The representatives of five sites among the most consulted strongly opposed Thursday before the judicial court of Paris to the request for blocking initiated by Arcom. At the end of a hearing of nearly 4 hours, during which the lawyers of the companies publishing the sites Pornhub, Tukif, XHamster, Xvideos and Xnxx presented applications for nullity of the procedure and a stay of proceedings.

The court reserved its decision until July 7. These companies - including MG Freesites, which publishes the Pornhub platform, domiciled in Cyprus and belonging to the world leader in porn Mindgeek - refuse to set up an age verification.