Each answer quotes or summarises the official source and links to the page that covers it. Summary of the official sources · checked 2 November 2026 · Not legal advice.
JMStV § 4 Abs. 2 says pornographic content may be offered online only inside a closed user group that ensures only adults have access. A button or date field doesn’t identify anyone. The KJM assesses which systems do. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Ofcom’s guidance (16 Jan 2025) lists self-declaration, including tick boxes and date-of-birth fields without evidence, as not capable of being highly effective age assurance. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Arcom’s référentiel (adopted 9 Oct 2024) sets minimum technical requirements for age-verification systems on services offering pornographic content. A self-declared click doesn’t verify age. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
The term used in JMStV § 4 Abs. 2: access limited to adults. The KJM describes a two-step model: identify the person once, then authenticate them at each use. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Ofcom doesn’t approve individual providers; it describes kinds of method. The KJM publishes positively assessed concepts on kjm-online.de. Ask a provider which assessment covers their product. Read more →
Section 80(4) of the Online Safety Act says a service has links with the UK if it has a significant number of UK users, or UK users form one of its target markets. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Under JMStV § 2(1), the treaty also covers providers based outside Germany whose service is intended for use in Germany (judged by language, content, marketing or revenue), with limits for providers based in other EU countries. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Arcom’s announcement of the référentiel (11 Oct 2024) describes powers over pornographic sites that don’t prevent minors’ access, and doesn’t spell out every case by country of establishment. The official sources don’t settle this yet. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
Art. 11, 12 and 16 DSA have no size exemption. Art. 15(2) and Art. 19 exempt micro and small enterprises from transparency reports and most online-platform duties, unless they are very large platforms. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
The Act’s definition covers public sites that primarily host user-generated content, or regularly host non-consensual intimate images, and leaves out sites that mainly publish their own preselected content. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
47 U.S.C. § 223a lists a signature, information to locate the image, a good-faith statement that it was not consensual, and contact information. Read more →
Art. 11 DSA asks providers of intermediary services for a contact point for authorities, and Art. 12 for one for users. A lawyer can confirm whether that's you. Read more →
See the AI labels page, which links Article 50 of the AI Act. Read more →
No. We describe what we saw on a given date from a given country. Only the regulator and your lawyer can assess your site against the law. Read more →
No. We send header-only requests to a small sample of files. Read more →
Only someone with the result link. Anonymous results are deleted after about 30 days. Read more →
Use robots.txt for index reads, or the do-not-scan opt-out for everything. Read more →