Is Porn Legal? Country-by-Country Status

Pornography is banned outright under Taliban Sharia-based law; adult sites are blocked and possession or viewing can be punished.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No blocking law exists, though a bill to block all adult sites was sent to the government in March 2026; some sites were blocked without legal basis in 2017-18.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing is legal for adults, but since 9 March 2026 adult sites, social media and app stores must verify age; fines reach A$49.5 million.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Individual porn sites have been blocked by court order since August 2018 under the Law on Information, but the largest sites remain reachable and viewing is not punished.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

All ISPs must run a single state filtering system whose mandatory block list includes porn sites; viewing is not punished, distribution is.

Pornography is banned outright by the Pornography Control Act 2012 (up to 10 years), and the BTRC blocked about 20,000 sites on a High Court order in 2018-19.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Distribution is a crime (Criminal Code Art. 343) and the Information Ministry adds porn sites to the restricted-access list; viewing is not punished and there is no blanket filter.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

BICMA's 2019 content rules prohibit pornography and individual sites are blocked from time to time; no systematic filter exists, and parliament called for tougher blocking in 2025.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Pornography is prohibited by AITI's Internet Code of Practice and the Syariah Penal Code; the Content Advisory Council blocks 'immoral' sites (135 in five years).

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

The telecom regulator has blocked major porn sites since December 2021 and more than 7,000 addresses by August 2024; viewing is not punished.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Viewing is legal and no blocking of adult sites has been documented; Senate Bill S-209 on mandatory age verification passed the Senate and had first reading in the House of Commons on 30 April 2026 but is not law.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Major porn sites are blocked by the Great Firewall; producing or distributing pornography is a crime (Criminal Law Arts. 363-364), viewing is not.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No state blocking of adult sites has been found, though information is limited; the regulator ANRTIC has published no blocking decisions.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Distributing porn is classed as a 'medium-danger' cybersecurity incident under Decree-Law 35/2021; state monopoly ETECSA filters content, but blanket blocking of porn sites is unconfirmed.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

No blocking of adult sites has been documented; in August 2026 the digital minister promised mandatory age checks on porn sites (AltID/EU wallet), but no law has been adopted.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornography is banned outright: distributing content that violates 'family values' is a crime under the 2018 cybercrime law and adult sites are blocked.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

The internet is fully state-controlled through EriTel, but no specific decision to block adult sites has been documented; data is limited.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing is legal for adults, but since 11 January 2025 porn sites must verify age under Arcom's 'double anonymity' standard; in July 2026 Arcom asked ISPs to block or delist 13 non-compliant sites.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Viewing is legal for adults, but under the JMStV porn is allowed only in 'closed user groups' with KJM-approved age checks; non-compliant sites have been blocked (xHamster, 2022).

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Class II 'indecent' material is legal for adults under the Control of Obscene and Indecent Articles Ordinance; only Class III 'obscene' articles and showing indecent material to minors are banned. No sites are blocked.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

No blocking of adult sites has been documented; Penal Code Art. 210 punishes producing and distributing pornography, viewing is not, and a 2013 proposal to ban online porn was never implemented.

Courts have ordered 827 porn sites blocked (2018) plus 67 more (2022); big sites are unreachable on most ISPs though mirrors work, and private viewing is not punished.

Pornography is banned outright by Law 44/2008, including downloading (up to 4 years); major porn sites are blocked and Kominfo reports 1.9 million+ items blocked since 2016.

Pornography is banned outright under Sharia-based law; adult sites are blocked by the national filter and distribution is criminal.

Pornography is banned outright; adult sites are blocked by the Ministry of Communications and distribution is criminal under Penal Code Art. 403.

No porn sites are blocked; the Online Safety Code (July 2025) requires age checks only on video platforms based in Ireland, not on foreign porn sites.

No blocking of adult sites has been documented; since 2017 ISPs must offer subscribers a free opt-in filter for 'offensive' sites and inform them about it. Viewing is legal.

Viewing is legal for adults, but since 12 November 2025 porn sites on AGCOM's list (48 domains) must verify age via a certified third party; fines up to EUR 250,000 and blocking.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Viewing is legal and no blocking of adult sites has been documented; Penal Code Art. 175 only requires genitals to be censored in material that is sold or distributed.

On 5 May 2026 the TRC ordered all operators to block porn sites immediately; viewing is not punished.

The Ministry of Culture and Information monitors and orders porn sites blocked (more than 26,000 so far); Pornhub and OnlyFans are unreachable, viewing is not punished.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

CITRA requires ISPs to block porn sites as content contrary to public morals and Islam; viewing is not punished, publishing is criminal under Law 63/2015.

A law signed 28 July 2025 bans access to porn sites; the Ministry of Culture keeps a registry and orders ISP-level blocks, with fines and licence revocation for non-compliance.

Viewing is legal and no blocking of foreign adult sites has been documented; only posting pornography online is prohibited (Decree 327/2014).

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Selected porn sites are blocked on prosecutors' orders (six in 2014) with no public procedure; there is no blanket block and viewing is not punished.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

A 2013 government order had state ISP LTT block about 926,000 porn sites, but filtering has since lapsed at major operators; distribution is criminal under Penal Code Art. 421.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

MCMC systematically blocks porn sites (3,271 in 2022-Aug 2024) under the Communications and Multimedia Act; viewing is not punished, possession is formally an offence.

