18 U.S.C. § 2257 Compliance Statement

Introduction

This 18 U.S.C. § 2257 Compliance Statement explains how the federal record-keeping rules for sexually explicit visual depictions relate to XVideos Chat (xvideoschat.com). Reading it should give you a clear, accurate picture of what our website does, what it does not do, and which party actually carries the legal obligations that Section 2257 imposes.

XVideos Chat is a discovery and referral website. We write descriptions, comparisons, and informational pages about an adult video-chat service, and we point interested visitors toward an independent third-party operator that runs that service. We are an affiliate and informational publisher, not an adult entertainment company in the operational sense. That distinction is the foundation of everything below.

Compliance Statement

All persons appearing in any visual depiction of actual or simulated sexually explicit conduct that may be accessible through the third-party operator we link to were over the age of eighteen at the time those depictions were created, to the extent such depictions exist at all. XVideos Chat itself, however, generates no such depictions and is in no position to capture, verify, or retain identity documents for performers, because no performer ever interacts with this website.

Stated plainly: XVideos Chat does not create, produce, co-produce, direct, film, record, upload, host, store, transmit, or stream any photograph, video, live feed, or other visual representation of sexually explicit conduct. The only material we publish is our own editorial and marketing text along with the links that send visitors elsewhere. As a result, the conduct that triggers Section 2257 duties happens entirely outside our control and on systems we neither own nor administer.

Third-Party Content Responsibility

When you leave XVideos Chat and arrive at the operating platform, you are dealing with a separate company that controls registration, age and identity verification, matching, chat, video streaming, and payment. Any live or recorded adult content you encounter is produced and made available by that operator and its performers, not by us.

Because the operator is the entity that actually produces and hosts visual depictions, it is the entity that bears the producer obligations under federal law. Practically, that means the following responsibilities sit with the operator rather than with this site:

• Confirming that every performer is at least eighteen years old before any depiction is created;
• Collecting and securely retaining government-issued photo identification for each performer;
• Cross-referencing performers' legal names and any stage names or screen aliases;
• Maintaining the indexed records that Sections 2257 and 2257A require and designating a Custodian of Records;
• Posting the labeling and custodian notices that point to where those records are held.

XVideos Chat has no access to performer accounts, verification files, or streaming infrastructure, and we receive no identity documentation of any kind. We therefore cannot act as a custodian for content we never touch.

Record-Keeping Requirements

Sections 2257 and 2257A of Title 18 of the United States Code require producers of certain sexually explicit visual depictions to verify performers' ages, keep documentary records, and make those records available to the appropriate authorities. The statute attaches these duties to the act of producing or publishing the depiction itself.

An informational and referral website like ours does not perform any act that the statute defines as production. We do not assemble, edit, or distribute the depictions; we describe a service and link to it. For that reason, the record-keeping mandates of Sections 2257 and 2257A apply to the third-party operator and its performers, and not to XVideos Chat.

For visitors, the takeaway is simple. Any 2257-related notice, label, or Custodian of Records statement that governs the actual adult content is published by the operator on its own platform. If you want to review that information, look for it on the operating platform after you are redirected, and direct any custodian-of-records inquiry to that operator. We are glad to help you identify the correct destination, but we cannot answer on the operator's behalf.

Legal Contact

While XVideos Chat is not a custodian of records, we take questions about our compliance posture seriously and respond to them directly. For matters concerning this website and its informational role, you may reach the XVideos Chat Compliance Team at [email protected].

Please note that this contact handles questions about the website itself. It is not the Custodian of Records for any adult content, because no such content originates with us. Custodian-of-records requests must go to the operator that produces and hosts the material.

Questions and Requests

If you are unsure who is responsible for a particular piece of content or where a formal records request should be sent, write to us at [email protected] and describe what you are looking for. Where we reasonably can, we will help you locate the correct third-party operator and point you toward its published compliance and custodian information.

We may revise this statement as our partnerships or applicable law change. Any updates take effect when posted here, so we encourage you to revisit this page if Section 2257 matters are relevant to you.

Official references

• 18 U.S.C. § 2257 — Record keeping requirements (Cornell Legal Information Institute).
• 18 U.S.C. § 2257A — Record keeping for simulated sexual conduct (Cornell LII).