": "https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2025/12/15/attorney-general-sues-pornographic-websites/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn sites must block VPNs to comply with Indiana's age verification law, state suggests in new lawsuit (Reason)", "url": "https://reason.com/2025/12/17/porn-sites-must-block-vpns-to-comply-with-indianas-age-verification-law-state-suggests-in-new-lawsuit/printer/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-17", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Indiana age verification (ungovr law tracker)", "url": "https://law.ungovr.org/age/us/in", "type": "tracker", "date": "2026-07-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Axios Indianapolis: Pornhub pushes for a return to Indiana web browsers", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/indianapolis/2026/08/10/pornhub-pushes-for-a-return-to-indiana-web-browsers", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "iowa", "name": "Iowa", "kind": "us_state", "code": "IA", "url": "/usa/iowa", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/iowa", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HF 864", "law_name": "HF 864", "citation": "Iowa Code ch. 554J", "law_url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF864.pdf", "signed": "2026-06-01", "effective": "2026-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Attorney General, who may seek injunctions and bring actions; the act provides no private right of action. The AG must adopt implementing rules; Axios reported enforcement would be largely complaint-driven while the rules are developed.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2026-07-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Iowa since July 1, 2026. Iowa law (HF 864) took effect July 1, 2026.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2026, Iowa's HF 864 has required sites and apps where a third or more of publicly available content is pornographic for minors to verify that users are 18 or older, by digital ID, transactional data or a method the Attorney General approves. Only the Attorney General enforces it, with fines of up to $1,000 per violation and $10,000 a day. Pornhub has blocked Iowa since the law took effect, according to PCMag, apparently with a login wall rather than a protest page; no Iowa outlet has confirmed it yet.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-03-07", "type": "introduced", "text": "HF 864 (formerly HF 62) is introduced by the House Judiciary Committee; the House passes it 88-1 on March 20, 2025.", "source": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF864&ga=91" }, { "date": "2026-06-01", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Kim Reynolds signs HF 864 after the Senate (46-0) and House (82-2) passed the final version on April 29-30, 2026.", "source": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF864&ga=91" }, { "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HF 864 takes effect.", "source": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF864&ga=91" }, { "date": "2026-07-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Iowa, PCMag reports.", "source": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html" } ], "confidence": "medium", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "House File 864 (enrolled), Iowa Legislature", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/91/HF864.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill history for House File 864, 91st General Assembly (Iowa Legislature)", "url": "https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF864&ga=91", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Gov. Reynolds signs bill that requires age verification for porn websites (WOWT)", "url": "https://www.wowt.com/2026/06/04/gov-reynolds-signs-bill-that-requires-age-verification-porn-websites/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries, August update (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is fighting Texas' age-verification law again. Here's why (Austin American-Statesman, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pornhub-fighting-texas-age-verification-200117778.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub urges Iowa to repeal age-verification law (Axios Des Moines)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/des-moines/2026/08/06/pornhub-iowa-age-verification-law-repeal", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub sends letter to Iowa governor, AG criticizing age verification law (KCRG)", "url": "https://www.kcrg.com/2026/08/07/pornhub-sends-letter-iowa-governor-ag-criticizing-age-verification-law/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Politico, Digital Future Daily: Pornhub's online age-check offensive", "url": "https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2026/07/29/pornhubs-online-age-check-offensive-01015207", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "The Virginian-Pilot: Pornhub urges Spanberger to end Virginia age-verification law", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pornhub-urges-spanberger-end-virginia-213700581.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "ireland", "name": "Ireland", "kind": "country", "code": "IE", "url": "/ireland", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/ireland", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Coimisiún na Meán supervises designated platforms. On 8 September 2026 it opened its first formal Online Safety Code investigation, into X's age assurance and parental controls.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "click-through age declaration only", "answer": "No. Ireland has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Since 21 July 2025, Ireland's Online Safety Code has required designated video-sharing platforms under Irish jurisdiction, such as X, to use effective age checks to keep children away from pornography; self-declared ages are not enough. The Code does not cover dedicated porn sites, which are based in other countries and regulated under EU law. A private member's bill that would require age verification from every porn site serving Ireland passed Second Stage in the Seanad on 8 July 2026. The Government did not oppose it but says it conflicts with EU law, and it has not advanced since.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "platform_code", "name": "Online Safety Code (Coimisiún na Meán)", "effective": "2025-07-21", "status": "In force since 21 July 2025 for the video-sharing platforms Coimisiún na Meán has designated as under Irish jurisdiction" }, { "type": "EU law", "name": "Digital Services Act", "effective": "2024-02-17", "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2026 (No. 77 of 2026)", "status": "First Stage 2 July 2026; Second Stage agreed in Seanad Éireann on 8 July 2026 without a division. Committee Stage was ordered for 14 July 2026 but has not been taken; no further proceedings as of 26 October 2026." }, { "name": "Government digital wallet / age-verification tool", "status": "in development; the wallet was in beta testing in June 2026, and on 8 July 2026 the Minister of State said the age-verification tool will follow the EU blueprint and only confirm whether a user is over 18" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Investigation into X over age assurance for adult-only video (including pornography) and parental controls (first Online Safety Code investigation)", "body": "Coimisiún na Meán", "status": "open; no finding yet", "date": "2026-09-08", "url": "https://www.cnam.ie/investigation-commenced-into-x-under-online-safety-code/" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-10-21", "type": "signed", "text": "Coimisiún na Meán adopts the final Online Safety Code.", "source": "https://www.cnam.ie/coimisiun-na-mean-adopts-final-online-safety-code/" }, { "date": "2025-07-21", "type": "effective", "text": "Part B of the Online Safety Code takes effect, requiring designated platforms to use effective age assurance for pornography.", "source": "https://www.algoodbody.com/insights-publications/coimisiun-na-mean-adopts-online-safety-code-and-associated-guidance" }, { "date": "2026-07-02", "type": "introduced", "text": "Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2026 introduced in the Seanad (First Stage).", "source": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2026/77/" }, { "date": "2026-07-08", "type": "introduced", "text": "The Seanad agrees the bill's Second Stage without a division. The Government does not oppose it but says it conflicts with the Digital Services Act and the GDPR. Committee Stage, ordered for 14 July 2026, has not been taken.", "source": "https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-07-08/debate/mul@/main.xml" }, { "date": "2026-09-08", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Coimisiún na Meán opens its first Online Safety Code investigation, into X's age assurance and parental controls.", "source": "https://www.cnam.ie/investigation-commenced-into-x-under-online-safety-code/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Coimisiún na Meán adopts final Online Safety Code", "url": "https://www.cnam.ie/coimisiun-na-mean-adopts-final-online-safety-code/", "type": "regulator", "date": "2024-10-21", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Online Safety Code (Coimisiún na Meán)", "url": "https://www.cnam.ie/app/uploads/2024/10/Coimisiun-na-Mean_Online-Safety-Code.pdf", "type": "regulator", "date": "2024-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Broadcasting Act 2009, s. 2B: meaning of \"under the jurisdiction of the State\" for video-sharing platforms (revised act, Law Reform Commission)", "url": "https://revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2009/act/18/section/2B/revised/en/html", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Register of designated online services (Coimisiún na Meán)", "url": "https://www.cnam.ie/industry-and-professionals/online-safety-framework/online-safety-code/register-of-designated-online-services/", "type": "regulator", "date": "2025-09-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Investigation commenced into X under Online Safety Code (Coimisiún na Meán)", "url": "https://www.cnam.ie/investigation-commenced-into-x-under-online-safety-code/", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-09-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2026 (Houses of the Oireachtas)", "url": "https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2026/77/", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-07-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2026 (as initiated)", "url": "https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/bill/2026/77/eng/initiated/b7726s.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-07-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Seanad Éireann debate, 8 July 2026: Protection of Children (Online Age Verification) Bill 2026, Second Stage (official record, Houses of the Oireachtas open data)", "url": "https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/seanad/2026-07-08/debate/mul@/main.xml", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-07-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill 77 of 2026: stages (Houses of the Oireachtas open-data API)", "url": "https://api.oireachtas.ie/v1/legislation?bill_year=2026&bill_no=77", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission preliminarily finds PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA (IP/26/722)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Coimisiún na Meán adopts Online Safety Code and associated guidance (A&L Goodbody)", "url": "https://www.algoodbody.com/insights-publications/coimisiun-na-mean-adopts-online-safety-code-and-associated-guidance", "type": "news", "date": "2024-11-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "X faces Irish investigation over concerns children not protected from pornography and violence (Irish Times)", "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/technology/big-tech/2026/09/08/x-faces-irish-investigation-over-concerns-children-are-not-protected-from-pornography-and-violence/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ireland could require digital ID to access porn websites (Irish Times)", "url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/06/11/ireland-could-require-digital-id-to-access-porn-websites/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "The Online Safety Code: Q&A (Matheson)", "url": "https://www.matheson.com/insights/the-online-safety-code-q-a/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-12-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "italy", "name": "Italy", "kind": "country", "code": "IT", "url": "/italy", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/italy", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "AGCOM age-check rules", "law_name": "Decreto-legge n. 123/2023 ('Decreto Caivano'), art. 13-bis, and AGCOM Delibera 96/25/CONS", "citation": "D.L. 15 settembre 2023, n. 123, art. 13-bis (inserted on conversion by Legge 13 novembre 2023, n. 159); AGCOM Delibera 96/25/CONS of 8 April 2025 (technical and procedural age-verification rules)", "law_url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legge:2023-09-15;123~art13bis", "signed": "2023-11-13", "effective": "2025-11-12", "regulator": "AGCOM (Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni), with the Garante Privacy", "enforcement": "AGCOM monitors compliance and, on finding a breach, formally contests it and issues a warning (diffida) giving the provider 20 days to comply. If the provider still does not comply, AGCOM orders Italian access providers to block the site, by DNS, until it complies. For providers established in other EU states, AGCOM must first follow the e-commerce directive's procedure: ask the home state to act and notify the Commission.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "click-through age declaration only", "answer": "No. Italy's AGCOM age-check rules took effect November 12, 2025, but Pornhub is still available there (click-through age declaration only).", "summary": "Italy's 'Caivano decree' and AGCOM's 2025 rules require pornographic sites to verify users' ages with privacy-protective, third-party checks. The rules have applied to Italian and non-EU sites since 12 November 2025, and AGCOM has ordered non-compliant sites blocked. In April 2026 a Rome administrative court struck down the extension of the rules to sites based in other EU countries, including Pornhub's operator, so those sites do not currently have to verify age in Italy.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "EU framework", "name": "Digital Services Act and e-commerce directive art. 3(4)", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Cross-border procedure for EU-established sites", "status": "pending; no step reported as of 26 October 2026" }, { "name": "Other TAR challenges by Italian adult-industry operators", "status": "pending" } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Urgent applications by Aylo and other operators against Delibera 96/25/CONS and the 31 October 2025 list", "court": "TAR Lazio", "status": "Orders of early 2026 set an expedited merits hearing for 11 March 2026. Some press reported them as a suspension; AGCOM's Delibera 73/26/CONS states they did not suspend Delibera 96/25/CONS. Superseded by the April 2026 judgments.", "date": null, "url": "https://www.agcom.it/sites/default/files/provvedimenti/delibera/2026/Delibera%20n.%2073_26_CONS.pdf" }, { "case": "Tecom Ltd, Technius Ltd, Hammy Media Ltd and Aylo Freesites Ltd v. AGCOM (four parallel judgments, including Technius, no. 06281/2026)", "court": "TAR Lazio (Sezione Quarta)", "status": "Delibera 96/25/CONS annulled in part: the automatic extension to providers established in other member states (art. 4(2), Annex A) falls because AGCOM skipped the e-commerce directive's prior-request and notification procedure. The argument that the DSA pre-empts national rules was rejected. No appeal to the Consiglio di Stato found as of 26 October 2026.", "date": "2026-04-07", "url": "https://mdp.giustizia-amministrativa.it/visualizzah2/?nodeRef=&schema=tar_rm&nrg=202600135&nomeFile=202606281_01.html&subDir=Provvedimenti" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "First blocking orders (Delibere 73/26/CONS and 74/26/CONS): giochipremium.com and hentai-ita.net (operator Onlab, Italy)", "body": "AGCOM", "status": "DNS block ordered (adopted 18 March 2026)", "date": "2026-03-26", "url": "https://www.agcom.it/node/46396/printable/print" }, { "name": "Blocking order against Escort Advisor (DonTouch SA, Switzerland), Delibera 171/26/CONS; third measure under art. 13-bis", "body": "AGCOM", "status": "DNS block ordered (adopted 7 July 2026)", "date": "2026-07-29", "url": "https://www.agcom.it/comunicazione/comunicati-stampa/comunicato-stampa-88" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-11-13", "type": "signed", "text": "Law 159/2023 converts the 'Caivano decree' and adds art. 13-bis, requiring porn sites and video-sharing platforms to verify users' ages.", "source": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legge:2023-09-15;123~art13bis" }, { "date": "2025-04-08", "type": "amendment", "text": "AGCOM adopts Delibera 96/25/CONS, setting the technical and procedural rules for age verification.", "source": "https://www.agcom.it/sites/default/files/provvedimenti/delibera/2026/Delibera%20n.%2073_26_CONS.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-11-12", "type": "effective", "text": "Age-verification duties apply to listed providers established in Italy or outside the EU.", "source": "https://www.agcom.it/node/46396/printable/print" }, { "date": "2026-03-18", "type": "ruling", "text": "AGCOM orders its first DNS blocks of two Italian porn sites that ignored its warning.", "source": "https://www.agcom.it/node/46396/printable/print" }, { "date": "2026-04-07", "type": "ruling", "text": "TAR Lazio annuls the extension of the rules to providers established in other EU states, including Pornhub's operator, in four parallel judgments.", "source": "https://mdp.giustizia-amministrativa.it/visualizzah2/?nodeRef=&schema=tar_rm&nrg=202600135&nomeFile=202606281_01.html&subDir=Provvedimenti" }, { "date": "2026-07-07", "type": "ruling", "text": "AGCOM orders Escort Advisor, run by a Swiss company, blocked for Italian users.", "source": "https://www.agcom.it/comunicazione/comunicati-stampa/comunicato-stampa-88" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Decreto-legge 15 settembre 2023, n. 123, art. 13-bis (Normattiva)", "url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legge:2023-09-15;123~art13bis", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Legge 31 luglio 1997, n. 249, art. 1, comma 31 (Normattiva)", "url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:legge:1997-07-31;249~art1-com31", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Tutela dei minori e verifica dell'età: Agcom adotta i primi ordini di blocco di siti pornografici inadempienti (AGCOM press release)", "url": "https://www.agcom.it/node/46396/printable/print", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Delibera n. 73/26/CONS (AGCOM blocking order, giochipremium.com)", "url": "https://www.agcom.it/sites/default/files/provvedimenti/delibera/2026/Delibera%20n.%2073_26_CONS.pdf", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-03-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Tutela dei minori online e verifica dell'età: Agcom ordina il blocco del sito Escort Advisor (AGCOM press release)", "url": "https://www.agcom.it/comunicazione/comunicati-stampa/comunicato-stampa-88", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-07-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "TAR Lazio, Sez. IV, sentenza n. 06281/2026 (Technius Ltd v. 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Pornhub has blocked Kansas since June 27, 2024. Kansas law (SB 394) took effect July 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2024, Kansas has required commercial websites where harmful-to-minors material appears on a quarter or more of the pages viewed to verify that visitors are 18 or older. The Attorney General and parents can both sue, with private statutory damages of at least $50,000; federal courts have dismissed private suits against out-of-state sites for lack of personal jurisdiction without ruling on the law. Pornhub has blocked Kansas since mid-2024.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 372 (App Store Accountability Act)", "status": "Died: passed the Senate and was reported favorably by the House Federal and State Affairs Committee on 2026-03-18, but never reached a final vote." } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Q.R. ex rel. Doe v. ICF Technology, Inc., No. 6:25-cv-01093-HLT-BGS", "court": "U.S. District Court, D. Kan. (Judge Holly L. Teeter)", "status": "One of four parallel private suits filed in 2025 on behalf of a minor under K.S.A. 50-6,146. Dismissed without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction over the site operators; the ruling did not address the law's validity. A companion suit against Titan Websites was dismissed the same day on the same ground.", "date": "2026-02-10", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020.51.0.pdf" }, { "case": "Q.R. ex rel. Doe v. Pump Lab, SL, No. 6:25-cv-01095-HLT-BGS", "court": "U.S. District Court, D. Kan. (Judge Holly L. Teeter)", "status": "Last of the four parallel suits (the court had compelled arbitration in the third, which the plaintiff then voluntarily dismissed). Dismissed without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction over the Spain-based operator; jurisdictional discovery denied. The law's validity was not reached.", "date": "2026-06-22", "url": "https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv1095-67=" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Kansas ex rel. Kobach v. SARJ LLC", "body": "Kansas Attorney General, in Shawnee County District Court", "status": "Filed January 2025, the first state enforcement suit under the law, against a Seattle-based operator of 13 adult websites alleged to use no age verification. The company's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction was denied; the case was still pending as of March 2026.", "date": "2025-01-14", "url": "https://www.wibw.com/2025/01/14/kris-kobach-files-lawsuit-against-adult-website-operator/" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-04-12", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Laura Kelly says she will let SB 394 become law without her signature.", "source": "https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/kansas-news/ks-bill-mandates-age-verification-for-potentially-harmful-websites/article_4dc0aaa8-f914-11ee-ade0-3bb5357cb0bc.html" }, { "date": "2024-06-27", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks Kansas, a spokesperson confirms, ahead of the law taking effect on July 1.", "source": "https://www.ksnt.com/capitol-bureau/pornhub-brings-website-into-compliance-with-restrictive-new-kansas-law/" }, { "date": "2024-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 394 takes effect on its publication in the statute book.", "source": "https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2024-07-01/kansas-porn-age-verification-pornhub-adult-websites" }, { "date": "2025-01-14", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Attorney General Kris Kobach files the first state enforcement suit under the law, against SARJ LLC, in Shawnee County District Court.", "source": "https://www.wibw.com/2025/01/14/kris-kobach-files-lawsuit-against-adult-website-operator/" }, { "date": "2026-02-10", "type": "ruling", "text": "A federal judge dismisses two private suits under the law (against ICF Technology and Titan Websites) for lack of personal jurisdiction, without ruling on the law itself.