Pornhub is accessible for (some) Aussies again

Pornhub, a popular adult website, has resumed accessibility for certain Australian users after being blocked in March due to a country-wide age-verification law. This law requires explicit websites to verify users' ages using personal data, a burden that Aylo, Pornhub's parent company, has previously found unworkable.

Now, Australian users with iOS devices that have confirmed their age through Apple's Australian age-verification process can access Pornhub. Apple's recent update has enabled child safety features by default for unverified users, effectively making every device kid-safe. This move has been welcomed by Pornhub's vice president of brand and community, Alex Kekesi, who praised Apple's new CEO, John Ternus, for prioritizing child safety.

Kekesi called on Apple, Google, and Microsoft to expand these developments globally, urging all platforms to implement solution that truly protect children across the internet. Pornhub has previously advocated for device-level filters, which put child locks on devices themselves, as a preferred solution to minors accessing porn sites, as they avoid the privacy and safety concerns associated with platform-level filters.