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Four Major Porn Platforms Face Fines for Failure To Protect Minors Under New Digital Rules

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On March 26, the EU announced it will fine Pornhub and three other major sites after they breached digital safety regulations by failing to stop children from accessing adult content. The European Commission determined that these platforms did not implement adequate age verification measures or provide sufficient warnings regarding their material for minors under new rules introduced in late December of last year.

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    The European Commission has identified four major pornographic platforms—Pornhub, Stripchat, xHamster (referred to in text context), and XVideos—as failing EU digital rules.
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    These specific sites were found lacking because they did not properly identify or assess the risks minors face when accessing their content online.
[Mar 26, 11:34] (T-online.de) Headline indicates EU threatens four platforms with fines for lack of child protection on porn sites.