BRUSSELS – Aylo has appealed to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) against the mandate of the EU Digital Services Act to disclose the legal names of advertisers, including artists, in a publicly accessible database.
As XBIZ reported, the European Commission has designated Pornhub as a “very large online platform” (VLOP) and therefore subject to special regulation under the controversial Digital Services Act (DSA).
XVideos, Stripchat and XXNX are the other adult platforms also listed by the EC as VLOPs.
Under the VLOP designation, Pornhub is “required to make public a database of all its advertisers, including details about the ads and how they are targeted,” according to European tech news site Euractiv. reported.
Aylo’s appeal requests an exemption from releasing the legal names of “those who advertise on Pornhub, including sex workers and performers, as their names will become publicly available and searchable in the repository,” a representative told Euractiv, emphasizing that the community safety is a priority for the company.
Aylo – like other companies, including mainstream companies such as Amazon – is also currently appealing against the European Commission’s designation of Pornhub as a VLOP.