<p>Pornhub and four other sites hosting sexually explicit content face a possible ban in France after the country's media regulator said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against them.</p>.<p>The sites were told in late 2021 that they needed to bring in a system that prevented children from viewing their videos.</p>.<p>Under a new French law passed in July 2020, website operators cannot simply ask a user if they are over 18.</p>.<p>The head of France's Arcom media regulator, Roch-Olivier Maistre, told reporters on Tuesday that a case had been filed at a Paris court after the operators ignored previous warnings.</p>.<p>"If justice rules in favour, these websites will no longer be accessible from French territory or via addresses registered in France," the regulator said in a statement.</p>.<p>The websites targeted are Pornhub, the world's biggest pornography site by user numbers, as well as Tukif, Xhamster, Xnxx and Xvideos.</p>.<p>At the end of December, Portugal-based Tukif launched a legal appeal against the crackdown, claiming it was discriminatory because other sites were not included.</p>.<p>The ban, if approved by the court, would see internet operators in France ordered to prevent users from accessing content posted on the websites, Arcom said.</p>.<p>They would instead display a page explaining the restrictions.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Pornhub and four other sites hosting sexually explicit content face a possible ban in France after the country's media regulator said Tuesday it had filed a legal complaint against them.</p>.<p>The sites were told in late 2021 that they needed to bring in a system that prevented children from viewing their videos.</p>.<p>Under a new French law passed in July 2020, website operators cannot simply ask a user if they are over 18.</p>.<p>The head of France's Arcom media regulator, Roch-Olivier Maistre, told reporters on Tuesday that a case had been filed at a Paris court after the operators ignored previous warnings.</p>.<p>"If justice rules in favour, these websites will no longer be accessible from French territory or via addresses registered in France," the regulator said in a statement.</p>.<p>The websites targeted are Pornhub, the world's biggest pornography site by user numbers, as well as Tukif, Xhamster, Xnxx and Xvideos.</p>.<p>At the end of December, Portugal-based Tukif launched a legal appeal against the crackdown, claiming it was discriminatory because other sites were not included.</p>.<p>The ban, if approved by the court, would see internet operators in France ordered to prevent users from accessing content posted on the websites, Arcom said.</p>.<p>They would instead display a page explaining the restrictions.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>