The tech sector is voicing its discontent with Arkansas’ legislation mandating age verification on social media platforms. NetChoice, a coalition of technology companies that counts Google, Meta, and TikTok among its members, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Arkansas. The suit alleges that the Social Media Safety Act infringes on rights protected by the First Amendment, compelling users to disclose private information to access social media platforms, thereby undermining the autonomy of families.
Additionally, NetChoice contends that the Act compromises privacy and safety by necessitating that internet companies lean on third-party entities for storing and monitoring children’s data. The coalition asserts that state dwellers are frequently unfamiliar with or detached from these third-party services. Moreover, NetChoice claims these external companies are particularly susceptible to cyber-attacks. The lawsuit also states that the legislation endeavors to exert control over the internet beyond the state’s jurisdiction and in disregard of federal law, as Arkansas lacks the means to confirm residency without demanding personal data.
In response to this, State Attorney General Tim Griffin has conveyed to Engadget that he is fully prepared to safeguard the Social Media Safety Act staunchly. The legislation mandates age verification for all users through means such as providing driver’s license information or other comparable methods. Furthermore, users below 18 years of age are required to obtain permission from a parent. The law provides exemptions that seemingly encompass prominent social media platforms and relevant services, including those tailored for “professional networking” (akin to LinkedIn) or platforms featuring brief entertainment videos (comparable to TikTok).
This move by Arkansas is indicative of a larger wave among legislators to impose age verification on social media platforms. States, including Utah, Connecticut, and Ohio, are either enacting or evaluating analogous laws. Moreover, Senator Josh Hawley has introduced a federal bill aimed at prohibiting social media access for individuals under 16. The underlying concern is that young users may encounter undesirable characters and unsuitable content and that engagement with these platforms can adversely affect mental health by offering a distorted perception of reality and fostering dependency.
The outcome of the lawsuit remains uncertain. However, should it prevail, it might have ramifications on similar endeavors to authenticate ages through personal information. If the Arkansas model is judged to conflict with the Constitution, it might force other states to abandon their respective campaigns.
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Embracing the Heat of June – On and Off Camera
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Cloudflare: Google Cloud Outage Disrupts Spotify, Discord, and Chaturbate for Thousands
June 12, 2025 – Thousands of users across Spotify, Discord, Google Cloud, and several adult camming platforms experienced service disruptions Thursday, as Cloudflare confirmed a third-party issue caused by a Google Cloud outage.
The incident, monitored by Downdetector, peaked with outage reports from 46,000 Spotify users, 14,000 Google Cloud users, and 11,000 Discord users. Additionally, services such as Snapchat, Character.ai, and major adult streaming platforms, including Chaturbate, Stripchat, and CamSoda, also saw widespread downtime.
A Cloudflare representative clarified that their core services were not impacted, but that “a limited number of services at Cloudflare use Google Cloud and were affected.” One of the affected components was Cloudflare Workers KV, a backend data storage tool that temporarily went offline.
Google Cloud, which accounts for 12% of the global cloud services market, acknowledged the problem, stating: “We are currently investigating a service disruption.” Users were referred to the public Google Cloud status dashboard for ongoing updates.
By Thursday afternoon, recovery began across several platforms. Cloudflare confirmed progress on their status page, and Spotify redirected users to Google’s dashboard for context. Similar recovery signals were noted across impacted camming sites, which rely on Google Cloud and Cloudflare infrastructure to deliver low-latency, high-reliability streaming.
This outage highlights the broad dependence on cloud giants like Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure. Past incidents — including an AWS outage in 2021 and a Cloudflare disruption in 2020 — have shown how interconnected platforms, including those in the adult entertainment industry, are equally exposed to upstream failures.
The incident serves as a reminder that platform resilience and service redundancy remain crucial in today’s cloud-powered digital ecosystem.
Pornhub Exits France Over New Age Verification Law
Aylo, the operator behind major adult platforms including Pornhub, announced it is halting operations in France starting this Wednesday. The decision comes in response to a newly enforced French law requiring pornographic sites to implement enhanced age verification measures for their users.
An Aylo spokesperson described the legal requirements as posing a significant privacy risk, suggesting that age verification should be conducted at the device level rather than through invasive personal data collection.
Pornhub, the world’s most visited adult site, counts France as its second-largest market after the United States. The regulatory pressures facing Aylo and similar companies continue to grow globally, with the European Union now investigating whether platforms like Pornhub are sufficiently safeguarding minors.
Aylo has also withdrawn services from several U.S. states for similar reasons related to age verification mandates. In the UK, upcoming legislation will soon enforce stricter “age assurance” standards for all adult content providers.
The company, formerly known as Mindgeek and now owned by Canadian private equity firm Ethical Capital Partners, operates other well-known sites such as YouPorn and RedTube, which will likewise become inaccessible to French users.
Solomon Friedman, vice president of compliance at Aylo, criticized the French law as “dangerous,” “potentially privacy-infringing,” and “ineffective.” He argued that major tech companies like Google, Apple, and Microsoft already have the capability to verify user age at the device or operating system level.
While Aylo supports the concept of age verification in principle, executives have expressed concerns over the collection of sensitive data, such as credit card information or government-issued IDs, as part of the verification process.
In response to the platform’s withdrawal, French Minister for Gender Equality Aurore Bergé commented “au revoir” on X, adding that the move would reduce minors’ exposure to “violent, degrading, and humiliating content” in France.
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