Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two legal complaints against several online platforms, alleging violations of Florida’s age verification law. The law requires pornography websites to verify the ages of users before granting access to adult content.
“Florida is committed to being the best place to raise children. We passed strong legislation to keep kids from being exposed to harmful and toxic material, and instead of following it, these platforms ignored it,” said Attorney General James Uthmeier. “We are taking them to court to make sure they cannot continue bypassing Florida’s common sense safeguards.”
The first complaint targets Gethins Limited, Toccata, Inc., Segpay Gateway LLC, Segregated Payments, Inc., and D/B/A Segpay. These companies are accused of distributing pornographic video game content on xh.lustyheroes.com without implementing an age verification process that complies with state law.
A second complaint was filed against Aylo Holdings USA Corp., Aylo Billings US Corp., Aylo Group Ltd, and Nutaku Entertainment Ltd. The Attorney General’s office alleges that these defendants operate multiple websites—such as Nutaku.net, SpiceVids.com, PornHub.com, RedTube.com, Tube8.com, and YouPorn.com—that provide sexually explicit material harmful to minors. According to the complaints, neither SpiceVids nor Nutaku have implemented compliant age verification systems.
The lawsuits claim that each day these sites remain accessible without proper safeguards constitutes a separate violation and increases their user base among children and teens in Florida.
Penalties for violating the state’s age-verification requirements can reach up to $50,000 per violation. The Attorney General seeks court orders prohibiting further violations of Sections 501.1737(a) and 501.2025 of the Florida Statutes as well as the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (FDUTPA). The state also requests civil penalties, attorney’s fees, costs, and other relief deemed appropriate by the court.
Florida enacted HB 3 last year which mandates commercial entities distributing sexually explicit online material that could be harmful to minors must verify users are at least 18 years old before granting access. Despite this requirement taking effect on January 1, 2025, several companies named in the complaints allegedly continued operations without compliance.
