Adult entertainment giant Aylo, parent company of Pornhub, RedTube, and YouPorn, has officially blocked access to its platforms in Georgia, South Dakota, and Wyoming as those states’ age verification laws took effect on July 1, 2025.

These states join a growing list of U.S. jurisdictions blocked by Aylo, which now includes nearly the entire American South. The company says the move is a response to “haphazard and dangerous” AV laws that it argues threaten user privacy and safety without effectively protecting minors.

“Unfortunately, the way many jurisdictions worldwide, including Florida, have chosen to implement age verification is ineffective, haphazard, and dangerous,” Aylo said in a statement. “Any regulations that require hundreds of thousands of adult sites to collect significant amounts of highly sensitive personal information is putting user safety in jeopardy.”

The updated list of states blocked from accessing Aylo-owned sites now includes:

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia (new)
• Idaho
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Mississippi
• Montana
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• South Dakota (new)
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Wyoming (new)

The expanded blackout follows the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision last week in FSC v. Paxton, which upheld Texas’s AV law, effectively greenlighting similar laws nationwide. Aylo and other adult industry plaintiffs had argued that such laws infringe on First Amendment rights, impose unrealistic compliance burdens, and create significant data security risks.

According to Aylo, the current wave of state laws requires adult platforms to collect sensitive information, such as government-issued IDs, which they may store on insecure systems or hand over to third-party verifiers with limited oversight.

Aylo has reiterated its support for age verification in principle, but only when it can be implemented securely and responsibly, such as through device-based AV or OS-level parental controls, which place the burden on users rather than websites.

“We believe that any law to this effect must preserve user safety and privacy and must effectively protect children from accessing content intended for adults,” the company said.

Critics of the laws, including free speech advocates and civil liberties groups, argue that legitimate adult websites with moderation and consent protocols are being penalized, while less scrupulous platforms continue to operate freely, attracting users who bypass blocks through VPNs.

Aylo’s blocklists are already driving users to circumvent restrictions. Data from VPNMentor revealed a 1,150% spike in VPN use in Florida immediately after its AV law took effect in January 2025, far exceeding similar jumps in Utah and Texas.

Such data suggests that AV laws may be failing in their intended purpose, prompting users to shift toward unregulated, non-compliant platforms with a higher risk of encountering non-consensual or illegal content.