France: Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication investigation into pornographic sites over alleged noncompliance with age verification obligations under Bill Securing and Regulating the Digital Space

Progress

Current status
concluded
28 Aug 2025 concluded
04 Aug 2025 under investigation
11 Jun 2025 under investigation

Scope

Implementers
France
Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

28 Aug 2025
concluded

Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication announced compliance of designated pornographic websites with age-verification obligations under Bill securing and regulating digital space

On 28 August 2025, the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM) announced compliance of six pornographic sites designated under the 26 February 2025 ministerial order pertaining to the implementation of age verification…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type closure
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
04 Aug 2025
under investigation

Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication issues formal compliance notice to pornographic websites over alleged non-compliance with age verification obligations

On 4 August 2025, the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Arcom) issued a formal notification to five pornographic websites based in Cyprus and the Czech Republic to comply with the Law on Securing and Regulating the Digi…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body
11 Jun 2025
under investigation

Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication issued observation letters to pornographic sites over age verification failures

On 11 June 2025, the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication issued observation letters to five pornographic websites based in Cyprus and the Czech Republic. These websites had been designated by ministerial order as subject t…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type interim ruling
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body