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020.51.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-06-22", "type": "ruling", "text": "The last of the four private federal suits (against Pump Lab, SL) is dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.", "source": "https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv1095-67=" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 394 (2023-2024) bill status, Kansas Legislature", "url": "https://www.kslegislature.gov/li_2024/b2023_24/measures/sb394/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2024 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 28 (SB 394), Kansas Secretary of State", "url": "https://kssos.org/publications/sessionlaws/2024/Chapter-28-SB-394.html", "type": "statute", "date": "2024", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 372 (2025-2026) App Store Accountability Act, bill status, Kansas Legislature", "url": "https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb372/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Q.R. v. ICF Technology, Inc., No. 6:25-cv-01093, Memorandum & Order (D. Kan. Feb. 10, 2026), via CourtListener", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020/gov.uscourts.ksd.158020.51.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-02-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Q.R. v. Pump Lab, SL, No. 6:25-cv-01095, Memorandum & Order (D. Kan. June 22, 2026)", "url": "https://ecf.ksd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show_public_doc?2025cv1095-67=", "type": "court", "date": "2026-06-22", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KS bill mandates age verification for potentially harmful websites (KOAM)", "url": "https://www.koamnewsnow.com/news/kansas-news/ks-bill-mandates-age-verification-for-potentially-harmful-websites/article_4dc0aaa8-f914-11ee-ade0-3bb5357cb0bc.html", "type": "news", "date": "2024-04-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Kansas porn age verification law takes effect; Pornhub blocks access (KCUR / Kansas News Service)", "url": "https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2024-07-01/kansas-porn-age-verification-pornhub-adult-websites", "type": "news", "date": "2024-07-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is blocking users from viewing its content in 5 more states due to age verification laws (Scripps News)", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/pornhub-is-blocking-users-from-viewing-its-content-in-5-more-states-due-to-age-verification-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2024-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Kris Kobach files lawsuit against adult website operator (WIBW)", "url": "https://www.wibw.com/2025/01/14/kris-kobach-files-lawsuit-against-adult-website-operator/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-01-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocked in Missouri over age verification (KCUR), noting Kansas was blacked out the year before", "url": "https://www.kcur.org/health/2025-12-02/pornhub-blocked-missouri-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Dismissal of age verification lawsuits against porn sites raises questions about Kansas law's future (Kansas Reflector, via News From The States)", "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/dismissal-age-verification-lawsuits-against-porn-sites-raises-questions-about-kansas-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-25", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KSNT 27 News: Pornhub brings website into compliance with restrictive new Kansas law", "url": "https://www.ksnt.com/capitol-bureau/pornhub-brings-website-into-compliance-with-restrictive-new-kansas-law/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-06-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "kentucky", "name": "Kentucky", "kind": "us_state", "code": "KY", "url": "/usa/kentucky", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/kentucky", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 278", "law_name": "HB 278", "citation": "KRS 436.001 to 436.009 (2024 Ky. Acts ch. 106)", "law_url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb278.html", "signed": "2024-04-05", "effective": "2024-07-15", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private civil actions only; KRS 436.006 bars enforcement by the state, its political subdivisions, the Attorney General, Commonwealth's and county attorneys, and state officers.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-07-10", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Kentucky since July 10, 2024. Kentucky law (HB 278) took effect July 15, 2024.", "summary": "Since July 15, 2024, Kentucky lets people sue for-profit websites where more than a third of material is harmful to minors if they don't verify that users are 18 or older, and bars keeping ID data afterward. Only private lawsuits can enforce it; the state and the Attorney General are barred from doing so. Pornhub has blocked Kentucky since July 10, 2024.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 227", "status": "Passed House 96-0 (2026-03-09); last action 2026-04-01 in Senate Judiciary; not enacted before the 2026 session ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-04-05", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Andy Beshear signs HB 278 (2024 Ky. Acts ch. 106).", "source": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb278.html" }, { "date": "2024-07-10", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Kentucky.", "source": "https://lpm.org/news/2024-07-10/pornhub-disables-access-in-kentucky-due-to-new-state-law" }, { "date": "2024-07-15", "type": "effective", "text": "KRS 436.001 to 436.009 take effect.", "source": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54995" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 278 (2024 RS) bill record, Kentucky General Assembly", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb278.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KRS 436.001 Definitions for KRS 436.001 to 436.009", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54994", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KRS 436.002 Liability for failure to perform age verification", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54995", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KRS 436.004 Retention of identifying information prohibited", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54996", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "KRS 436.006 Civil actions; enforcement by governmental entities prohibited", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54997", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 227 (2026 RS) bill record, Kentucky General Assembly", "url": "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb227.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub disables access in Kentucky due to new state law (Louisville Public Media)", "url": "https://lpm.org/news/2024-07-10/pornhub-disables-access-in-kentucky-due-to-new-state-law", "type": "news", "date": "2024-07-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "louisiana", "name": "Louisiana", "kind": "us_state", "code": "LA", "url": "/usa/louisiana", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/louisiana", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Act 440", "law_name": "HB 142 (Act 440)", "citation": "La. R.S. 9:2800.29 (Acts 2022, No. 440); Attorney General enforcement at La. R.S. 51:2121 (Acts 2023, No. 216)", "law_url": "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1293341", "signed": "2022-06-15", "effective": "2023-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: private civil action for damages (Act 440 of 2022), and since August 1, 2023 the Attorney General, who may investigate and sue in the 19th Judicial District Court after giving the site at least 30 days to comply (Act 216 of 2023, La. R.S. 51:2121).", "pornhub": "verifies", "pornhub_label": "ID check required", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No, but you'll need to verify your age. Pornhub checks IDs in Louisiana using the state's LA Wallet digital ID app under Louisiana law (Act 440), in effect since January 1, 2023.", "summary": "Louisiana was the first state to require age verification on adult websites: since January 1, 2023 (Act 440 of 2022, La. R.S. 9:2800.29), sites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors can be sued if they do not verify users' ages, and since August 2023 the Attorney General can also seek civil penalties. Pornhub has kept serving Louisiana behind an age check, commonly through the state's LA Wallet digital ID, rather than blocking the state.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "HB 570 (Act 481 of 2025); HB 977 (Act 185 of 2026)", "effective": "2027-07-01", "status": "enacted; HB 977 (signed 2026-05-15) provides that Act 481 does not take effect on 2026-07-01 and moves the start to 2027-07-01" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 162 (Act 456 of 2023)", "effective": "2025-07-01", "status": "permanently enjoined as to NetChoice members (NetChoice v. Murrill, M.D. La., 2025-12-15); on appeal to 5th Cir. (No. 26-30016)" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. LeBlanc, No. 2:23-cv-02123", "court": "U.S. District Court, E.D. La. (Judge Susie Morgan)", "status": "Dismissed 2023-10-04 because the state officials sued had no duty to enforce the law, which then relied on private suits; plaintiffs' Fifth Circuit appeal was dismissed on their own motion in 2024; plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed the case on 2025-09-29. The law was never enjoined.", "date": "2023-10-04", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67513976/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-leblanc/" } ], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2022-06-15", "type": "signed", "text": "HB 142 is signed into law as Act 440 of 2022.", "source": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=22RS&b=HB142&sbi=y" }, { "date": "2023-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "Act 440 takes effect: adult websites can be sued for failing to verify users' ages.", "source": "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1293341" }, { "date": "2023-06-20", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Free Speech Coalition and others sue Louisiana officials in federal court to block the law.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67513976/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-leblanc/" }, { "date": "2023-08-01", "type": "amendment", "text": "Act 216 of 2023 (HB 77, signed June 8, 2023) takes effect, letting the Attorney General seek civil penalties against sites that do not verify ages (La. R.S. 51:2121).", "source": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=23RS&b=HB77&sbi=y" }, { "date": "2023-10-04", "type": "ruling", "text": "A federal judge dismisses the Free Speech Coalition's challenge because the officials sued had no duty to enforce the law.", "source": "https://www.wafb.com/2023/10/05/judge-tosses-challenge-louisianas-age-verification-law-aimed-porn-websites/" }, { "date": "2025-09-29", "type": "ruling", "text": "The court dismisses the Free Speech Coalition case after the plaintiffs voluntarily drop it.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67513976/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-leblanc/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "La. R.S. 9:2800.29, Liability for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (Louisiana State Legislature)", "url": "https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1293341", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "La. R.S. 51:2121, Enforcement of age verification by publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (Louisiana State Legislature)", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/Legis/Law.aspx?d=1337821", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 142 (2022 Regular Session) bill history, Louisiana State Legislature", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=22RS&b=HB142&sbi=y", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 77 (2023 Regular Session) bill history, Louisiana State Legislature", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=23RS&b=HB77&sbi=y", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 977 (2026 Regular Session) bill history, Louisiana State Legislature", "url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=26RS&b=HB977&sbi=y", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. LeBlanc, No. 2:23-cv-02123 (E.D. La.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67513976/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-leblanc/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Judge tosses challenge to Louisiana's age verification law aimed at porn websites (WAFB)", "url": "https://www.wafb.com/2023/10/05/judge-tosses-challenge-louisianas-age-verification-law-aimed-porn-websites/", "type": "news", "date": "2023-10-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AG Liz Murrill responds to Pornhub's claims that age verification laws are 'dangerous' and 'ineffective' (KTAL, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ag-liz-murrill-responds-pornhub-171346683.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub to block Arizona access due to new age verification law (FOX 9), Aylo on Louisiana traffic drop", "url": "https://www.fox9.com/news/pornhub-block-arizona-access-due-new-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2025-09-22", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Can States Without Digital IDs Manage Age Verification Laws? (GovTech)", "url": "https://www.govtech.com/biz/data/can-states-without-digital-ids-manage-age-verification-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2024-04-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Children's Online Privacy in 2026: More State App Store, Design Code and Social Media Laws Enacted - Then Delayed (Loeb & Loeb)", "url": "https://www.loeb.com/en/insights/publications/2026/06/childrens-online-privacy-2026-state-app-store-design-code-and-social-media-laws", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "maine", "name": "Maine", "kind": "us_state", "code": "ME", "url": "/usa/maine", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/maine", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Maine has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Maine has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. LD 1873, a 2025 bill to require age verification for online obscene matter, died in June 2025, and no other adult-site age-verification bill was found in the 132nd Legislature (2025-2026). Pornhub is available in Maine without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "LD 1873 (HP 1244)", "status": "Died. The Judiciary Committee majority reported ought not to pass; the House accepted that report and insisted (2025-06-16); the Senate voted to commit the bill to committee and adhered after a motion to recede failed 15-20 (2025-06-17); placed in legislative files (dead)." }, { "name": "LD 844 (HP 530)", "status": "Died: both chambers accepted the majority ought-not-to-pass report on 2025-06-16." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "LD 1873 (132nd Legislature), An Act to Require Age Verification for Online Obscene Matter: summary, Maine Legislature", "url": "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=1873&SessionID=16", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "LD 844 (132nd Legislature), An Act to Regulate Social Media Use by Minors Under 16 Years of Age: summary, Maine Legislature", "url": "https://legislature.maine.gov/LawMakerWeb/summary.asp?LD=844&SessionID=16", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "maryland", "name": "Maryland", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MD", "url": "/usa/maryland", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/maryland", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Maryland has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Maryland has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. Bills to make adult sites liable for failing to verify ages (HB 394 in 2025; HB 693 and HB 908 in 2026) did not get out of the House Judiciary Committee, and an app store age-verification bill (HB 1179) also stalled. Maryland's Kids Code sets privacy defaults for minors but does not require ID checks. Pornhub is available in Maryland without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "HB 603 / SB 571 (Maryland Kids Code, 2024 Md. Laws chs. 461 and 460)", "effective": "2024-10-01", "status": "in effect (approved 2024-05-09); challenged in NetChoice v. Brown (D. Md., No. 1:25-cv-00322, filed 2025-02-03): motion to dismiss denied 2025-11-24, leave to file a second amended complaint granted 2026-07-07, no injunction" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 693", "status": "Hearing in House Judiciary 2026-03-04; no committee vote; died when the 2026 session ended." }, { "name": "HB 908", "status": "Unfavorable report by House Judiciary; withdrawn 2026-03-16." }, { "name": "HB 1179", "status": "Hearing in House Economic Matters 2026-03-10; no committee vote; died when the 2026 session ended." }, { "name": "HB 394", "status": "Hearing in House Judiciary 2025-02-05; no committee vote; died when the 2025 session ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 693 (2026 Regular Session): legislation details, Maryland General Assembly", "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0693?ys=2026RS", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 908 (2026 Regular Session): legislation details, Maryland General Assembly", "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0908?ys=2026RS", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1179 (2026 Regular Session), Application Store Accountability Act: legislation details, Maryland General Assembly", "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb1179?ys=2026RS", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 394 (2025 Regular Session): legislation details, Maryland General Assembly", "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0394?ys=2025RS", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Brown, No. 1:25-cv-00322 (D. Md.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69604689/netchoice-v-brown/", "type": "court", "date": "2025-02-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 603 (2024 Regular Session), Maryland Kids Code: legislation details, Maryland General Assembly", "url": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/hb0603?ys=2024RS", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "massachusetts", "name": "Massachusetts", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MA", "url": "/usa/massachusetts", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/massachusetts", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Massachusetts has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Massachusetts has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. An adult-site age-verification bill (H.1626) was sent to a study order in March 2026, and the House and Senate have not agreed on a youth social media and school cellphone bill (S.2581), which has been in conference since May 2026. Pornhub is available in Massachusetts without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "H.1626", "status": "Referred to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary 2025-02-27; hearing 2025-06-10; accompanied a study order (H.5281) 2026-03-26; no further action." }, { "name": "S.2581 (House text H.5349/H.5366)", "status": "Senate passed 38-2 (2025-07-31); House passed its amended version 129-25 (2026-04-08); Senate did not concur and named conferees (2026-05-07); House insisted and named conferees (2026-05-20); no conference report as of 2026-10-26." }, { "name": "S.3164 (reprinted as S.3175)", "status": "Senate passed 38-2 (2026-07-09); referred to House Ways and Means 2026-07-15; no further action." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "H.1626 (194th General Court), An Act preventing rampant online technological exploitation and criminal trafficking", "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1626", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S.2581 (194th General Court), An Act to promote student learning and mental health: bill history", "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2581", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S.3164 (194th General Court), An Act protecting children from addictive social media feeds: bill history", "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3164", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S.3175 (194th General Court), Senate-passed text of the addictive feeds bill: bill history", "url": "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S3175", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Mass. House passes bill to ban kids under 14 from social media (GBH News)", "url": "https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2026-04-08/mass-house-passes-bill-to-ban-kids-under-14-from-social-media", "type": "news", "date": "2026-04-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "michigan", "name": "Michigan", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MI", "url": "/usa/michigan", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/michigan", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Michigan has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Michigan has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. Bills are pending, including SB 191 (age verification for adult sites) and HB 4938, which would ban online pornography and require internet providers to block VPNs, but neither has moved out of committee. Pornhub is not blocked in Michigan.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 191", "status": "Introduced 2025-03-20 (Sen. Thomas Albert) and referred to Senate Regulatory Affairs; no further action." }, { "name": "HB 4938 ('Anticorruption of Public Morals Act')", "status": "Introduced 2025-09-11 (Rep. Josh Schriver) and referred to House Judiciary; no further action." }, { "name": "HB 4429 / SB 284", "status": "HB 4429 was discharged from committee and re-referred twice, most recently to House Communications and Technology on 2026-03-19; SB 284 has been in Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection since 2025-05-06." }, { "name": "SB 757-760 ('Kids Over Clicks')", "status": "Passed the Senate 20-17 (2026-04-29); in House committee." }, { "name": "HB 4388", "status": "Discharged from committee and re-referred twice, most recently to House Communications and Technology on 2026-03-19." