Italy is the latest European country to enforce age verification checks to prevent children from accessing adult sites.
Websites that distribute pornographic images and videos in Italy must now put these security checks in place – regardless of whether they have offices there.
Porn sites will have to use third-party age verification services that ask users to provide a copy of their government ID that shows their age every time they access these sites.
The government identified 45 porn providers, including Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube, that will have to comply with the new rules.
Italy’s move is part of a broader push across Europe to make digital spaces safer for children. Here’s what other countries have done so far.
France
In 2024, France passed a law that gave the cou
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