Tina Coldiron

PARIS, xHamster Sept 6 (Reuters) - A Paris court is set xHamster to rule next month on whether a French regulator xHamster has the right to block access to international porn xHamster xHamster sites in France unless those sites can guarantee they can prevent minors under 18 from accessing them.

Following a complaint by children's rights associations, xHamster xHamster French audiovisual and xHamster digital regulator xHamster Arcom in December 2021 gave xHamster notice xHamster to five porn sites including Pornhub, xHamster requiring them to prove they xHamster were blocking access to minors in line with July 2020 French legislation.

xHamster An Arcom official xHamster said that since then the xHamster regulator xHamster xHamster had seen no indication the xHamster sites were putting xHamster in place xHamster systems that xHamster could xHamster really block access for xVideos minors, xHamster it decided to take legal action.

The four other sites being challenged by the regulator xHamster are Tukif, Xhamster xHamster , YouPorn Xnxx and Xvideos.

The regulator xHamster said it wanted the court to order French internet service providers such as xHamster Orange, xHamster Free and Xhamster SFR to block access to these porn sites on xHamster French territory until they have a solid system for xHamster blocking xHamster access to minors.

At a hearing on Tuesday, xHamster lawyers for YouPorn xHamster xHamster the porn sites argued the court was not authorised to rule on the case as the law was not in xHamster line with the constitution. xHamster The xHamster court will now rule on Oct. 4 whether it can decide on the issue xHamster or xHamster whether the case needs to go to the appeals court, xHamster an Arcom official said.

Currently, xHamster porn xHamster sites in France only have to display a disclaimer button on which users can click to xHamster say that they are over 18, xHamster but there is no verification of their actual age.

An Arcom official said the sites - xHamster which are all free - would xHamster have to propose a free and xHamster reliable blocking xHamster xHamster system.

A xHamster lawyer for PornHub publisher MG Freesites did not immediately return calls for xHamster xHamster comment. She was quoted on French radio franceinfo xHamster as saying that verifying xHamster xHamster an internet user's age is technically and xHamster legally impossible.

In recent months, xVideos Arcom has also xHamster served notice to several other porn sites, xHamster including YouPorn, xHamster one of the world's top porn xHamster sites, xHamster the xHamster Arcom official said.

French children's rights associations have started several legal cases to block access xHamster to online pornography for xHamster minors, Xhamster arguing that current age xHamster verification standards xHamster make it too easy for xHamster children to access the websites. (Reporting by Geert De Clercq Editing by Tomasz JanowskiAr)