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-03-20", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 191 (the 'material harmful to minors regulation act'), which would require age verification on adult websites, is introduced and referred to the Senate Regulatory Affairs Committee.", "source": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0191" }, { "date": "2025-09-11", "type": "introduced", "text": "HB 4938 (the 'Anticorruption of Public Morals Act'), which would ban online distribution of pornography and require internet providers to block circumvention tools such as VPNs, is introduced and referred to the House Judiciary Committee.", "source": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4938" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Senate Bill 191 of 2025 (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0191", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 191 introduced text (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/Senate/htm/2025-SIB-0191.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-03-20", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 4938 of 2025 (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4938", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-09-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 4938 introduced text (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/documents/2025-2026/billintroduced/House/htm/2025-HIB-4938.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-09-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 4429 of 2025 (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4429", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senate Bill 284 of 2025 (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0284", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 4388 of 2025 (Michigan Legislature)", "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-HB-4388", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Michigan Age Verification Law (RecordingLaw)", "url": "https://www.recordinglaw.com/us-laws/age-verification-laws/michigan-age-verification-law/", "type": "tracker", "date": "2026-09-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "minnesota", "name": "Minnesota", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MN", "url": "/usa/minnesota", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/minnesota", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Minnesota has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Minnesota has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages; a bill to require it (HF 1434) never left committee before the 2026 session ended. Minnesota has a social media mental-health warning-label law, which NetChoice is challenging in federal court, and a 2026 law on minors' social media accounts taking effect July 1, 2027. Pornhub is not blocked in Minnesota.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "warning_label", "name": "Minn. Stat. § 325M.335 (2025 1st Spec. Sess. ch. 3, art. 19, § 13)", "effective": "2026-07-01", "status": "in effect on paper; challenged in NetChoice v. Ellison (D. Minn., No. 0:26-cv-02405, filed 2026-04-29); the State's motion to dismiss the amended complaint was set for hearing on 2026-10-19; no ruling found" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HF 4138 (2026 Minn. Laws ch. 111; Minn. Stat. § 325M.40, 'Stop Harms from Addictive Social Media')", "effective": "2027-07-01", "status": "enacted (signed 2026-05-26), not yet in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HF 1434 / SF 2105", "status": "Never left the House Commerce committee (a motion to recall it failed 67-67 on 2026-03-26); the 2026 session has adjourned, so it did not pass." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-02-24", "type": "introduced", "text": "HF 1434, which would require age verification on websites with material harmful to minors, is introduced and referred to the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee. A March 26, 2026 motion to pull it from committee failed 67-67.", "source": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1434&ssn=0&y=2025" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "H.F. 1434 bill status, 94th Legislature (Minnesota Revisor of Statutes)", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1434&ssn=0&y=2025", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.F. 1434 bill summary (Minnesota House Research)", "url": "https://www.house.mn.gov/hrd/bs/94/HF1434.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-02-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Minn. Stat. § 325M.335 Mental health warning label (Minnesota Revisor of Statutes)", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/325M.335", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.F. 4138 bill status, 94th Legislature (Minnesota Revisor of Statutes)", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF4138&ssn=0&y=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2026 Minnesota Session Laws, chapter 111 (Minnesota Revisor of Statutes)", "url": "https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2026/0/Session+Law/Chapter/111/", "type": "statute", "date": "2026-05-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Ellison, No. 0:26-cv-02405 (D. Minn.) docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73261024/netchoice-v-ellison/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "mississippi", "name": "Mississippi", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MS", "url": "/usa/mississippi", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/mississippi", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 2346", "law_name": "SB 2346", "citation": "Miss. Code Ann. § 11-77-1 et seq. (Laws 2023, ch. 513)", "law_url": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2346SG.htm", "signed": "2023-04-18", "effective": "2023-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action (civil liability for damages). The act gives the Attorney General no separate enforcement power.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2023-07-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Mississippi since July 1, 2023. Mississippi law (SB 2346) took effect July 1, 2023.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2023, Mississippi (SB 2346) makes websites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors liable for damages if they do not verify that users are 18 or older, using a digital ID, government ID or transactional data, and bars keeping identifying data afterward. It is enforced through private lawsuits. Pornhub has blocked Mississippi since the law took effect in July 2023.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB 1126 (Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act, 2024)", "effective": "2024-07-01", "status": "enforceable: 5th Cir. vacated injunction 2025-07-17; SCOTUS denied emergency relief 2025-08-14; 5th Cir. merits argued 2026-02-03 (NetChoice v. Fitch)" }, { "type": "other", "name": "HB 1224 (Mississippi Keeping Kids Safe Online Act, 2026)", "effective": "2026-07-01", "status": "in effect (approved by the governor 2026-04-08)" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-01-16", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 2346 is referred to the Senate Judiciary B committee.", "source": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2346.xml" }, { "date": "2023-04-18", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor approves SB 2346.", "source": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2346.xml" }, { "date": "2023-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 2346 takes effect.", "source": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2346SG.htm" }, { "date": "2023-07-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Mississippi as the law takes effect (block reported in place on July 3).", "source": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/03/pornhub-blocks-access-in-mississippi-virginia-and-utah-amid-changing-laws/amp" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 2346 (2023 Regular Session), as sent to the governor, Mississippi Legislature", "url": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2346SG.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2023-03-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 2346 (2023 Regular Session) bill history, Mississippi Legislature", "url": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/SB/SB2346.xml", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1224 (2026 Regular Session), as sent to the governor, Mississippi Legislature", "url": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1224SG.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-04-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1224 (2026 Regular Session) bill history, Mississippi Legislature", "url": "https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2026/pdf/history/HB/HB1224.xml", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks access in Mississippi, Virginia and Utah amid changing laws (TechCrunch)", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/03/pornhub-blocks-access-in-mississippi-virginia-and-utah-amid-changing-laws/amp", "type": "news", "date": "2023-07-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Two new Mississippi laws are designed to protect kids from easy access to porn (WLBT)", "url": "https://www.wlbt.com/2023/07/04/two-new-mississippi-laws-are-designed-protect-kids-easy-access-porn", "type": "news", "date": "2023-07-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "missouri", "name": "Missouri", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MO", "url": "/usa/missouri", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/missouri", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 1839", "law_name": "HCS for HB 1839, 2921 & 3015", "citation": "RSMo § 407.3405 (statute); earlier AG regulation 15 CSR 60-18 under RSMo 407.020/407.145", "law_url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.3405", "signed": "2026-07-09", "effective": "2026-08-28", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Attorney General only (statute: civil action for knowing violations when in the public interest; rule: enforcement under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act). No private right of action.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-11-30", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Missouri since November 30, 2025. Missouri law (HB 1839) took effect August 28, 2026.", "summary": "Missouri first required age checks on adult sites through an Attorney General regulation (15 CSR 60-18) that took effect November 30, 2025, then wrote the requirement into state law (RSMo § 407.3405, from HB 1839), effective August 28, 2026. Sites where more than a third of content is sexual material harmful to minors must use a third-party age verifier that keeps no identifying data, with Attorney General penalties of $10,000 a day. Pornhub has blocked Missouri since the rule took effect.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "15 CSR 60-18 (Attorney General regulation)", "effective": "2025-11-30", "status": "in effect (filed 2025-04-10); the 2026 statute now sets similar requirements in law" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-11-30", "type": "effective", "text": "The Attorney General's age-verification rule (15 CSR 60-18) takes effect.", "source": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/15csr/15c60-18.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-11-30", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Missouri as the Attorney General's rule takes effect.", "source": "https://www.kcur.org/health/2025-12-02/pornhub-blocked-missouri-age-verification" }, { "date": "2025-12-01", "type": "introduced", "text": "HB 1839 is prefiled to write the age-verification requirement into state law.", "source": "https://house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1839&year=2026&code=R" }, { "date": "2026-07-09", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Mike Kehoe approves HCS for HB 1839, 2921 & 3015, which the legislature passed on May 13, 2026.", "source": "https://house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1839&year=2026&code=R" }, { "date": "2026-08-28", "type": "effective", "text": "RSMo § 407.3405 takes effect.", "source": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.3405" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "RSMo § 407.3405 (Missouri Revisor of Statutes)", "url": "https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=407.3405", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1839 bill actions, 2026 regular session (Missouri House of Representatives)", "url": "https://house.mo.gov/BillActions.aspx?bill=HB1839&year=2026&code=R", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HCS HB 1839, 2921 & 3015 truly agreed text (Missouri House)", "url": "https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills261/hlrbillspdf/4734H.04T.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-05-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "15 CSR 60-18 Age Verification, Missouri Code of State Regulations (Secretary of State)", "url": "https://www.sos.mo.gov/cmsimages/adrules/csr/current/15csr/15c60-18.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2025-10-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocked in Missouri over age verification rule (KCUR)", "url": "https://www.kcur.org/health/2025-12-02/pornhub-blocked-missouri-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Foes of Missouri's age verification for porn websites may face steep legal hurdles (St. Louis Public Radio)", "url": "https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2025-12-02/foes-of-missouris-age-verification-for-porn-websites-may-face-steep-legal-hurdles", "type": "news", "date": "2025-12-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Missouri governor to sign bill requiring porn websites to verify users are 18 or older (KCUR)", "url": "https://www.kcur.org/news/2026-07-08/missouri-governor-to-sign-bill-requiring-porn-websites-to-verify-users-are-18-or-older", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "New Missouri law requires age verification on pornographic websites (KY3)", "url": "https://www.ky3.com/2026/07/10/new-missouri-law-requires-age-verification-pornographic-websites/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "St. Louis Public Radio: Age verification law for porn sites now in effect in Missouri", "url": "https://www.stlpr.org/government-politics-issues/2026-08-28/age-verification-law-for-porn-sites-now-in-effect-in-missouri", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Politico, Digital Future Daily: Pornhub's online age-check offensive", "url": "https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2026/07/29/pornhubs-online-age-check-offensive-01015207", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "montana", "name": "Montana", "kind": "us_state", "code": "MT", "url": "/usa/montana", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/montana", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 544", "law_name": "SB 544", "citation": "Mont. Code Ann. § 30-14-159 (En. Sec. 1, Ch. 700, L. 2023; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 199, L. 2025)", "law_url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0300/chapter_0140/part_0010/section_0590/0300-0140-0010-0590.html", "signed": "2023-05-19", "effective": "2024-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: the statute says it may only be enforced by individuals claiming damages. SB 488 (2025) removed the Attorney General's enforcement authority.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-01-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Montana since January 1, 2024. Montana law (SB 544) took effect January 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since January 1, 2024, websites with more than a third adult content must verify that Montana visitors are 18 or older, and they can be sued by people harmed if they don't; since 2025 only private lawsuits can enforce the law. Pornhub and other Aylo sites have blocked Montana since the law took effect rather than collect IDs. The legislature next meets in 2027.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "SB 488 (2025), Laws 2025 ch. 199", "effective": "2025-04-17", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Knudsen, No. 9:24-cv-00067-DWM", "court": "U.S. District Court, D. Mont. (Judge Donald W. Molloy)", "status": "An October 2024 order let First Amendment claims proceed under strict scrutiny and dismissed a dormant Commerce Clause count. On August 6, 2025 the court dismissed the case (Order, Doc. 49; judgment for the State, Doc. 50), reported as for lack of standing after SB 488 removed state enforcement. The law stayed in effect throughout.", "date": "2025-08-06", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.50.0.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-05-19", "type": "signed", "text": "SB 544 signed into law.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.29.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 544 takes effect.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.29.0.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-01-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Montana.", "source": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pornhub-blocks-north-carolina-montana-over-new-age-verification-laws/amp/" }, { "date": "2025-04-17", "type": "amendment", "text": "SB 488 (Ch. 199, L. 2025) is signed, amending the law so that only individuals claiming damages can enforce it and removing the Attorney General's role.", "source": "https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB488-2025" }, { "date": "2025-08-06", "type": "ruling", "text": "Court dismisses Free Speech Coalition's challenge and enters judgment for the State; Bloomberg Law reported the dismissal was for lack of standing after state enforcement was removed. The law remains in effect.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.50.0.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Mont. Code Ann. § 30-14-159 (MCA 2025), Montana Legislature", "url": "https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0300/chapter_0140/part_0010/section_0590/0300-0140-0010-0590.html", "type": "statute", "date": "2025", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Joint Statement of Stipulated Facts, Free Speech Coalition v. Knudsen (D. Mont.), describing SB 544's passage and signing", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.29.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-01-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition v. Knudsen, No. 9:24-cv-00067-DWM, Judgment in a Civil Case (D. Mont. Aug. 6, 2025), via CourtListener", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.50.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-08-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition v. Knudsen, No. 9:24-cv-00067-DWM, Order (D. Mont. Aug. 6, 2025, Doc. 49), via CourtListener", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728/gov.uscourts.mtd.76728.49.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-08-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Montana's Online Age Verification Law Survives Free Speech Suit (Bloomberg Law)", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/montanas-online-age-verification-law-survives-free-speech-suit", "type": "news", "date": "2025-08-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks North Carolina, Montana over new age verification laws (BleepingComputer)", "url": "https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pornhub-blocks-north-carolina-montana-over-new-age-verification-laws/amp/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-01-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "MT SB 488 (2025) bill status", "url": "https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB488-2025", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "nebraska", "name": "Nebraska", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NE", "url": "/usa/nebraska", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/nebraska", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "LB 1092", "law_name": "LB 1092 (Online Age Verification Liability Act)", "citation": "Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 87-1001 to 87-1005", "law_url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB1092.pdf", "signed": "2024-04-16", "effective": "2024-07-19", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: a person aggrieved by a violation may sue the site or the third-party verifier. The act contains no Attorney General or other state enforcement provision.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-07-15", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Nebraska since July 15, 2024. Nebraska law (LB 1092) took effect July 19, 2024.", "summary": "Since July 19, 2024, websites with more than a third adult content must verify that Nebraska visitors are adults, and they can be sued if a minor gets access or if they keep users' ID data; the state itself has no enforcement role. Pornhub has blocked Nebraska since July 15, 2024. A separate 2025 social media age-verification law was partly blocked by a federal court in June 2026.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "LB 383 (2025), Parental Rights in Social Media Act", "effective": "2026-07-01", "status": "partly enjoined: on 2026-06-27 the U.S. District Court (D. Neb., NetChoice v. Hilgers) preliminarily enjoined the age-verification and parental-consent provisions; parental-access provision not enjoined. The Attorney General appealed to the Eighth Circuit on 2026-07-23 (No. 26-2478) and NetChoice cross-appealed on 2026-07-24 (No. 26-2486); briefing was under way in October 2026." }, { "type": "other", "name": "LB 504 (2025), Age-Appropriate Online Design Code Act; broadened by LB 838 (2026)", "effective": "2026-01-01", "status": "in effect (AG penalties available from 2026-07-01; LB 838 changes operative 2026-07-18)" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-04-16", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Jim Pillen signs LB 1092, the Online Age Verification Liability Act.", "source": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB1092.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-07-15", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Nebraska.", "source": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pornhub-blocks-access-nebraska-users-age-verification-law-takes-effect" }, { "date": "2024-07-19", "type": "effective", "text": "LB 1092 takes effect.", "source": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pornhub-blocks-access-nebraska-users-age-verification-law-takes-effect" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "LB 1092 (108th Legislature, 2nd Session), slip law approved by the Governor April 16, 2024", "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Slip/LB1092.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-04-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "LB 1092 (108th Legislature), final reading text", "url": "https://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/108/PDF/Final/LB1092.