PORNHUB has pulled out of France as a stringent clampdown on adult sites makes its way to Europe.
A furious backlash over the country's new age verification rules has prompted the site to block access.
It comes over objections to a new law requiring porn sites to verify the age of users.
Aylo, the adult entertainment company that owns Pornhub , has announced it will block access to the site in France as a result .
The company claims the French law poses a privacy risk to users .
The law could see users required to enter credit card details or other forms of official ID to verify their age.
Aylo also runs other popular porn sites such as Youporn and RedTube - which will also now be unavailable in France .
The company argues that device-based age verification is a better s