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UK age verification law reportedly boosts non-compliant porn sites to seven of top 10 search results
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Pornhub claims the UK's Online Safety Act age checks have increased traffic to non-compliant porn sites in search rankings
The unintended consequence highlights the difficulty of enforcing age verification at scale. Engineers building compliance systems must now account for evasion tactics that shift rather than eliminate demand. The outcome tests whether regulation can keep pace with user behavior and site operators' adaptability
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Pornhub reports seven of the top 10 search results for 'free porn' now link to non-compliant sites
The UK's age verification requirement appears to have redirected traffic away from compliant platforms
Regulatory measures may create new technical challenges for enforcement and user redirection
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