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 87-1001 (Online Age Verification Liability Act; Laws 2024, LB1092, § 1), Nebraska Legislature", "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=87-1001", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Neb. Rev. Stat. § 87-1003 (age verification required; no retention), Nebraska Legislature", "url": "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=87-1003", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks access by Nebraska users as age verification law takes effect (Nebraska Examiner, via News From The States)", "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pornhub-blocks-access-nebraska-users-age-verification-law-takes-effect", "type": "news", "date": "2024-07-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Governor Jim Pillen Issues Statement on News that ... Pornhub will shut down in Nebraska Due to New State Law", "url": "https://governor.nebraska.gov/node/9336", "type": "government", "date": "2024-06-20", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Hilgers order granting preliminary injunction in part (D. Neb.)", "url": "https://netchoice.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/NE_Granting-PI-in-Part-and-Denying-in-Part.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-06-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Hilgers, No. 26-2478 (8th Cir.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/74905301/netchoice-v-michael-hilgers/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice Wants Court To Block Nebraska Minor-Monitoring Law (MediaPost)", "url": "https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/416802/netchoice-wants-court-to-block-nebraska-minor-moni.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "nevada", "name": "Nevada", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NV", "url": "/usa/nevada", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/nevada", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Nevada has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Nevada has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. The only adult-site bill of the 2025 session (AB 294) died in committee without a hearing, and the Legislature's next regular session begins in February 2027.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "AB 294", "status": "Died: referred to the Assembly Committee on Commerce and Labor on 2025-02-25 and never heard; no further action allowed under Joint Standing Rule 14.3.1 after 2025-04-12." }, { "name": "SB 63", "status": "Died: passed the Senate 13-8 on 2025-05-27 and the Assembly in amended form on 2025-06-02, but the Senate took no further action before the session ended." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "AB 294 (83rd Session, 2025) overview - Nevada Legislature (NELIS)", "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/12354/Overview", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "AB 294 (2025) as introduced - Nevada Legislature", "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/83rd2025/Bills/AB/AB294.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-02-25", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 63 (83rd Session, 2025) overview - Nevada Legislature (NELIS)", "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/83rd2025/Bill/11863/Overview", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "36th Special Session (2025) bills - Nevada Legislature (NELIS)", "url": "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELIS/REL/36th2025Special/Bills/List", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "new-hampshire", "name": "New Hampshire", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NH", "url": "/usa/new-hampshire", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/new-hampshire", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. New Hampshire has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "New Hampshire has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. SB 648, which would have required ID checks on porn sites, passed the Senate in March 2026, but the House voted it inexpedient to legislate on May 14, 2026. Pornhub is available in New Hampshire without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "HB 1460 (2026), Chapter 168", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "enacted, not yet in effect (signed 2026-06-19)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 648", "status": "Failed. The Senate rejected the Judiciary Committee's interim-study recommendation and passed the bill as amended by voice vote (2026-03-26); the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs Committee recommended inexpedient to legislate 15-0 (2026-04-29); the House voted inexpedient to legislate by voice vote (2026-05-14)." }, { "name": "HB 1658", "status": "Failed: House voted inexpedient to legislate by voice vote 2026-03-11 (committee vote 13-0)." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 648 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=2082&sy=2026&txtsessionyear=2026&txtbillnumber=SB648", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 648 (2026) text as amended by the Senate (2026-1235s), New Hampshire General Court", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2026&txtFormat=html&v=SA&id=1271", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1658 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=3005&sy=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1460 (2026) official docket, New Hampshire General Court", "url": "https://gc.nh.gov/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_docket.aspx?lsr=3231&sy=2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "new-jersey", "name": "New Jersey", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NJ", "url": "/usa/new-jersey", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/new-jersey", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. New Jersey has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "New Jersey has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. A bill that would make failing to verify ages a crime (S1826/A5305) is in committee in the 2026-2027 session but has had no hearing or vote. Pornhub is available in New Jersey without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "S332, New Jersey Data Protection Act (P.L. 2023, c. 266)", "effective": "2025-01-15", "status": "in effect (approved 2024-01-16; effective on the 365th day after enactment)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "S1826 / A5305", "status": "S1826 introduced and referred to Senate Judiciary 2026-01-13; A5305 introduced and referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology 2026-06-23; no hearing or committee vote on either as of 2026-10-26." }, { "name": "S3993", "status": "Introduced and referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens 2026-03-19; no further action." }, { "name": "S4455", "status": "Introduced and referred to Senate Judiciary 2025-05-19; no further action; died when the 2024-2025 session ended in January 2026." }, { "name": "A4146", "status": "Introduced and referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology 2024-04-04; no further action; died when the 2024-2025 session ended in January 2026." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "S1826 (2026-2027 session): bill details, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S1826", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S1826 introduced text and statement, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2026/S2000/1826_I1.HTM", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "A5305 (2026-2027 session): bill details, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A5305", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S3993 (2026-2027 session): bill details, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S3993", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S4455 (2024-2025 session): bill details, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S4455", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "A4146 (2024-2025 session): bill details, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/A4146", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "P.L. 2023, c. 266 (S332), New Jersey Data Protection Act, New Jersey Legislature", "url": "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2022/PL23/266_.HTM", "type": "statute", "date": "2024-01-16", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "new-mexico", "name": "New Mexico", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NM", "url": "/usa/new-mexico", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/new-mexico", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. New Mexico has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "New Mexico has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. Two 2025 bills, one for website age verification (HB 44) and one for device-level age signals (HB 313), died in House committees, and none of the bills introduced in the 2026 session dealt with age verification.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 44", "status": "Died in the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee (action postponed indefinitely), 2025 session." }, { "name": "HB 313", "status": "Died in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee (action postponed indefinitely), 2025 session." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 44 (2025) Protection of Minors from Harmful Material - New Mexico Legislature", "url": "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=44&year=25", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 313 (2025) Digital Age Verification Act - New Mexico Legislature", "url": "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=H&legType=B&legNo=313&year=25", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2026 Regular Session: House bills (bill texts) - New Mexico Legislature", "url": "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/house/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2026 Regular Session: Senate bills (bill texts) - New Mexico Legislature", "url": "https://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/26%20Regular/bills/senate/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "new-york", "name": "New York", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NY", "url": "/usa/new-york", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/new-york", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. New York has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "New York has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. The main adult-site bill (S3591/A3946) failed a Senate committee vote on May 21, 2026, and a device-level age-assurance bill (S8102B) remains in committee. Pornhub is available in New York without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SAFE for Kids Act (S7694A/A8148A, Chapter 120 of 2024)", "effective": null, "status": "enacted (signed 2024-06-20), not yet in effect: it takes effect 180 days after the Attorney General finalizes implementing rules" }, { "type": "other", "name": "Child Data Protection Act (S7695B, Chapter 121 of 2024)", "effective": "2025-06-20", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "S3591 / A3946", "status": "Failed in the Senate Internet and Technology Committee 2026-05-21 (2 aye, 4 nay, 1 aye with reservations); A3946 has not left the Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee." }, { "name": "S8102B (similar: A8893)", "status": "Amended and recommitted to Senate Consumer Protection (print 8102A on 2026-02-25, 8102B on 2026-05-15); A8893 re-referred to Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection 2026-01-07; no floor action." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "S3591 (2025-2026), Requires age verification for internet pornography websites, New York State Senate", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3591", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "A3946 (2025-2026): summary and actions, New York State Assembly", "url": "https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A03946&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S8102 (2025-2026), device-level age assurance, New York State Senate", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8102", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "A8893 (2025-2026): summary and actions, New York State Assembly", "url": "https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=A08893&term=2025&Summary=Y&Actions=Y", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S7694A (2023-2024), SAFE for Kids Act, Chapter 120 of 2024, New York State Senate", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7694/amendment/A", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S7695B (2023-2024), New York Child Data Protection Act, Chapter 121 of 2024, New York State Senate", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7695/amendment/B", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S4609A (2025-2026), Stop Online Predators Act, New York State Senate", "url": "https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4609/amendment/A", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "north-carolina", "name": "North Carolina", "kind": "us_state", "code": "NC", "url": "/usa/north-carolina", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/north-carolina", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 8", "law_name": "HB 8 (Part: Pornography Age Verification Enforcement Act, 'PAVE Act')", "citation": "N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 66-500 to 66-501 (S.L. 2023-132, s. 3.20)", "law_url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H8", "signed": "2023-09-29", "effective": "2024-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: a parent or guardian whose minor was allowed access, or a person whose identifying information was retained; no state agency enforcement.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-01-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked North Carolina since January 1, 2024. North Carolina law (HB 8) took effect January 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since January 1, 2024, North Carolina lets parents sue porn sites with more than a third adult content that don't verify visitors are 18 or older. Pornhub has blocked the state since then. A separate 2025 law also requires sites to verify the age and consent of everyone shown in porn they publish.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "HB 805, Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Women and Minors Act (S.L. 2025-84)", "effective": "2025-12-01", "status": "in effect (enacted over Gov. Stein's veto 2025-07-29)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 301 (Social Media & AI Safety)", "status": "House failed to concur in the Senate committee substitute on 2026-06-23; conference committee appointed 2026-06-24, with no action since." }, { "name": "SB 1007 (Human Trafficking Omnibus)", "status": "Filed 2026-04-30; referred to Senate Judiciary, Finance, and Rules committees (last action 2026-06-02)." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-09-29", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Roy Cooper signs HB 8 (S.L. 2023-132), which includes the PAVE Act.", "source": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H8" }, { "date": "2024-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "The PAVE Act (G.S. 66-500 and 66-501) takes effect.", "source": "https://lrs.sog.unc.edu/node/547059" }, { "date": "2024-01-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in North Carolina.", "source": "https://www.wunc.org/news/2024-01-02/pornhub-north-carolina-blocked-cherie-deville-pave-act-rustin-xvideo" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "House Bill 8 / S.L. 2023-132 (2023-2024 Session), North Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H8", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "G.S. 66-500 Short title; definitions (North Carolina General Statutes)", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-500.html", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "G.S. 66-501 Age verification requirements; civil liability (North Carolina General Statutes)", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_66/GS_66-501.html", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Bill Summary for H 8 (2023-2024), S.L. 2023-132 (UNC School of Government LRS)", "url": "https://lrs.sog.unc.edu/node/547059", "type": "government", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H805 - Prevent Sexual Exploitation/Women and Minors (SL 2025-84) summary, NC General Assembly", "url": "https://ncleg.gov/Legislation/SummariesPublication/Summary/2025/7/H805-SMCN-53(sl)-v-5/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 805 / S.L. 2025-84, North Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H805", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 301 (2025-2026 Session), North Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H301", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senate Bill 1007 (2025-2026 Session), North Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S1007", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocked in North Carolina as PAVE Act takes effect (WUNC)", "url": "https://www.wunc.org/news/2024-01-02/pornhub-north-carolina-blocked-cherie-deville-pave-act-rustin-xvideo", "type": "news", "date": "2024-01-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub plots return to North Carolina browsers (Axios Raleigh)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/raleigh/2026/08/06/nc-pornhub-ban-age-check", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "north-dakota", "name": "North Dakota", "kind": "us_state", "code": "ND", "url": "/usa/north-dakota", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/north-dakota", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 1561 and SB 2380", "law_name": "HB 1561 and SB 2380", "citation": "N.D. Cent. Code § 51-07-32", "law_url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1561.html", "signed": "2025-04-10", "effective": "2025-08-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: a parent or guardian whose minor child was allowed access, or an individual whose identifying information was retained, may sue the site or its third-party verifier. No state enforcement provision.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-08-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked North Dakota since August 1, 2025. North Dakota law (HB 1561 and SB 2380) took effect August 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since August 1, 2025, websites with more than a third sexual material harmful to minors must verify that North Dakota visitors are adults, and parents can sue sites that let minors in. Pornhub went dark in North Dakota the day the law took effect. A device and app-store age-signal mandate in an early draft of the companion bill was dropped before passage.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "HB 1351 (2025)", "effective": "2025-08-01", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-04-10", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor signs HB 1561, creating a new section of N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-07 on age verification for sites with sexual material harmful to minors.", "source": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-actions/ba1561.html" }, { "date": "2025-04-24", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor signs SB 2380, a parallel bill that also lists commercial age and identity databases as an accepted method; an earlier draft's device and app-store age-signal mandate had been removed before passage. The Century Code text (§ 51-07-32) follows SB 2380.", "source": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2380.html" }, { "date": "2025-08-01", "type": "effective", "text": "The age-verification requirement (N.D. Cent. Code § 51-07-32) takes effect.", "source": "https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/pornhub-goes-dark-in-north-dakota-after-age-verification-law-takes-effect" }, { "date": "2025-08-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in North Dakota.", "source": "https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/pornhub-goes-dark-in-north-dakota-after-age-verification-law-takes-effect" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "N.D. Cent. Code ch. 51-07 (including § 51-07-32), North Dakota Legislative Branch", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t51c07.pdf", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1561 (69th Legislative Assembly) bill overview", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1561.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1561 (69th Legislative Assembly) bill actions", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-actions/ba1561.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1561 enrolled text (25.0968.03000)", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0968-03000.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 2380 (69th Legislative Assembly) bill overview", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo2380.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 2380 bill versions (introduced version with device and app-store provisions; enrolled 25.1138.05000)", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-index/bi2380.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1561 (69th Legislative Assembly) legislative history file", "url": "https://ndlegis.gov/sites/default/files/resource/69-2025/library/hb1561.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "North Dakota to require age verification for pornography sites (Route Fifty / North Dakota Monitor)", "url": "https://www.route-fifty.com/digital-government/2025/05/north-dakota-require-age-verification-pornography-sites/405591/?oref=rf-next-story", "type": "news", "date": "2025-05-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub goes dark in North Dakota after age verification law takes effect (Inforum)", "url": "https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/pornhub-goes-dark-in-north-dakota-after-age-verification-law-takes-effect", "type": "news", "date": "2025-08-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "ohio", "name": "Ohio", "kind": "us_state", "code": "OH", "url": "/usa/ohio", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/ohio", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 96", "law_name": "HB 96 (FY2026-2027 operating budget)", "citation": "Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1349.10, 1349.101", "law_url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.10", "signed": "2025-06-30", "effective": "2025-09-30", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Attorney General only (exclusive); no private right of action. The AG may sue an organization whose failure to comply results in a minor gaining access, after written notice and a 45-day cure period (the cure period does not protect repeat violators).", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": "click-through age gate only", "answer": "No. Ohio law (HB 96) took effect September 30, 2025, but Pornhub is still available there (click-through age gate only), because it says the law exempts it as an interactive computer service. HB 84 ('Innocence Act') passed the Ohio House in March 2026 and is waiting in the Senate Judiciary Committee.", "summary": "Ohio's age-verification law for adult sites took effect September 30, 2025, but it exempts providers of an 'interactive computer service' as defined in federal law. Aylo says that exemption covers Pornhub, so Pornhub remains available in Ohio behind a click-through age gate, with no ID check. HB 84, which would narrow the exemption and add fines of up to $100,000 a day, passed the House in March 2026 and is in the Senate Judiciary Committee.