Canadian adult content giant Aylo has restored access to Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube in France after nearly three weeks of self-imposed blackout, following a key legal win that suspended France’s enforcement of age verification rules on companies based in other European Union countries.

The move comes after a French court ruled Monday that national regulators cannot impose mandatory age verification measures on EU-based companies, such as Aylo, whose European operations are headquartered in Cyprus, effectively lifting the compliance obligation for now.

Aylo had blocked access to its platforms in protest of France’s digital age verification law, arguing it posed a significant threat to user privacy. The law required pornographic sites to verify that users were adults, or face fines, search engine delisting, or access bans.

“The decision provides an opportunity to reconsider more effective approaches pending the position of the Court of Justice of the European Union,” Aylo said in a statement, reiterating its support for device-based age verification over website-based systems.

France, led by President Emmanuel Macron and Digital Minister Clara Chappaz, has been a vocal proponent of online child safety regulations, including a proposed EU-wide 15-year-old age limit for social media. French regulators had given platforms until June 7 to comply with the new standards.

The French government has said it will appeal the court’s decision, signaling that the legal and policy fight over age verification and online privacy is far from over.

For now, however, French users once again have access to Aylo’s adult content platforms, as the industry awaits further guidance from EU courts on the balance between child protection, privacy rights, and cross-border digital regulation.