On Tuesday 27 May, the European Commission announced that it had launched an investigation against four adult content websites - Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos - accusing them of not doing enough to prevent minors from accessing sexually explicit content, in direct violation of Article 28 of the Digital Services Act (DSA).
The Commission’s main complaint is the lack of measures to control the age of users - at this stage, a simple self-declaration of majority is sufficient to be...