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "Social Media Parental Notification Act (HB 33, 2023; R.C. 1349.09)", "effective": null, "status": "permanently enjoined by the district court 2025-04-16; on 2026-06-18 the Sixth Circuit reversed (a majority found NetChoice had not shown the Act facially unconstitutional) and remanded with instructions to enter judgment for the Attorney General (NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 25-3371); proceedings on remand not checked" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 84 ('Innocence Act')", "status": "Passed the House 95-1 on 2026-03-18; referred to Senate Judiciary on 2026-03-25; no Senate action since." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Notice of Violation letters to non-compliant adult sites", "body": "Ohio Attorney General", "status": "Sent after an AG review found only 1 of 20 top sites compliant, giving 45 days to comply. As of Feb. 2026 the office was still weighing Aylo's exemption argument and had filed no lawsuit; no lawsuit reported through Oct. 2026. Dave Yost, who sent the letters, resigned effective June 7, 2026; Andy Wilson was appointed to finish the term.", "date": "2025-10-08", "url": "https://ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/October-2025/Yost-Warns-Pornography-Sites-of-Potential-Lawsuits" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-02-11", "type": "introduced", "text": "HB 84 (the 'Innocence Act') is introduced in the Ohio House to revise the state's age-verification rules for adult sites.", "source": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb84/status" }, { "date": "2025-06-30", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Mike DeWine signs HB 96, the operating budget, which includes the age-verification provisions (Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1349.10, 1349.101).", "source": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb96/status" }, { "date": "2025-09-30", "type": "effective", "text": "Ohio's age-verification requirement takes effect.", "source": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.10" }, { "date": "2026-03-19", "type": "introduced", "text": "After passing the House 95-1 on March 18, HB 84 is introduced in the Senate; it would narrow the interactive-computer-service exemption and add civil penalties of up to $100,000 a day. It was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 25.", "source": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb84/status" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Ohio Revised Code § 1349.10 (Codes.Ohio.gov)", "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.10", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ohio Revised Code § 1349.101 (Codes.Ohio.gov)", "url": "https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-1349.101", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 96 status, 136th General Assembly (Ohio Legislature)", "url": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb96/status", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House Bill 84 status, 136th General Assembly (Ohio Legislature)", "url": "https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/hb84/status", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sub. H.B. 84 as passed by the House (Ohio Legislature)", "url": "https://search-prod.lis.state.oh.us/api/v2/general_assembly_136/legislation/hb84/02_PH/pdf/", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-03-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ohio House Passes the Innocence Act (Ohio House of Representatives)", "url": "https://ohiohouse.gov/news/republican/ohio-house-passes-the-innocence-act-142637", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-03-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Yost Warns Pornography Sites of Potential Lawsuits Over Violations of Age-Verification Law (Ohio Attorney General)", "url": "https://ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/October-2025/Yost-Warns-Pornography-Sites-of-Potential-Lawsuits", "type": "government", "date": "2025-10-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 25-3371 (6th Cir. June 18, 2026), opinion (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10877276/netchoice-llc-v-david-yost/", "type": "court", "date": "2026-06-18", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Whoops: Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law (Reason)", "url": "https://reason.com/2025/10/06/whoops-ohio-accidentally-excludes-most-major-porn-platforms-from-anti-porn-law/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-10-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn sites still open in Ohio despite age verification law (Axios Columbus)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2025/10/08/porn-sites-ohio-law-enforcement", "type": "news", "date": "2025-10-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Where porn sites stand on obscene content age verification compliance (WKBN, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/where-porn-sites-stand-obscene-142108030.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-02-19", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ohio lawmakers may pass redo of age verification law for porn sites (Statehouse News Bureau)", "url": "https://www.statenews.org/government-politics/2026-03-04/ohio-lawmakers-may-pass-redo-of-age-verification-law-for-porn-sites", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ohio lawmakers work to plug loophole that porn providers use to skirt age verification requirement (Ohio Capital Journal)", "url": "https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/03/05/ohio-lawmakers-work-to-plug-loophole-that-porn-providers-use-to-skirt-age-verification-requirement/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "DeWine appoints Andy Wilson as new attorney general (WKRC Local 12)", "url": "https://local12.com/news/local/dewine-appoints-andy-wilson-as-new-attorney-general", "type": "news", "date": "2026-05-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub targets age verification laws in Ohio and other states (Axios Cleveland)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/cleveland/2026/07/31/pornhub-age-verification-laws-ohio", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-31", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "oklahoma", "name": "Oklahoma", "kind": "us_state", "code": "OK", "url": "/usa/oklahoma", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/oklahoma", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 1959", "law_name": "SB 1959", "citation": "Okla. Stat. tit. 15, §§ 791 to 791.4 (Laws 2024, c. 181); definitions amended by SB 53 (2025)", "law_url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/SB/SB1959%20ENR.PDF", "signed": "2024-04-26", "effective": "2024-11-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: the Attorney General may seek injunctive and other equitable relief and must publish compliance guidance; a minor, through a parent or guardian, may sue a site that fails to offer or honor a block request; individuals may sue over obscene material or child sexual abuse material.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-11-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Oklahoma since November 1, 2024. Oklahoma law (SB 1959) took effect November 1, 2024.", "summary": "Since November 1, 2024, Oklahoma (SB 1959) requires websites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors to let internet and cellular subscribers block access free of charge, and makes them liable to minors' parents if they fail to offer or honor such blocks; a site that checks ages with a digital ID, a third-party database check or transactional data is not liable for allowing access. The Attorney General can seek injunctions. Pornhub blocks Oklahoma.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "SB 53 (2025)", "effective": "2025-11-01", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 1275 / SB 931", "status": "Died without becoming law. HB 1275 passed the House 64-30 on 2025-03-24 and was reported by the Senate Technology and Telecommunications Committee on 2025-04-17, then sat on the Senate General Order calendar; SB 931 was reported by the same committee on 2025-02-04 and placed on General Order on 2025-03-04. Neither shows a later floor vote before the Legislature adjourned sine die in May 2026." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-02-05", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 1959 is introduced in the Oklahoma Senate.", "source": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1959&Session=2400" }, { "date": "2024-04-26", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor approves SB 1959.", "source": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1959&Session=2400" }, { "date": "2024-11-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 1959 takes effect.", "source": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/SB/SB1959%20ENR.PDF" }, { "date": "2024-11-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks Oklahoma as SB 1959 takes effect, a spokesperson confirms.", "source": "https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/11/01/pornhub-blocked-in-oklahoma-age-verification-law-sb-1959/75968145007/" }, { "date": "2025-11-01", "type": "amendment", "text": "SB 53 takes effect, replacing the term 'child pornography' with 'child sexual abuse material' in the law's definitions.", "source": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26%20ENR/SB/SB53%20ENR.PDF" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 1959 (2024) enrolled bill, Oklahoma Legislature", "url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2023-24%20ENR/SB/SB1959%20ENR.PDF", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-04-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1959 (2024) bill information and history, Oklahoma Legislature", "url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB1959&Session=2400", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 53 (2025) enrolled bill, Oklahoma Legislature", "url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/cf_pdf/2025-26%20ENR/SB/SB53%20ENR.PDF", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-04-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1275 (2025-2026) bill information and history, Oklahoma Legislature", "url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=HB1275&Session=2600", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 931 (2025-2026) bill information and history, Oklahoma Legislature", "url": "https://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB931&Session=2600", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Oklahoma Age Verification Law (RecordingLaw)", "url": "https://www.recordinglaw.com/us-laws/age-verification-laws/oklahoma-age-verification-law/", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is now blocked in these 17 US states (PinkNews)", "url": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/02/pornhub-us-states-blocked/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-01-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "The Oklahoman: Is Pornhub blocked in Oklahoma? Age verification takes effect", "url": "https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/11/01/pornhub-blocked-in-oklahoma-age-verification-law-sb-1959/75968145007/", "type": "news", "date": "2024-11-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Public Radio Tulsa: Pornhub to block access in Oklahoma following bill passage", "url": "https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2024-10-30/pornhub-to-block-access-in-oklahoma-following-bill-passage", "type": "news", "date": "2024-10-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "oregon", "name": "Oregon", "kind": "us_state", "code": "OR", "url": "/usa/oregon", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/oregon", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Oregon has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Oregon has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. A 2025 adult-site bill (HB 2032) and an app store bill (HB 3696) died in House committees, and none of the measures in the 2026 short session dealt with age verification.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "other", "name": "HB 2008 (2025)", "effective": "2026-01-01", "status": "in effect" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 2032", "status": "Died in the House Judiciary Committee when the 2025 session adjourned." }, { "name": "HB 3696", "status": "Died in the House Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee when the 2025 session adjourned." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 2032 (2025 Regular Session) measure overview - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2032", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2032 (2025) as introduced - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2032/Introduced", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 3696 (2025 Regular Session) measure overview - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3696", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2008 (2025 Regular Session) measure overview - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB2008", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2008 (2025) enrolled text - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2008/Enrolled", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2026 Regular Session measures list - Oregon Legislature (OLIS)", "url": "https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/list/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "pennsylvania", "name": "Pennsylvania", "kind": "us_state", "code": "PA", "url": "/usa/pennsylvania", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/pennsylvania", "law_status": "bill_pending", "law_label": "Bill moving", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Pennsylvania has no age-verification law for porn sites in effect. SB 603 has cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee and awaits a final Senate vote.", "summary": "Pennsylvania has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages. SB 603, which would require age checks on sites where more than a third of the material is harmful to minors and let people sue sites that don't comply, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 28, 2026 and awaits a final Senate vote; it must pass both chambers before the session ends on November 30, 2026. Pornhub is available in Pennsylvania without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 603", "status": "Reported as amended by Senate Judiciary on 2026-09-28; first consideration 2026-09-28 and second consideration 2026-09-29; awaiting third consideration and a final Senate vote, with no action since as of 2026-10-26. The Senate's next scheduled session days are 2026-11-17 and 2026-11-18; the House's posted schedule ends 2026-11-10. The bill dies if it is not enacted by 2026-11-30, when the 2025-2026 session ends." }, { "name": "HB 1513", "status": "Referred to House Communications and Technology 2025-05-29; no further action." }, { "name": "SB 1246", "status": "Referred to Senate Finance 2026-03-30; no further action." }, { "name": "HB 1430", "status": "Referred to House Communications and Technology 2025-05-08." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-04-09", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 603, requiring age verification on adult websites, is introduced and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee.", "source": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb603" }, { "date": "2026-09-28", "type": "amendment", "text": "The Senate Judiciary Committee adopts amendment A04281 (14-0) and reports SB 603 as amended (12-2).", "source": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb603" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 603 (2025-2026) bill information, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb603", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 603, Printer's No. 1971 (as amended by Senate Judiciary), Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0603/PN1971", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-09-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 603, Printer's No. 611 (as introduced), Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2025/0/SB0603/PN0611", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-04-09", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senate session days, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/senate/session?days", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "House session days, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/house/session?days", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1513 (2025-2026) bill information, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb1513", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1246 (2025-2026) bill information, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/sb1246", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1430 (2025-2026) bill information, Pennsylvania General Assembly", "url": "https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/2025/hb1430", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pa.'s latest online age verification bill would restrict access to adult content (Pennsylvania Capital-Star, via States Newsroom)", "url": "https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/pas-latest-online-age-verification-bill-would-restrict-access-adult-content", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "rhode-island", "name": "Rhode Island", "kind": "us_state", "code": "RI", "url": "/usa/rhode-island", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/rhode-island", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Rhode Island has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Rhode Island has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and no adult-site age-verification bill was found in the 2026 session. Bills on minors' social media accounts, children's online safety and an age-appropriate design code were held for further study in committee in spring 2026. Pornhub is available in Rhode Island without a new age check.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "H 7953 / S 2968 (Social Media Regulation Act)", "status": "Both held for further study in committee (S 2968 on 2026-04-07, H 7953 on 2026-04-08); no further action as of 2026-10-26." }, { "name": "H 7746 (Children's Online Safety Act)", "status": "Introduced 2026-02-12; held for further study by House Innovation, Internet & Technology 2026-04-08; no further action." }, { "name": "S 2406 / H 7632 (Age-Appropriate Design Code)", "status": "Held for further study in committee (S 2406 on 2026-03-03, H 7632 on 2026-04-08)." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Legislative status reports for H 7746, H 7953, S 2968, S 2406 and H 7632 (2026), Rhode Island General Assembly", "url": "https://status.rilegislature.gov/", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H 7746 (2026), Rhode Island Children's Online Safety Act: bill text", "url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7746.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H 7953 (2026), Rhode Island Social Media Regulation Act: bill text", "url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/HouseText26/H7953.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S 2968 (2026), Rhode Island Social Media Regulation Act: bill text", "url": "https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2968.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "south-carolina", "name": "South Carolina", "kind": "us_state", "code": "SC", "url": "/usa/south-carolina", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/south-carolina", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Act 198", "law_name": "H.3424 (Act 198 of 2024)", "citation": "S.C. Code Ann. § 37-1-310", "law_url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3424.htm", "signed": "2024-05-21", "effective": "2025-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: private suits (minor via parent/guardian; class or joinder allowed) and Attorney General injunctive/equitable relief.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-01-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked South Carolina since January 1, 2025. South Carolina law (Act 198) took effect January 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since January 1, 2025, South Carolina requires websites with more than a third adult content to verify that visitors are 18 or older, lets parents sue sites that don't, and lets the Attorney General seek an injunction. Pornhub blocked South Carolina the day the requirement took effect.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "H.3431, Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (Act 96 of 2026)", "effective": "2026-02-05", "status": "in effect; challenged in NetChoice, LLC v. Wilson, No. 3:26-cv-00543 (D.S.C., filed 2026-02-09); no ruling on the preliminary injunction motion as of mid-2026" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "H.3405 (App Store Accountability Act)", "status": "has not advanced out of the House" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-05-21", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Henry McMaster approves H.3424 (Act 198 of 2024).", "source": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3424.htm" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "The age-verification requirement of S.C. Code § 37-1-310 becomes operative.", "source": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3424.htm" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in South Carolina.", "source": "https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sc-adult-pornography-websites-age-verification/article_01e4fa58-c920-11ef-857b-ab7d3abddd4b.html" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "H.3424 (Act 198) ratified text, South Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/bills/3424.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-05-21", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.3424 bill history (Session 125), South Carolina General Assembly", "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3424&session=125&summary=B", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S.C. Code Title 37, Chapter 1 (§ 37-1-310)", "url": "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t37c001.php", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Adult websites leave SC as age verification law takes effect (Post and Courier)", "url": "https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/sc-adult-pornography-websites-age-verification/article_01e4fa58-c920-11ef-857b-ab7d3abddd4b.html", "type": "news", "date": "2025-01-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "South Carolina: age verification law tracker (law.ungovr.org)", "url": "https://law.ungovr.org/age/us/sc", "type": "tracker", "date": "2026-07-15", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "south-dakota", "name": "South Dakota", "kind": "us_state", "code": "SD", "url": "/usa/south-dakota", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/south-dakota", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 1053", "law_name": "HB 1053", "citation": "SDCL §§ 22-24-69 to 22-24-73, with definitions in § 22-24-27 (SL 2025, ch 95)", "law_url": "https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282508.pdf", "signed": "2025-02-27", "effective": "2025-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Attorney General (civil penalties and injunctions) plus criminal prosecution; the statute creates no new private right of action. Before acting, the AG must give written notice; a platform that fixes the violation within 90 days and confirms it under oath is not liable.