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Access barriers for porn sites: Court acquires duty

Already in June 2020, the German Commission for youth media protection (KM) decided that the porn provider of YouPorn, Pornhub or MyDirtyHobby in their form must not be operated in Germany, because there are no sufficient measures Be taken to prevent the access of minors on the pages. Porn providers need to accept defeat in court First, two of the three platforms complained against the decision of the KM — but even before the Administrative Court in Düsseldorf, the youth guards have now sailed. Among other things, the providers have relative to the country of origin principle of the EU, according to which only the law of the country is used, where the seat of the respective company is located. European Court of Justice allows exceptions to the country of origin principle However, as an EU Member State — in this case Germany — wants to ensure the protection of its population, appropriate exceptions to the country of origin are allowed. Now the youth media protection right is used....