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Pornhub pulls out of France over age verification law


It's the latest setback for the world's most popular porn site, which is also under investigation by the EU.

Their vice president for compliance, Solomon Friedman, called the French law "dangerous," "potentially privacy-infringing" and "ineffective". French minister for gender equality, Aurore Bergé, wrote "au revoir" in response to the news that Pornhub was pulling out of France. Aylo said it would show a picture of the famous French painting "Liberty Leading the People" on its website on Wednesday in protest of the law in France

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