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-07-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked South Dakota since July 1, 2025. South Dakota law (HB 1053) took effect July 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2025, websites whose regular business includes material harmful to minors must verify that South Dakota users are 18 or older, and may not sell or keep the ID data. Violations can be crimes, and the Attorney General can seek civil penalties after a 90-day notice. Pornhub has blocked South Dakota since the law took effect.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 1275 (app store age verification)", "status": "passed House 50-17; defeated in Senate committee (March 2026)" }, { "name": "SB 180 (app store age verification)", "status": "rejected in committee (2025)" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-02-27", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Larry Rhoden signs HB 1053.", "source": "https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/02/27/governor-rhoden-signs-bill-requiring-age-verification-harmful-websites" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 1053 takes effect.", "source": "https://rapidcitypost.com/age-verification-for-porn-sites-starts-today-in-south-dakota/" }, { "date": "2025-07-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in South Dakota.", "source": "https://rapidcitypost.com/age-verification-for-porn-sites-starts-today-in-south-dakota/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 1053 (2025) enrolled bill, South Dakota Legislature", "url": "https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/282508.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SDCL 22-24-69 (age verification required; penalty), South Dakota Legislature", "url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24-69", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SDCL 22-24-70 (no sale or retention of identifying information), South Dakota Legislature", "url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24-70", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SDCL 22-24-71 (Attorney General notice and 90 days to comply), South Dakota Legislature", "url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24-71", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SDCL 22-24-72 (injunction and civil penalty), South Dakota Legislature", "url": "https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Statutes/Statute/22-24-72", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Governor Rhoden signs bill requiring age verification on harmful websites (Dakota News Now)", "url": "https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2025/02/27/governor-rhoden-signs-bill-requiring-age-verification-harmful-websites", "type": "news", "date": "2025-02-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Age verification for porn sites starts today in South Dakota (The Dakota Scout, via The Rapid City Post)", "url": "https://rapidcitypost.com/age-verification-for-porn-sites-starts-today-in-south-dakota/", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "South Dakota Age Verification Law (RecordingLaw)", "url": "https://www.recordinglaw.com/us-laws/age-verification-laws/south-dakota-age-verification-law/", "type": "tracker", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "spain", "name": "Spain", "kind": "country", "code": "ES", "url": "/spain", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/spain", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": "The CNMC supervises video-sharing platforms under Spanish jurisdiction. It has fined Spanish-based adult platforms for lacking effective age verification (Techpump Solutions, €308,529, January 2025; Burwebs, €2,600, December 2025) and in June 2026 ordered another Spanish-based adult platform to fix an age check it found unsuitable. No CNMC action against a porn site based outside Spain was found; its June 2026 decision treats such sites as outside its jurisdiction under the EU country-of-origin principle.", "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Spain has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Spain has no age-verification law that reaches the major porn sites: its audiovisual law (Ley 13/2022) has required age checks for pornography since July 2022, but only for video-sharing platforms under Spanish jurisdiction, and the regulator has enforced it only against Spanish-based adult sites. A broader bill on protecting minors online, which would have extended age-verification duties to platforms outside the EU that target Spain and made exposing minors to pornography a crime, lapsed when parliament was dissolved on 6 October 2026 ahead of the 29 November general election. Pornhub has no Spain-specific age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "existing law", "name": "Ley 13/2022 General de Comunicación Audiovisual (art. 89.1(e))", "effective": "2022-07-09", "status": null }, { "type": "criminal law", "name": "Código Penal, art. 186", "effective": null, "status": null }, { "type": "EU law", "name": "Digital Services Act", "effective": "2024-02-17", "status": null }, { "type": "initiative", "name": "EU age-verification app and Spain's 'Cartera Digital Beta'", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Proyecto de Ley Orgánica para la protección de las personas menores de edad en los entornos digitales (121/000052)", "status": "lapsed (caducado) on 6 October 2026, when Real Decreto 806/2026 of 5 October (BOE of 6 October 2026) dissolved the Cortes for the general election of 29 November 2026" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Fines on Techpump Solutions for seven Spanish-based porn platforms without effective age verification (SNC/DTSA/008/24)", "body": "Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)", "status": "€308,529 in fines for seven very serious infringements (art. 157.8 Ley 13/2022)", "date": "2025-01-17", "url": "https://www.cnmc.es/prensa/sancion-techpump-20250117" }, { "name": "Fines on Burwebs for two Spanish-based porn video-sharing platforms without age verification (SNC/DTSA/131/24)", "body": "Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)", "status": "€2,600 in fines for two very serious infringements of art. 89.1(e)", "date": "2025-12-29", "url": "https://cnmc.es/sites/default/files/6345269.pdf" }, { "name": "Finding that a Spanish-based adult cam platform's age-verification system is unsuitable (Promocionesweb 2016, SVE/DTSA/001/26)", "body": "Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC)", "status": "system declared not suitable under art. 89.1(e); one month to fix it", "date": "2026-06-11", "url": "https://cnmc.es/sites/default/files/6667254.pdf" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2022-07-09", "type": "effective", "text": "Ley 13/2022 takes effect, including an age-verification duty for video-sharing platforms established in Spain (art. 89.1(e)).", "source": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-11311" }, { "date": "2025-01-17", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The CNMC fines Techpump Solutions €308,529 for running seven Spanish-based porn platforms without effective age verification under art. 89.1(e).", "source": "https://www.cnmc.es/prensa/sancion-techpump-20250117" }, { "date": "2025-04-11", "type": "introduced", "text": "The government's bill on protecting minors in digital environments (121/000052) is published in the Congreso; it lapsed on the dissolution of the Cortes on 6 October 2026.", "source": "https://www.congreso.es/public_oficiales/L15/CONG/BOCG/A/BOCG-15-A-52-1.PDF" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Ley 13/2022, de 7 de julio, General de Comunicación Audiovisual (BOE, consolidated text)", "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-11311", "type": "statute", "date": "2022-07-08", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Código Penal, art. 186 (BOE, consolidated text)", "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-1995-25444#a186", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Proyecto de Ley Orgánica para la protección de las personas menores de edad en los entornos digitales (BOCG 121/000052)", "url": "https://www.congreso.es/public_oficiales/L15/CONG/BOCG/A/BOCG-15-A-52-1.PDF", "type": "legislature", "date": "2025-04-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Congreso de los Diputados: iniciativa 121/000052 (tramitación)", "url": "https://www.congreso.es/es/busqueda-de-iniciativas?p_p_id=iniciativas&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_iniciativas_mode=mostrarDetalle&_iniciativas_legislatura=XV&_iniciativas_id=121%2F000052", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Disolución del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado y convocatoria de elecciones (Congreso de los Diputados)", "url": "https://www.congreso.es/es/disolucion", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-10-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Real Decreto 806/2026, de 5 de octubre, de disolución del Congreso de los Diputados y del Senado y de convocatoria de elecciones (BOE-A-2026-20742)", "url": "https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2026-20742", "type": "government", "date": "2026-10-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "La CNMC multa a Techpump Solutions con 308.529 euros por no implementar sistemas efectivos de verificación de edad (CNMC press release)", "url": "https://www.cnmc.es/prensa/sancion-techpump-20250117", "type": "regulator", "date": "2025-01-17", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Resolución del procedimiento sancionador incoado a Burwebs, S.L. (SNC/DTSA/131/24), CNMC", "url": "https://cnmc.es/sites/default/files/6345269.pdf", "type": "regulator", "date": "2025-12-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Resolución sobre la idoneidad del sistema de verificación de edad de Promocionesweb 2016, S.L. (SVE/DTSA/001/26), CNMC", "url": "https://cnmc.es/sites/default/files/6667254.pdf", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-06-11", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "El Congreso da luz verde a la tramitación de la ley orgánica para la protección de los menores en entornos digitales", "url": "https://www.mpr.gob.es/prencom/notas/paginas/2025/100925-tramitacion-lo-proteccion-menores-entornos.aspx", "type": "government", "date": "2025-09-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "El Congreso retoma la ley para prohibir las redes sociales a menores de 16 años (The Objective)", "url": "https://theobjective.com/espana/politica/2026-09-26/congreso-ley-redes-sociales-menores-16-anos/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission preliminarily finds PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the DSA (IP/26/722)", "url": "https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/ip_26_722/IP_26_722_EN.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2026-03-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Commission makes available an age-verification blueprint", "url": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-makes-available-age-verification-blueprint", "type": "government", "date": "2025-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Spain designed the most privacy-forward age check in Europe. The app is beta and the law is stalled. (xident, age-verification vendor blog)", "url": "https://xident.io/blog/spain-age-verification-cartera-digital-beta-aepd-decalogue-2026/", "type": "other", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "tennessee", "name": "Tennessee", "kind": "us_state", "code": "TN", "url": "/usa/tennessee", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/tennessee", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Protect Tennessee Minors Act", "law_name": "SB 1792 / HB 1614 (Protect Tennessee Minors Act)", "citation": "Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-912 (2024 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 1021; amended by 2025 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 405)", "law_url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113", "signed": "2024-05-31", "effective": "2025-01-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Criminal prosecution, Attorney General actions against non-complying commercial entities, and private suits for damages.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-01-01", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Tennessee since January 1, 2025. Tennessee law (Protect Tennessee Minors Act) took effect January 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since January 1, 2025, Tennessee's Protect Tennessee Minors Act makes it a Class C felony for websites where a third or more of the content is harmful to minors to skip age verification, and users must re-verify after each session of up to an hour. The Sixth Circuit lifted a district court injunction after the Supreme Court's 2025 Paxton ruling, and on September 15, 2026 the district court denied the state's motion to dismiss the industry challenge, which continues. Pornhub has blocked Tennessee since January 1, 2025.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB 1891 / SB 2097, Protecting Children from Social Media Act (Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 47-18-5701 to -5706)", "effective": "2025-01-01", "status": "in effect; NetChoice v. Skrmetti (M.D. Tenn.) preliminary injunction denied 2025-06-20; the Sixth Circuit vacated that denial and remanded on 2026-08-28 (No. 25-5660)" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 2254 (app store age verification)", "status": "died in House subcommittee (2026)" } ], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Skrmetti, No. 2:24-cv-02933", "court": "U.S. District Court, W.D. Tenn. (Chief Judge Sheryl Lipman)", "status": "Preliminary injunction (barring AG enforcement) granted", "date": "2024-12-30", "url": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/07/tennessee-porn-site-age-verification-law-blocked-judge-dozen-states-enforce" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Skrmetti, No. 24-6158", "court": "U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Cir.", "status": "Injunction stayed pending appeal; law took effect", "date": "2025-01-13", "url": "https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/1/13/pr25-2.html" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Skrmetti, No. 24-6158", "court": "U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Cir.", "status": "On the Attorney General's motion, injunction vacated and case remanded for proceedings consistent with FSC v. Paxton", "date": "2025-11-04", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510820/free-speech-coalition-v-jonathan-skrmetti/" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Skrmetti, No. 2:24-cv-02933", "court": "U.S. District Court, W.D. Tenn. (Chief Judge Sheryl Lipman)", "status": "Motion to dismiss the amended complaint denied; First Amendment and vagueness claims against the amended act proceed. The Attorney General answered the amended complaint on October 13, 2026, and the parties filed Rule 26(f) planning reports on October 21 and 22, 2026.", "date": "2026-09-15", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.104414/gov.uscourts.tnwd.104414.79.0.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2024-01-24", "type": "introduced", "text": "SB 1792 is filed in the Tennessee Senate.", "source": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113" }, { "date": "2024-05-31", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor signs SB 1792; it becomes Public Chapter 1021.", "source": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113" }, { "date": "2024-11-26", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Free Speech Coalition and others sue the Attorney General in federal court to block the act.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69417247/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-skrmetti/" }, { "date": "2024-12-30", "type": "ruling", "text": "The district court preliminarily enjoins Attorney General enforcement of the act.", "source": "https://fortune.com/2025/01/07/tennessee-porn-site-age-verification-law-blocked-judge-dozen-states-enforce" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "effective", "text": "The Protect Tennessee Minors Act takes effect.", "source": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113" }, { "date": "2025-01-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Tennessee.", "source": "https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/01/02/pornhub-us-states-blocked/" }, { "date": "2025-01-13", "type": "ruling", "text": "The Sixth Circuit stays the injunction pending appeal, so the act can be enforced.", "source": "https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/1/13/pr25-2.html" }, { "date": "2025-05-08", "type": "amendment", "text": "The governor signs SB 448 / HB 761 (Public Chapter 405), which takes effect the same day and replaces the act's own definition of 'harmful to minors' with the definition in Tennessee's obscenity statute.", "source": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0448&GA=114" }, { "date": "2025-11-04", "type": "ruling", "text": "The Sixth Circuit vacates the injunction and sends the case back to the district court for proceedings consistent with FSC v. Paxton.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69510820/free-speech-coalition-v-jonathan-skrmetti/" }, { "date": "2026-09-15", "type": "ruling", "text": "The district court denies the Attorney General's motion to dismiss the challengers' amended complaint, so the case proceeds.", "source": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnwd.104414/gov.uscourts.tnwd.104414.79.0.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "SB 1792 / HB 1614 (113th General Assembly) bill information, Tennessee General Assembly", "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1792&GA=113", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senate Amendment 2 (SA0935) to SB 1792, adopted text, Tennessee General Assembly", "url": "https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0935.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2024-04-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 448 / HB 761 (114th General Assembly) bill information, Public Chapter 405 of 2025, Tennessee General Assembly", "url": "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0448&GA=114", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. 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Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 129B (§§ 129B.001-129B.006); Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., ch. 676", "law_url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01181F.htm", "signed": "2023-06-12", "effective": "2023-09-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Attorney General (civil penalties and injunctions).", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2024-03-14", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Texas since March 14, 2024. Texas law (HB 1181) took effect September 1, 2023, and the US Supreme Court upheld it on June 27, 2025.", "summary": "Texas has required age verification on websites where more than a third of the material is sexual material harmful to minors since September 1, 2023 (HB 1181), and the U.S. Supreme Court upheld that requirement in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton on June 27, 2025. Pornhub and other Aylo sites have blocked Texas since March 2024, and the Attorney General's 2024 penalty suit against Aylo resumed in June 2025. A separate app store age-verification law (SB 2420) has been enforceable since June 2026 while its appeal is pending.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "SB 2420 (App Store Accountability Act)", "effective": "2026-01-01", "status": "enforceable since 2026-06-04: district court enjoined it 2025-12-23 (CCIA v. Paxton; SEAT v. Paxton); 5th Cir. administrative stay 2026-05-28 and stay pending appeal 2026-06-04; Supreme Court declined to vacate the stay 2026-07-06; 5th Cir. merits appeal (Nos. 25-51073, 26-50001) argued 2026-08-04 before Judges Stewart, Graves and Wilson, decision pending" }, { "type": "other", "name": "HB 581 (2025)", "effective": "2025-09-01", "status": "in effect (signed 2025-06-20)" }, { "type": "warning_label", "name": "HB 1181, § 129B.004 (sexual materials health warnings)", "effective": null, "status": "enjoined: the Fifth Circuit (2024-03-07) affirmed the injunction against the compelled warnings; not before the Supreme Court" }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "HB 18 (SCOPE Act, 2023)", "effective": "2024-09-01", "status": "core provisions enjoined (orders 2024-08-30 and 2025-02-07); Texas appeal pending at 5th Cir." } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Colmenero (later Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton), No. 1:23-cv-00917", "court": "U.S. District Court, W.D. Tex. (Judge David Alan Ezra)", "status": "Preliminary injunction against the whole law (2023-08-31), later vacated as to age verification. After the Supreme Court's 2025 ruling the case continues on claims the Court did not resolve, such as excessive fines and due process (Bloomberg Law, July 2025).", "date": "2023-08-31", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67665685/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-paxton/" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 23-50627, 95 F.4th 263", "court": "U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Cir.", "status": "Injunction against the age-verification requirement vacated (rational-basis review); injunction against the compelled health warnings (§ 129B.004) affirmed", "date": "2024-03-07", "url": "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50627-CV0.pdf" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 23-1122, 606 U.S. 461", "court": "U.S. Supreme Court", "status": "Affirmed 6-3 (Thomas, J.; Kagan, J., dissenting). Age verification for sites with sexual material harmful to minors only incidentally burdens adults' protected speech, so intermediate scrutiny applies, and HB 1181's age-verification requirement survives it.", "date": "2025-06-27", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "State of Texas v. Aylo Global Entertainment et al.", "body": "Texas Attorney General, in Travis County district court", "status": "Attorney General suit filed 2024-02-26 seeking an injunction, about $1.6 million and $10,000 per day for failing to verify ages. Proceedings were frozen pending the Supreme Court case; a state judge lifted the freeze on 2025-06-27 (Bloomberg Law). No outcome reported.", "date": "2024-02-26", "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/articles/texas-sues-major-porn-distributor-in-bid-to-enforce-content-warning-law" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-06-12", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Greg Abbott signs HB 1181.", "source": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1181" }, { "date": "2023-08-31", "type": "ruling", "text": "A federal district court preliminarily enjoins HB 1181 in Free Speech Coalition v. Colmenero.