The EU Just Caught 4 Major Porn Sites Breaking the Law — I Checked What They Track

Three days ago, the European Commission dropped a bomb: Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos are in preliminary breach of the Digital Services Act. The charge? Failing to protect minors from accessing pornographic content. Potential fines up to 6% of global annual turnover. The investigation started in May 2025. Ten months later, the Commission's conclusion is blunt: all four platforms rely on self-declaration — a "click here to confirm you're 18" button — and the EU considers that worthless. Content warnings, page blurring, "Restricted to adults" labels — none of it counts as an effective measure under the DSA. But here's what caught my attention. The EU is focused on who accesses these sites. Nobody's asking what these sites collect from the people already using them . I have that data. What Blacklight Found on All Four Sites I run a project called NSFWRanker where I scan adult sites with The Markup's Blacklight tool — the same privacy inspector built by investigative journalists. I