Beginning on August 1 of this year, residents in North Dakota will lose access to the adult site Pornhub. Earlier this year the North Dakota State legislature passed SB 2380 , which requires “manufacturers of internet-enabled devices and operating systems to determine the age of the device’s primary user and provide a digital signal to inform websites whether that user is a minor”—and porn sites fall under this category.
The law will take effect on August 1, 2025, and Pornhub’s parent company Aylo will begin restricting access to its adult sites for residents in North Dakota in protest. Aylo and other privacy advocates claim that these laws not only violate free speech, but will infringe on personal privacy protections. By forcing individuals to hand over personally identifiable informa