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67665685/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-paxton/" }, { "date": "2023-09-01", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 1181's effective date; the district court injunction issued the day before kept it from being enforced until the Fifth Circuit stayed that injunction.", "source": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1181" }, { "date": "2024-02-26", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "The Texas Attorney General sues Aylo in state court for failing to verify ages, seeking about $1.6 million plus $10,000 per day.", "source": "https://www.courthousenews.com/articles/texas-sues-major-porn-distributor-in-bid-to-enforce-content-warning-law" }, { "date": "2024-03-07", "type": "ruling", "text": "The Fifth Circuit vacates the injunction against the age-verification requirement and upholds the injunction against the compelled health warnings.", "source": "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50627-CV0.pdf" }, { "date": "2024-03-14", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Texas.", "source": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/pornhub-texas-ban-age-verification" }, { "date": "2025-06-27", "type": "ruling", "text": "The U.S. Supreme Court upholds HB 1181's age-verification requirement 6-3 in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, applying intermediate scrutiny.", "source": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf" }, { "date": "2025-06-27", "type": "ruling", "text": "A Texas state judge lifts the freeze on the Attorney General's penalty suit against Aylo.", "source": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/pornhub-texas-return-possible-after-high-court-age-check-ruling" }, { "date": "2025-09-01", "type": "amendment", "text": "HB 581 takes effect, extending chapter 129B's age-verification duty to sites and apps that offer tools for creating AI-generated sexual material.", "source": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/analysis/html/HB00581E.htm" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 23-1122 (U.S. June 27, 2025), slip opinion", "url": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2025-06-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 23-50627 (5th Cir. Mar. 7, 2024), opinion", "url": "https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50627-CV0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2024-03-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, No. 1:23-cv-00917 (W.D. Tex.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67665685/free-speech-coalition-inc-v-paxton/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Students Engaged in Advancing Texas v. Paxton, No. 25-51073, c/w No. 26-50001 (5th Cir. 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Paxton, No. 26-50001 (5th Cir.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72099057/computer-communications-industry-association-v-ken-paxton/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1181 (88R) bill history, Texas Legislature Online", "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=88R&Bill=HB1181", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1181 (88R) enrolled text, Texas Legislature Online", "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01181F.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 581 (89R) bill analysis, engrossed version, Texas Legislature Online", "url": "https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/analysis/html/HB00581E.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 129B.006 (Texas.Public.Law)", "url": "https://texas.public.law/statutes/tex._civ._practice_&_remedies_code_section_129b.006", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks access in Texas amid legal battle (Axios)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/pornhub-texas-ban-age-verification", "type": "news", "date": "2024-03-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Texas sues major porn distributor in bid to enforce content warning law (Courthouse News)", "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/articles/texas-sues-major-porn-distributor-in-bid-to-enforce-content-warning-law", "type": "news", "date": "2024-02-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub Texas Return Possible After High Court Age Check Ruling (Bloomberg Law)", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/pornhub-texas-return-possible-after-high-court-age-check-ruling", "type": "news", "date": "2025-07-17", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Supreme Court Clears the Way: Texas's App Store Accountability Act Is Now Enforceable (InfoLawGroup)", "url": "https://www.infolawgroup.com/insights/2026/7/7/supreme-court-clears-the-way-texass-app-store-accountability-act-is-now-enforceable", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "CCIA v. Paxton (W.D. Tex.) litigation page (CCIA)", "url": "https://ccianet.org/litigation/ccia-v-paxton-w-d-tex/", "type": "other", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420) tracker (Texas Data Law)", "url": "https://texasdatalaw.com/tracker/sb-2420/", "type": "tracker", "date": "2026-10-13", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Axios Houston: Pornhub pushes for a return to Texas' web browsers", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/houston/2026/08/03/pornhub-pushes-for-a-return-to-texas-web-browsers", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "uk", "name": "United Kingdom", "kind": "country", "code": "GB", "url": "/uk", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/uk", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "Online Safety Act", "law_name": "Online Safety Act 2023", "citation": "2023 c. 50 (age-assurance duties in s. 12 for user-to-user services and s. 81 for providers publishing their own pornographic content)", "law_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/contents", "signed": "2023-10-26", "effective": "2025-07-25", "regulator": "Ofcom", "enforcement": "Ofcom has run an age-assurance enforcement programme for pornography since 16 January 2025, extended to Part 3 services on 25 July 2025. Its tools include information notices, provisional notices and confirmation decisions with fines and daily penalties. Ofcom can also apply to court for business disruption measures (e.g. requiring payment providers, advertisers or ISPs to withdraw services). By July 2026 Ofcom reported 23 investigations into 88 adult services, about 73% of which had added age checks or blocked UK users, with seven providers fined.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2026-02-02", "pornhub_qualifier": "except for existing accounts and Apple-verified iPhones", "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked the UK since February 2, 2026 (except for existing accounts and Apple-verified iPhones). The UK's Online Safety Act took effect July 25, 2025.", "summary": "Since 25 July 2025, the Online Safety Act has required any site or app that lets UK users see pornography to use 'highly effective' age checks; sites that publish their own porn have been covered since January 2025. Ofcom has fined several adult-content providers, up to £1.4 million. Pornhub's owner Aylo stopped admitting new UK users on 2 February 2026, let back iPhone users verified by Apple from May 2026, and has been under Ofcom investigation over that Apple-based check since September 2026.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "repealed predecessor", "name": "Digital Economy Act 2017, Part 3", "effective": null, "status": null } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "Ofcom investigation into Aylo", "status": "open (since 22 September 2026)" }, { "name": "Ofcom report on app-store protections", "status": "due by January 2027" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [ { "name": "Itai Tech Ltd fined £55,000 (s. 81 and information-request breach); investigation later closed after it geoblocked the UK", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined", "date": null, "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "name": "AVS Group Ltd fined £1,050,000 (£1m for age-assurance breach + £50k for information request)", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined", "date": "2025-12-03", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "name": "Kick Online Entertainment S.A. fined £830,000", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined", "date": "2026-02-11", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "name": "8579 LLC fined £1,400,000 (£1.35m age-assurance breach + £50k), with £1,000 daily penalty", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined", "date": "2026-02-20", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "name": "Youngtek Solutions Ltd fined £600,000", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined", "date": "2026-05-26", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "name": "First Time Videos LLC fined £80,000; 4chan fined £540,000 in total (partly for failing to use highly effective age assurance)", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "fined (reported in June 2026 industry bulletin)", "date": "2026-06-29", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-industry-bulletins/online-safety-industry-bulletin-june-2026" }, { "name": "Statutory report on the use of age assurance (one year on)", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "published", "date": "2026-07-15", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/age-checks-helping-make-online-experiences-safer-for-uk-children-but-job-not-done-and-tech-industry-must-act-to-strengthen-protections" }, { "name": "Investigation into Aylo Freesites Ltd (Pornhub) under ss. 12 and 36: whether the Apple-based age check it introduced in May 2026 is highly effective, whether it tested it enough before launch, and its children's access assessment", "body": "Ofcom", "status": "open; no breach found yet", "date": "2026-09-22", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/investigation-into-aylos-compliance-with-the-duty-to-prevent-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" } ], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-10-26", "type": "signed", "text": "Online Safety Act 2023 receives Royal Assent.", "source": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/introduction/enacted" }, { "date": "2025-07-25", "type": "effective", "text": "Age-assurance duties for user-to-user and search services that allow pornography take effect (sites publishing their own porn were covered from January 2025).", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "date": "2025-12-03", "type": "ruling", "text": "Ofcom fines AVS Group Ltd £1,050,000 (£1m for the age-assurance breach and £50,000 for an information request).", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "date": "2026-02-02", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub stops admitting new UK users; existing verified account holders keep access.", "source": "https://euronews.com/next/2026/01/28/pornhub-to-restrict-access-to-new-users-in-the-uk-from-next-week-company-says" }, { "date": "2026-02-11", "type": "ruling", "text": "Ofcom fines Kick Online Entertainment S.A. £830,000.", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "date": "2026-02-20", "type": "ruling", "text": "Ofcom fines 8579 LLC £1,400,000 (£1.35m for the age-assurance breach and £50,000), with a £1,000 daily penalty.", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "date": "2026-05-05", "type": "platform_return", "text": "Aylo announces it is readmitting UK users on iOS 26.4 or later who have confirmed their age through Apple's built-in check; other new users stay locked out.", "source": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pornhub-unblocks-iphone-users-apple-160020093.html" }, { "date": "2026-05-26", "type": "ruling", "text": "Ofcom fines Youngtek Solutions Ltd £600,000.", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" }, { "date": "2026-06-29", "type": "ruling", "text": "Ofcom's June bulletin reports fines for First Time Videos LLC (£80,000) and 4chan (£540,000 in total, partly for failing to use highly effective age assurance).", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/online-safety-industry-bulletins/online-safety-industry-bulletin-june-2026" }, { "date": "2026-09-22", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Ofcom opens an investigation into whether Aylo's Apple-based age check for Pornhub is highly effective and was properly tested.", "source": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/investigation-into-aylos-compliance-with-the-duty-to-prevent-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Online Safety Act 2023 (legislation.gov.uk)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/contents", "type": "statute", "date": "2023-10-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Online Safety Act 2023: introductory text as enacted (Royal Assent 26 October 2023)", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/50/introduction/enacted", "type": "statute", "date": "2023-10-26", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Enforcement Programme to protect children from encountering pornographic content through the use of age assurance", "url": "https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/enforcement-programme-to-protect-children-from-encountering-pornographic-content-through-the-use-of-age-assurance", "type": "regulator", "date": "2026-05-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Age checks helping make online experiences safer for UK children, but job not done", "url": 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"title": "Pornhub to restrict access to new users in the UK from next week, company says (Euronews)", "url": "https://euronews.com/next/2026/01/28/pornhub-to-restrict-access-to-new-users-in-the-uk-from-next-week-company-says", "type": "news", "date": "2026-01-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "If you live in the UK, you probably won't be able to visit Pornhub anymore (TechCrunch)", "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/27/if-you-live-in-the-uk-you-probably-wont-be-able-to-visit-pornhub-anymore/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-01-27", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "The iPhone advantage: why Pornhub is welcoming Apple users back to the platform (Forbes, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://sg.news.yahoo.com/pornhub-unblocks-iphone-users-apple-160020093.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-05-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub owner reverses age restrictions for some UK users (Attitude)", "url": "https://www.attitude.co.uk/news/pornhub-owner-reverses-age-restrictions-some-uk-users-521793/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-05-06", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "British regulator takes a hard look at Pornhub's Apple-powered age checks (The Register)", "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/23/british-regulator-takes-a-hard-look-at-pornhubs-apple-powered-age-checks/5298558", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-23", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aylo's device-level age checks may not meet 'highly-effective' bar: UK regulator (Biometric Update)", "url": "https://www.biometricupdate.com/202609/aylos-device-level-age-checks-may-not-meet-highly-effective-bar-uk-regulator", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "usa", "name": "United States", "kind": "federal", "code": "US", "url": "/usa", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": null, "pornhub_label": "Varies by state", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": null, "summary": "There is no federal age-verification law for porn sites in the US; the requirements come from state laws. The US Supreme Court upheld Texas's law in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton (June 27, 2025), applying intermediate scrutiny, which cleared the way for more states to pass similar laws. In Congress, the House passed the KIDS Act on June 29, 2026, which includes the SCREEN Act's age-verification requirement for porn sites; it awaits action in the Senate Commerce Committee.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-06-27", "type": "ruling", "text": "The US Supreme Court upholds Texas's age-verification law for porn sites in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton, applying intermediate scrutiny.", "source": "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1122_3e04.pdf" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Free Speech Coalition v. 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Sites using a verification method that meets the Division's rule standards are deemed compliant (safe harbor).", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2023-05-01", "pornhub_qualifier": "it shows only non-explicit content there", "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Utah since May 1, 2023 (it shows only non-explicit content there). Utah law (SB 287) took effect May 3, 2023.", "summary": "Since May 3, 2023, websites with more than a third adult content must verify that Utah users are 18 or older. Since May 6, 2026 the state Division of Consumer Protection can fine them, and since October 1, 2026 they owe a 2% tax on content sales; a 2026 provision treating people physically in Utah as Utah users even behind a VPN is preliminarily enjoined. Pornhub has blocked adult content in Utah since May 2023 and now shows Utah visitors only non-explicit content.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "vpn", "name": "SB 73 (2026), Utah Code § 78B-3-1002(3)-(4)", "effective": "2026-05-06", "status": "actual-location provision, § 78B-3-1002(3), preliminarily enjoined 2026-09-24 (Utah had agreed not to enforce it against Aylo while the motion was pending); the separate bar on facilitating circumvention, § 78B-3-1002(4), is not covered by the injunction" }, { "type": "other", "name": "SB 73 (2026), Utah Code §§ 59-35-101 to -105", "effective": "2026-10-01", "status": "in effect; the September 2026 injunction does not address it" }, { "type": "app_store_av", "name": "SB 142 (2025), App Store Accountability Act; amended by HB 498 (2026)", "effective": "2027-05-06", "status": "enacted, not yet in effect: HB 498 (2026-03-18) delayed the compliance date by a year, covered pre-installed apps and removed AG enforcement; CCIA's challenge voluntarily dismissed 2026-04-21" }, { "type": "device_filter", "name": "HB 72 (2021), Device Filter Amendments (Laws 2021, ch. 416)", "effective": null, "status": "enacted (signed 2021-03-23) but contingent: takes effect the January 1 after at least five other states pass substantially similar laws that are in effect; repealed January 1, 2031 if not in effect by then. The Legislature's bill page lists no effective date." }, { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 194 / HB 464 (2024), Minor Protection in Social Media Act", "effective": null, "status": "preliminarily enjoined 2024-09-10 (NetChoice v. Reyes); 10th Cir. appeal argued Nov. 2025, pending" } ], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [ { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Anderson", "court": "U.S. District Court, D. Utah", "status": "Dismissed August 2023: the state officials sued do not enforce a privately enforced law.", "date": null, "url": "https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/2/23817503/judge-dismisses-pornhub-lawsuit-age-verification-law" }, { "case": "Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Anderson", "court": "U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Cir.", "status": "Dismissal affirmed 2-1 (no proper state defendant; constitutionality not reached).", "date": "2024-10-01", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/porn-industry-group-loses-appeal-in-bid-to-block-utah-age-checks" }, { "case": "Aylo Freesites Ltd v. Utah Division of Consumer Protection, No. 2:26-cv-00340-DBB-JCB", "court": "U.S. District Court, D. Utah (Judge David Barlow)", "status": "Filed 2026-04-22 by Aylo Freesites Ltd and Aylo Group Ltd against the Division of Consumer Protection, the Department of Commerce and their directors, challenging SB 73's actual-location provision (§ 78B-3-1002(3)); Aylo disclaimed any challenge to the core age-verification requirement. Preliminary injunction granted 2026-09-24 on dormant Commerce Clause grounds; the court rejected the extraterritoriality claim, did not reach the foreign Commerce Clause claim, and declined to limit the age-verification requirement itself. On 2026-10-07 the parties jointly asked the court to pause the case, saying the Legislature may consider amending the provision; on 2026-10-08 the court stayed proceedings until the end of the Legislature's next General Session and ordered a joint status report by 2027-03-19.", "date": "2026-09-24", "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aylo-freesites-utah-division-consumer-protection-opinion.pdf" } ], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-03-14", "type": "signed", "text": "The governor signs SB 287, Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements (Laws 2023, ch. 262).", "source": "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0287.html" }, { "date": "2023-05-01", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Utah.", "source": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/pornhub-blocks-utah-in-protest-of-new-age-verification-law" }, { "date": "2023-05-03", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 287 takes effect.", "source": "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0287.html" }, { "date": "2024-10-01", "type": "ruling", "text": "10th Circuit affirms dismissal of Free Speech Coalition v. Anderson (no proper state defendant for a privately enforced law; constitutionality not reached).", "source": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/porn-industry-group-loses-appeal-in-bid-to-block-utah-age-checks" }, { "date": "2026-04-22", "type": "lawsuit", "text": "Aylo Freesites and Aylo Group sue Utah's Division of Consumer Protection and Department of Commerce in federal court over SB 73's actual-location provision.", "source": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aylo-freesites-utah-division-consumer-protection-opinion.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-05-06", "type": "amendment", "text": "SB 73 takes effect: Division of Consumer Protection enforcement and rulemaking, a safe harbor for approved methods, the actual-location (VPN) provision and a bar on sites facilitating circumvention of age checks.", "source": "https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0073.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-09-24", "type": "ruling", "text": "Federal judge preliminarily enjoins SB 73's actual-location provision, Utah Code § 78B-3-1002(3), on dormant Commerce Clause grounds; the age-verification requirement itself is unaffected.", "source": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aylo-freesites-utah-division-consumer-protection-opinion.