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Mandatory age verification online in the EU (mander.xyz)

submitted 17 hours 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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[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (8 children)

The fact that it's happening globally tells me there's more behind this. As you said, only a few short years ago this would seem unthinkable, yet here we are...

[–] zeropointone@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago (7 children)

It's the next step towards the end of the world wide web.

[–] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world -1 points 16 hours ago (6 children)

I'm ok with that

[–] zeropointone@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Maybe deglobalization turns out to be a good thing in the end, it's hard to tell. But it's going to be rough.

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