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Pornhub owner to suspend site in France in protest at new verification law

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Pornhub said it would stop operating in France. Photograph: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images

French visitors to the adult sites Pornhub, Youporn and RedTube will on Wednesday be greeted with a message denouncing the country’s age verification requirements, the company said on Tuesday.

Parent company Aylo, in reaction to a French law requiring adult sites to take extra steps to verify that their users are 18 or older, will stop operating in France, a spokesperson said.

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