„XHamster appears to have taken the biggest knock though, losing 85% of its traffic since the legislation emerged.
“After years of operating in good faith, prioritising user safety, and growing our user base, traffic has essentially vanished in a day,” read a statement from the adult site.
Ahead of the widespread change, Ofcom’s chief executive Melanie Dawes commented: “For too long, many online services which allow porn and other harmful material have ignored the fact that children are accessing their services. Either they don’t ask or, when they do, the checks are minimal and easy to avoid. „
The premise: The traffic has gone down. The conclusion: because the sites were visited by minors. And that’s the only reason? That surely is wrong!