Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, is ceasing operations in France starting Wednesday due to a new age verification law. Aylo claims the law poses significant privacy risks, advocating for device-level age verification instead of requiring users to provide personal information. This decision affects Pornhub and other Aylo-owned sites like Youporn and RedTube. France was Pornhub's second-largest market globally. Aylo has also withdrawn from several US states over similar age verification concerns. The company criticized the French law as 'privacy-infringing' and 'ineffective', while the French gender equality minister celebrated the departure.

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