Since 16 December 2023 all three ISPs must block porn sites on government orders; producing, possessing or distributing porn is a crime.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Pornography is banned outright under the Sharia-based Penal Code of 1983 and the cybercrime law; adult sites are blocked.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Pornography is illegal under Penal Code Arts. 483 and 502 (public indecency, incitement to debauchery); production and distribution are prosecuted, blocking of foreign sites is not systematic.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

In March 2020 the ministry ordered operators to block 2,147 sites including 163 'adult' sites on a secret list; control tightened after the 2021 coup, viewing is not punished.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Since 24 September 2018 the NTA has required ISPs to block porn sites (more than 25,000 so far), with fines and licence loss for non-compliance; viewing is not punished.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Viewing, possessing or distributing porn is a crime under the 2020 Anti-Reactionary Thought Law (up to death for large-scale distribution), and the global internet is unavailable to ordinary citizens.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Adult sites are filtered centrally through Omantel/TRA; transmitting material against public morals carries up to a year under the Telecommunications Act, viewing is not punished.

Pornography is banned outright; the PTA blocks adult sites under PECA 2016 s. 37 and Sharia-based obscenity law, and private viewing is not prosecuted in practice.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Gaza: the Hamas-run telecom ministry has required all ISPs to block porn sites since 2012; West Bank: targeted blocks by prosecutors under the 2018 cybercrime law. Viewing is not punished.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Since January 2017 the NTC has ordered Pornhub, XVideos and others blocked under the Anti-Child Pornography Act; enforcement varies by ISP and viewing is not punished.

No blocking of adult sites has been documented; a government bill adopted 2 June 2026 would require age verification and ISP blocking of listed domains, but it is still in the Sejm and would take effect 12 months after publication.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Pornography is banned outright under Sharia-based law; adult sites are filtered by Ooredoo and Vodafone, and producing or distributing obscene material is a crime.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Pornhub and other sites are on Roskomnadzor's registry by district court rulings since September 2016; blocking is piecemeal, viewing is not punished, distribution carries up to 2 years.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

Pornography is banned outright; adult sites are blocked nationally and producing or transmitting material against public morals carries up to 5 years under the Anti-Cyber Crime Law.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

A 'symbolic' list of ~100 sites (Playboy, YouPorn, RedTube) is blocked by IMDA order; others are reachable, viewing is not punished but possessing porn films is an offence.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

No dedicated law exists; pornography is treated as prohibited under Sharia norms, and providers under state influence block adult sites.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

KCSC classes foreign porn sites as illegal information and orders ISPs to block them (SNI blocking since 2019); major sites are unreachable, viewing is not punished.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

No blocking of adult sites has been documented; the draft Organic Law on protecting minors in digital environments (in Congress since 10 September 2025) would mandate age verification but is not in force.

Since 2009 Colombo magistrates have ordered TRCSL to block porn sites (~840 by 2010, mostly local content); enforcement is patchy and viewing is not punished.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Pornography is banned outright under the Sharia-based Criminal Act 1991 (as amended 2020); adult sites are blocked.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

State ISPs have blocked porn sites since 2018 (160 on a regulator order); after the December 2024 change of government some sites were unblocked, but the status of porn blocking is unconfirmed.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Viewing is legal and no decision to block adult sites has been found; distribution is criminal (Criminal Code Art. 241).

Pornography is prohibited content under the 2020 Online Content Regulations; TCRA runs a filtering system and blocked X in 2025 over porn, and amendments in force since 28 January 2025 oblige ISPs to block prohibited content. Viewing is not punished.

On court orders under the Computer Crime Act MDES blocked Pornhub and 190 other sites in November 2020; blocking continues (4,779 obscene-material URLs in Oct 2025-Jan 2026) and viewing is not punished.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

Ben Ali-era porn filtering ended in January 2011; a 2011 court order to restore it was quashed by the Court of Cassation in 2012 and no blocking applies.

BTK blocks porn sites ex officio as 'obscenity' under Law 5651 Art. 8 without a court order; Pornhub and other major sites are unreachable, viewing is not punished.

Online pornography is banned outright by the 2015 Internet law and the single state ISP filters it.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

A 2018 UCC directive had ISPs block a list of porn sites; after the Constitutional Court struck down key parts of the Anti-Pornography Act in 2021 blocking is inconsistent, but distribution remains criminal under the surviving sections and viewing is not punished.

No blocking; importing, producing, selling or distributing porn is criminal under Criminal Code Art. 301, but viewing is not.

Etisalat and du must block porn and nudity as prohibited content categories under TDRA policy; filtering is extensive (7,289 sites in Q2 2025), viewing is not punished.

Viewing is legal for adults, but since 25 July 2025 all services hosting pornography must use 'highly effective' age checks under the Online Safety Act 2023; fines up to GBP 18m or 10% of turnover.

No federal law, but 27 states (per the tracker, August 2026) require age verification for porn sites, upheld by the Supreme Court in Paxton, June 2025; Pornhub has withdrawn from most of them, other states have no restrictions.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.

Porn sites are on the registry of prohibited resources and blocked at ISP level under the Law on Informatization; viewing is not punished, production and distribution are criminal.

Adult pornography is legal to view, and no state blocking of adult sites or age-verification mandate has been reported.

No rules of its own; connectivity comes via Italian operators, so Italy's AGCOM age-verification requirements may apply in practice.

No law restricts adults from viewing pornography, and no government-ordered blocking of adult websites has been documented.

State ISPs block porn sites on ministry orders (mass blocking since November 2019); distribution is criminal under Criminal Code Art. 326, viewing is not.

Pornography is banned outright under the Sharia-based Penal Code of 1994; the dominant ISP YemenNet blocks adult sites.

Viewing adult content is lawful; the state does not block pornographic websites and imposes no age-verification requirement.

Pornographic websites are accessible without state filtering, and adults face no legal penalty for viewing them.