MONTREAL—Solomon Friedman, partner and vice president for compliance at Aylo (Pornhub) ownership group Ethical Capital Partners (ECP), on Tuesday voiced support for parental controls that filter out porn content being enabled by default at the point of sale on mobile phones, tablets and computers.
"“This is going to suprise some people ... coming from the ownership group that owns Aylo, which operates Pornhub, we want every single device sold by the ... [major device manufacturers] ... we want those devices, those user accounts, to be blocked from accessing adult [content] by default until the age of the user is verified on the device."
""... That is, the device is the key, and we will be the lock. In our view, it is necessary not just when it comes to adult entertainment or pornography, but it is required in order to keep the entirety of the adult internet off limits from young people. [I'm] talking about alcohol and cannabis and gambling and explicit video games, etc.—all the reasons why we need device-based age verification."
AVN asked the Free Speech Coalition's executive director, Alison Boden, for its stance on the topic.
"FSC supports device-level filters in general as a more effective and privacy-protective solution than the government-mandated age verification laws," Boden said. "We’re currently evaluating specific technologies and their implications for potential policy approaches."
Asked to clarify whether the FSC has a position specifically on instituting a standard of device manufacturers enabling parental filters at the point of sale, Boden replied: "We're still evaluating that."
Previously, FSC has come out against porn filtering schemes proposed and implemented by governments.
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