Pornhub returns to Australia but only for adults with Apple devices
Pornhub has resumed operations in Australia, restricting access to adults who have verified their age through Apple's device-based system. The platform left the market in March due to concerns over privacy and the effectiveness of new national age-verification laws. Aylo, the parent company, argues that Apple's default child safety features provide a more privacy-protecting solution than traditional verification methods.
- ▪Pornhub is only available to Australian users who have confirmed their age via Apple's verification process.
- ▪Aylo previously exited the Australian market in March, citing data privacy risks associated with new age-verification legislation.
- ▪Apple introduced new age checks in Australia that set child safety features as the default on all devices.
- ▪Aylo claims that device-based verification reduces the need for users to share personal data with multiple third-party apps.
- ▪The company states that this approach also limits the ability of users to bypass age restrictions using virtual private networks.
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Pornhub returns to Australia but only for adults with Apple devicesImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Pornhub says Australians with age-verified Apple devices will be able to access its site againByLana LamSydneyPublished20 minutes agoPornhub has returned to Australia, eight months after it went dark due to age verification laws, but only adults with Apple devices will be able to access the site.On Wednesday, parent company Aylo said it was restoring access for "eligible adult users in Australia" who have "confirmed their age through Apple's Australian age-verification process".The world's biggest porn site left the Australian market in March, saying new laws requiring users to prove they were over 18 would not protect children and "instead creates harms relating to data privacy"…
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