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "type": "amendment", "text": "SB 73's 2% excise tax on covered sites' sales of digital content takes effect.", "source": "https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0073.pdf" }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "type": "ruling", "text": "On a joint motion from Aylo and the state, the court stays Aylo's case until the end of the Legislature's 2027 General Session; the parties said lawmakers may consider amending the actual-location provision. A joint status report is due March 19, 2027.", "source": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73231364/aylo-freesites-ltd-v-utah-division-of-consumer-protection/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "S.B. 287 Online Pornography Viewing Age Requirements (2023), Utah Legislature", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/SB0287.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "S.B. 73 Online Age Verification Amendments (2026), enrolled text, Utah Legislature", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/enrolled/SB0073.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aylo Freesites Ltd v. Utah Division of Consumer Protection, No. 2:26-cv-00340-DBB-JCB, Memorandum Decision and Order Granting Preliminary Injunction (D. Utah Sept. 24, 2026), via Courthouse News", "url": "https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/aylo-freesites-utah-division-consumer-protection-opinion.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-09-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aylo Freesites Ltd v. Utah Division of Consumer Protection, No. 2:26-cv-00340 (D. Utah), docket (CourtListener); ECF No. 71, docket-text order granting the joint motion to stay (Oct. 8, 2026)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73231364/aylo-freesites-ltd-v-utah-division-of-consumer-protection/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Aylo Freesites Ltd v. Utah Division of Consumer Protection, Joint Status Report, ECF No. 70 (D. Utah Oct. 7, 2026), via CourtListener RECAP", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.utd.163866/gov.uscourts.utd.163866.70.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-10-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.B. 72 Device Filter Amendments (2021), Utah Legislature", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/static/HB0072.html", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.B. 72 Device Filter Amendments (2021), enrolled text, Utah Legislature", "url": "https://le.utah.gov/~2021/bills/hbillenr/HB0072.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2021", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub blocks Utah in protest of new age verification law (Scripps News)", "url": "https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/pornhub-blocks-utah-in-protest-of-new-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2023-05", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Judge dismisses Pornhub lawsuit over Utah age verification law (Deseret News)", "url": "https://www.deseret.com/utah/2023/8/2/23817503/judge-dismisses-pornhub-lawsuit-age-verification-law", "type": "news", "date": "2023-08-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Porn Industry Group Loses Appeal in Bid to Block Utah Age Checks (Bloomberg Law)", "url": "https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/porn-industry-group-loses-appeal-in-bid-to-block-utah-age-checks", "type": "news", "date": "2024-10-01", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Utah VPN law faces federal lawsuit from Pornhub's parent company (Utah Public Radio)", "url": "https://www.upr.org/politics/2026-06-04/utah-vpn-pornhub-lawsuit", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Utah pauses age verification rule enforcement with Pornhub owner pending court ruling (KSL, via Deseret News)", "url": "https://www.deseret.com/utah/2026/09/04/utah-pauses-age-verification-rule-enforcement-with-pornhub-owner-pending-court-ruling/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-04", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Federal judge blocks Utah's VPN update to its online porn age verification law (KUER)", "url": "https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-09-24/utah-pornhub-aylo-vpn-rules-lawsuit", "type": "news", "date": "2026-09-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub Beats Back Utah's Controversial VPN-Age Verification Law (For Now) (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/pornhub-beats-back-utahs-controversial-192733885.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-10-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Challenge to Utah's App Store Accountability Act Voluntarily Dismissed Following Statutory Amendments (JD Supra)", "url": "https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/challenge-to-utah-s-app-store-6173927/", "type": "news", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Utah governor signs divisive measure to require porn filters (OPB/AP)", "url": "https://www.opb.org/article/2021/03/24/utah-governor-signs-divisive-measure-to-require-porn-filters", "type": "news", "date": "2021-03-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "vermont", "name": "Vermont", "kind": "us_state", "code": "VT", "url": "/usa/vermont", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/vermont", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Vermont has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Vermont has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and no adult-site age-verification bill was found in the 2025-2026 session. Its Age-Appropriate Design Code (Act 63 of 2025) sets privacy and design duties for online services likely to be used by minors starting January 1, 2027. Pornhub is available in Vermont without a new age check.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "S.69, Age-Appropriate Design Code (Act 63 of 2025)", "effective": "2027-01-01", "status": "enacted (signed 2025-06-12), takes effect 2027-01-01" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "H.301", "status": "Referred to House Commerce and Economic Development 2025-02-21; no further action." }, { "name": "H.897", "status": "Referred to House Commerce and Economic Development 2026-02-11; no further action." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "S.69 (Act 63), bill status, Vermont General Assembly", "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/S.69", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.301 (2025-2026), An act relating to age verification in social media: bill status, Vermont General Assembly", "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.301", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "H.897 (2025-2026), An act relating to prohibiting the use of social media by children: bill status, Vermont General Assembly", "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/status/2026/H.897", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "All House bills, 2025-2026 session, Vermont General Assembly", "url": "https://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/all-house/2026", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "virginia", "name": "Virginia", "kind": "us_state", "code": "VA", "url": "/usa/virginia", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/virginia", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "SB 1515", "law_name": "SB 1515", "citation": "Va. Code § 8.01-40.5 (2023 Acts ch. 811)", "law_url": "https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1515", "signed": "2023-05-12", "effective": "2023-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only.", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2023-06-29", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Virginia since June 29, 2023. Virginia law (SB 1515) took effect July 1, 2023.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2023, Virginia lets people sue websites with more than a third adult content that don't verify users are 18 or older. Pornhub has been blocked in Virginia since just before the law took effect. A 2025 law capping teens' social media time is on hold in court.", "related_laws": [ { "type": "social_media_minors", "name": "SB 854 (2025)", "effective": "2026-01-01", "status": "preliminarily enjoined 2026-02-27 (NetChoice v. Jones, E.D. Va.); on appeal to the 4th Cir. (No. 26-1252), which on 2026-08-24 denied the Attorney General's renewed motion to stay the injunction pending appeal (2-1, Judge Gregory would have granted it); oral argument set for 2026-10-28" } ], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "SB 237 / HB 757 (App Store Accountability Act)", "status": "continued to the 2027 session for further study (JCOTS)" } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2023-05-12", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Glenn Youngkin approves SB 1515 (2023 Acts ch. 811) after the Senate rejected his proposed substitute on April 12.", "source": "https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1515" }, { "date": "2023-06-29", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in Virginia.", "source": "https://virginiamercury.com/2023/06/29/ahead-of-new-age-verification-law-pornhub-blocks-access-in-virginia/" }, { "date": "2023-07-01", "type": "effective", "text": "SB 1515 (Va. Code § 8.01-40.5) takes effect.", "source": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter3/section8.01-40.5/" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "Va. Code § 8.01-40.5 (Virginia Law)", "url": "https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title8.01/chapter3/section8.01-40.5/", "type": "statute", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 1515 (2023 Session) bill summary and history, Virginia Legislative Information System", "url": "https://legacylis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1515", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Ahead of new age verification law, Pornhub blocks access in Virginia (Virginia Mercury)", "url": "https://virginiamercury.com/2023/06/29/ahead-of-new-age-verification-law-pornhub-blocks-access-in-virginia/", "type": "news", "date": "2023-06-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub pushes for a return to Virginia's web browsers (Axios Richmond)", "url": "https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2026/07/30/virginia-pornhub-block-age-verification-vpn-searches", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Judge blocks Virginia law limiting kids' social media time (Minnesota Lawyer/AP)", "url": "https://minnlawyer.com/2026/03/02/federal-judge-blocks-virginia-social-media-limits-minors/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-03-02", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Jay Jones, No. 26-1252 (4th Cir.), order denying renewed motion for stay of preliminary injunction pending appeal, Doc. 70 (Aug. 24, 2026), via CourtListener RECAP", "url": "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca4.181838/gov.uscourts.ca4.181838.70.0.pdf", "type": "court", "date": "2026-08-24", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "NetChoice v. Jay Jones, No. 26-1252 (4th Cir.), docket (CourtListener)", "url": "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72374808/netchoice-v-jay-jones/", "type": "court", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Appeals Court Rejects Virginia Bid To Enforce Social Media Time Limits (MediaPost)", "url": "https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/417439/appeals-court-rejects-virginia-bid-to-enforce-soci.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-25", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Va. lawmakers consider digital protections for children as app store accountability debate continues (Virginia Mercury)", "url": "https://virginiamercury.com/2026/08/10/va-lawmakers-consider-digital-protections-for-children-as-app-store-accountability-debate-continues/", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-10", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "washington", "name": "Washington", "kind": "us_state", "code": "WA", "url": "/usa/washington", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/washington", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Washington has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Washington has no law requiring adult websites to verify visitors' ages, and major adult sites are not blocked there. A 2026 bill (HB 2112) that would have required ID checks and health warnings on adult sites died in a House committee, and the Legislature is not in session again until January 2027.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "HB 2112", "status": "Died: heard in the House Consumer Protection and Business Committee on 2026-01-16 but never voted out; it did not pass before the 2026 session ended." }, { "name": "SB 5708 / HB 1834", "status": "Died: SB 5708 passed the Senate 36-12 on 2025-03-12 but was not taken up by the House; both bills were moved to their chamber's Rules 'X' file in February 2026." }, { "name": "SB 6111", "status": "Died in Senate committee without a floor vote (2026 session)." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 2112 (2025-26) bill summary - Washington State Legislature", "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=2112&Year=2026&Initiative=false", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 2112 (2026) original bill text - Washington State Legislature", "url": "https://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2025-26/Htm/Bills/House%20Bills/2112.htm", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "SB 5708 (2025-26) bill summary - Washington State Legislature", "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5708&Year=2026&Initiative=false", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "HB 1834 (2025-26) bill summary - Washington State Legislature", "url": "https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1834&Year=2026&Initiative=false", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "west-virginia", "name": "West Virginia", "kind": "us_state", "code": "WV", "url": "/usa/west-virginia", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/west-virginia", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 4412", "law_name": "HB 4412 (Child Online Protection and Liability Act)", "citation": "W. Va. Code §§ 49A-1-101 to 49A-1-106", "law_url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill", "signed": "2026-04-01", "effective": "2026-06-12", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Both: Attorney General (injunctions and civil penalties) and private suits by the minor, a parent or guardian, or another person legally permitted to act for the minor (§ 49A-1-104(d)).", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2026-06-12", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked West Virginia since June 12, 2026. West Virginia law (HB 4412) took effect June 12, 2026.", "summary": "Since June 12, 2026, websites and apps with more than a third adult content must verify that West Virginia users are 18 or older and may not keep ID data afterward. The Attorney General can seek penalties of $10,000 a day, and families can sue for $10,000 per incident. Pornhub has blocked West Virginia since the law took effect, according to PCMag, apparently with a login wall rather than a protest page; no West Virginia outlet has confirmed it yet.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2026-01-16", "type": "introduced", "text": "HB 4412 is introduced in the House of Delegates; the Legislature passes it on 2026-03-14.", "source": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" }, { "date": "2026-04-01", "type": "signed", "text": "Gov. Patrick Morrisey approves HB 4412 (Child Online Protection and Liability Act).", "source": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" }, { "date": "2026-06-12", "type": "effective", "text": "HB 4412 takes effect, 90 days from passage.", "source": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4412%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4412" }, { "date": "2026-06-12", "type": "platform_block", "text": "Pornhub blocks visitors in West Virginia, PCMag reports.", "source": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html" } ], "confidence": "medium", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "HB 4412 (2026 Regular Session) bill history, West Virginia Legislature", "url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?input=4412&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Enrolled Committee Substitute for HB 4412, West Virginia Legislature", "url": "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4412%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4412", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-03-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 24 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo Tech)", "url": "https://tech.yahoo.com/vpn/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-24-175429873.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-06-12", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries, July update (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Pornhub is fighting Texas' age-verification law again. Here's why (Austin American-Statesman, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pornhub-fighting-texas-age-verification-200117778.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries, August update (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211136509.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-08-28", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Politico, Digital Future Daily: Pornhub's online age-check offensive", "url": "https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2026/07/29/pornhubs-online-age-check-offensive-01015207", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-29", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "The Virginian-Pilot: Pornhub urges Spanberger to end Virginia age-verification law", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pornhub-urges-spanberger-end-virginia-213700581.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-30", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "wisconsin", "name": "Wisconsin", "kind": "us_state", "code": "WI", "url": "/usa/wisconsin", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/wisconsin", "law_status": "no_law", "law_label": "No law", "law": null, "law_name": null, "citation": null, "law_url": null, "signed": null, "effective": null, "regulator": null, "enforcement": null, "pornhub": "available", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub available", "pornhub_since": null, "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "No. Wisconsin has no age-verification law for porn sites, and no bill is moving as of October 26, 2026.", "summary": "Wisconsin has no age-verification law for adult websites, and Pornhub is available there. The Legislature passed AB 105, whose original version also required sites to block VPN traffic before that part was removed, but Gov. Tony Evers vetoed it on April 3, 2026, and the veto stood when the bill failed to pass over his objections on May 13, 2026.", "related_laws": [], "pending_bills": [ { "name": "AB 105 / SB 130", "status": "Vetoed by Gov. Evers 2026-04-03 (Assembly passed 69-22 on 2025-03-20; Senate concurred as amended 2026-02-18; Assembly concurred 2026-02-19). On 2026-05-13 it was recorded as failing to pass notwithstanding the veto under Joint Rule 82; no override vote was taken. Companion SB 130 failed 2026-03-23." }, { "name": "AB 961 / SB 938", "status": "Passed Assembly 61-34 (2026-02-19); failed in the Senate 2026-03-23 under Senate Joint Resolution 1." }, { "name": "AB 962 / SB 937", "status": "Passed Assembly 58-37 (2026-02-19); Senate failed to concur 2026-03-23." }, { "name": "AB 963 / SB 936", "status": "Passed Assembly 60-35 (2026-02-19); Senate failed to concur 2026-03-23." } ], "litigation": [], "enforcement_actions": [], "timeline": [ { "date": "2025-03-10", "type": "introduced", "text": "AB 105 is introduced in the Assembly; as introduced it would also have required covered sites to block traffic from known VPN addresses. The Assembly passes it 69-22 on March 20, 2025.", "source": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab105" } ], "confidence": "high", "last_verified": "2026-10-26", "sources": [ { "title": "2025 Assembly Bill 105 history (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab105", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Governor's veto message, 2025 Assembly Bill 105 (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/vetomessages/2025/AB105.pdf", "type": "government", "date": "2026-04-03", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2025 Assembly Bill 105, vetoed enrolled text (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/vetoedenrolledbills/2025/REG/AB105.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-02-23", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Senate Amendment 2 to 2025 Assembly Bill 105 (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/amendments/ab105/sa2_ab105.pdf", "type": "legislature", "date": "2026-01-07", "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2025 Assembly Bill 961 history (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab961", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2025 Assembly Bill 962 history (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab962", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "2025 Assembly Bill 963 history (Wisconsin State Legislature)", "url": "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab963", "type": "legislature", "date": null, "accessed": "2026-10-26" }, { "title": "Sorry, No Pornhub Access in 25 States and 3 Countries (PCMag, via Yahoo News)", "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/sorry-no-pornhub-access-25-211346254.html", "type": "news", "date": "2026-07-14", "accessed": "2026-10-26" } ] }, { "slug": "wyoming", "name": "Wyoming", "kind": "us_state", "code": "WY", "url": "/usa/wyoming", "page": "https://pornblocked.com/usa/wyoming", "law_status": "in_effect", "law_label": "Law in effect", "law": "HB 43", "law_name": "HB 43 (Enrolled Act No. 70)", "citation": "Wyo. Stat. §§ 14-3-501 to 14-3-504 (2025 Wyo. Sess. Laws ch. 139)", "law_url": "https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0043", "signed": "2025-03-13", "effective": "2025-07-01", "regulator": null, "enforcement": "Private right of action only: violations are enforced exclusively through civil suits by a minor's parent or guardian (or, for retained data, by the person affected), and the state and its subdivisions are barred from enforcing (W.S. 14-3-503(h)).", "pornhub": "blocked", "pornhub_label": "Pornhub blocked", "pornhub_since": "2025-06-30", "pornhub_qualifier": null, "answer": "Yes. Pornhub has blocked Wyoming since June 30, 2025. Wyoming law (HB 43) took effect July 1, 2025.", "summary": "Since July 1, 2025, websites that profit from obscene material must verify that Wyoming users are adults, and parents can sue for $5,000 per failed check; the state itself can't enforce the law. 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