Pornhub Restores Access for UK Adults Who Use Apple’s Age Verification

Pornhub 恢复英国用户访问权限，支持通过苹果设备进行年龄验证

Three months after Pornhub blocked access to new users in the United Kingdom, the adult entertainment company says it will be allowing users there to view its content as long as they verify their age through an Apple device. 在 Pornhub 封锁英国新用户访问权限三个月后，这家成人娱乐公司表示，只要用户通过苹果设备验证年龄，即可恢复访问其内容。

Aylo, Pornhub’s parent company, made the announcement Tuesday, noting that the release of Apple’s iOS 17.4 is the “first ever device-based age-verification solution for its users in the UK” which it claims will “better protect children everywhere.” Pornhub 的母公司 Aylo 周二宣布了这一消息，并指出苹果 iOS 17.4 的发布是“英国用户首个基于设备的年龄验证解决方案”，该公司声称这将“更好地保护各地的儿童”。

As such, the company says UK users on iOS devices and iPads (not MacBooks, which use a different operating system) will be welcomed back into the fold. 因此，该公司表示，使用 iOS 设备和 iPad（不包括使用不同操作系统的 MacBook）的英国用户将重新获得访问权限。

Last July, the UK rolled out new child safety provisions requiring adults who want to view porn to prove they are not minors by using ID, face scans, or other means of verification. As a result, in February, Pornhub blocked its content from all new users who had not already completed age verification. 去年 7 月，英国出台了新的儿童安全规定，要求想要观看色情内容的成年人必须通过身份证件、人脸扫描或其他验证方式证明自己并非未成年人。受此影响，Pornhub 于 2 月份封锁了所有尚未完成年龄验证的新用户的访问权限。

Apple’s decision to verify ages on devices themselves is something Aylo has long been pushing for; in November the company sent letters to Apple, Google, and Microsoft imploring them to take such action. 苹果公司决定在设备端直接进行年龄验证，这正是 Aylo 长期以来一直推动的方案；去年 11 月，该公司曾致信苹果、谷歌和微软，恳请它们采取此类行动。

Aylo has previously argued that device-based age verification is more secure than age-verifying through third-party sites or other web-based methods. In its announcement, the company said Apple’s safety settings for users under 18 are some “of the strongest and hardest to circumvent protections currently available for helping prevent minors from accessing age-inappropriate content.” Aylo 此前曾指出，基于设备的年龄验证比通过第三方网站或其他基于网络的方法进行验证更为安全。在公告中，该公司表示，苹果针对 18 岁以下用户的安全设置是“目前防止未成年人接触不适龄内容的最强大、最难规避的保护措施之一”。

Around half of US states have enacted age-verification laws, and Pornhub has pulled its content from the majority of them. 目前，美国约有一半的州已经颁布了年龄验证法，而 Pornhub 已经撤出了其中大部分州的市场。