18 U.S.C. §2257

18 U.S.C. §2257 requires producers of sexually explicit visual content to maintain records verifying the age and identity of every performer, and to display compliance statements alongside the content. The law applies to U.S.-located production — content created in jurisdictions outside U.S. reach is not subject to §2257 directly, though some platforms apply §2257-equivalent compliance globally as a matter of policy.

For offshore hosts handling adult content, §2257 is relevant when content is uploaded by U.S.-based producers. SilentHosts' AUP requires that adult content uploaded from U.S. jurisdiction comply with §2257; non-U.S. producers comply with their own jurisdiction's age-verification framework (typically EU-side this means GDPR-aligned consent records plus local age-of-consent compliance). The AUP applies regardless of hosting jurisdiction.