Héloïse Goy, with Alexis Patri 9:51 a.m., April 29, 2022

The Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (ARCOM), the audiovisual and digital policeman born from the merger of the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) and the High Authority for the dissemination of works and Internet Rights Protection (Hadopi) threatens to suspend two porn sites.

Youporn and Redtube have 13 days to avoid disappearing in France.

Arcom (ex-CSA) threatens to suspend these two pornographic sites.

The audiovisual and digital policeman points out their shortcomings in the face of the obligation to block their access to minors.

Otherwise, these two pornographic sites risk a stoppage of their service by court order.

At the beginning of March, Arcom had already taken legal action to request the blocking of five other pornographic sites.

The regulator pointed out that these interfaces were not in compliance with the rules for the protection of minors. 

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Requests for clarification not taken into account

According to Arcom, Youporn and Redtube are too easily accessible to those under 18.

Today, you just have to click on a box that asks you to confirm that you are of legal age, so it is very easy for minors to lie.

Despite requests for clarification, Arcom found that Youporn and Redtube had not taken further action.

The sites are still just as easily accessible for those under 18.

If justice decides, in 13 days, to block these pornographic sites by ordering the main Internet access providers to prevent their access, Internet users will be sent to a dedicated page of Arcom.