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Whither Pornhub now?

Denying service has been one of the adult industry’s big points of leverage, demonstrating one potential outcome of age verification laws, but even with VPN workarounds this tactic ultimately limits the site’s reach and hurts its bottom line. At a certain point Pornhub’s parent company Aylo will need to weigh the costs and benefits, particularly if a fight against age verification looks futile — and the Supreme Court decision is a step in that direction. In the UK, Pornhub ceded territory on that very front a couple of days ago, agreeing (according to British regulator Ofcom) to implement “robust” age verification by July 25th.

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