Apple's age-verification feature welcomed by Pornhub owners
The world's most popular porn site has returned to Australia after Apple introduced a new age-verification process targeted at eliminating minors' exposure to explicit content.
Pornhub, the world's most visited adult website, has returned to Australia following Apple's implementation of a new age-verification system. This process, designed to shield minors from explicit content, requires users over 18 to confirm their age using a credit card, passport, driver's license, or government-issued ID. Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, expressed satisfaction with the move.
The new age verification process, touted by Aylo's vice-president Alex Kekesi as a benchmark for child safety, is set to automatically ensure that users have verified their adult status, thereby making every device kid-safe from the start. The move comes after the Australian eSafety Commission prioritized systemic safety failures over individual incidents of children accessing sensitive materials.
With about 10% of children having accidentally encountered online pornography by age 10 and nearly 30% by age 13, the eSafety Commission is taking enforcement actions against violations of the new online safety codes, which could result in penalties of up to $49.5 million.
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