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Mandatory age verification online in the EU (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 day ago by iii@mander.xyz to c/europepolitics@feddit.org
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EU parliament accepted a last minute amendment, mandating age verification for pornographic (whatever that is) content online, punishable with up to one year prison sentence.

This was a last minute addition to a directive concerning CSAM. Because adults accessing porn need to be de-anonymised to avoid child exploitation?

Some press releases: (1), (2), (3)

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[โ€“] DavidGarcia 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

they are working really hard to weasel their way into total mass surveillance where literally everything you do online is known to the government.

very handy to stamp out dissent if you crimialize free speech and then also force everyone to be deanonymized

they really hate that citizens can just criticize them freely

[โ€“] iii@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago

The backhanded way this was last minute added to an unrelated legislation shows that they know what they're doing is both against popular will, and is an evil decision.