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posted by chromas on Sunday July 12 2020, @05:55PM   Printer-friendly
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The French Parliament unanimously agreed on Thursday to introduce a nationwide age verification system for pornography websites, months after President Emmanuel Macron pledged to protect children against such content.

Macron made the protection of children against adult content online a high-profile issue well before the coronavirus crisis hit. In January, tech companies, internet services providers and the adult movies industry signed a voluntary charter, pledging to roll out tools to help ensure minors don't have access to pornographic content.

Within a broader law on domestic violence, the Senate decided in June to introduce an amendment requiring pornography websites to implement an age verification mechanism.

In order to enforce the law, the French audiovisual regulator CSA will be granted new powers to audit and sanction companies that do not comply — sanctions could go as far as blocking access to the websites in France with a court order.

The choice of verification mechanisms will be left up to the platforms. But lawmakers have suggested using credit card verification — a system first adopted by the U.K., which mulled similar plans to control access to pornography but had to drop them in late 2019 because of technical difficulties and privacy concerns. Italy also approved a similar bill in late June, which raised the same concerns over its feasibility and compliance with the EU laws.

[...] The Senate has already voted on the bill. Following an agreement today between senators and lawmakers from the lower house National Assembly, a final vote will be held again in the Senate where the bill is expected to pass.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2020, @10:18PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2020, @10:18PM (#1020040)

    Contrary to popular belief, Muslims like to have sex. They even know how to lure kids into vans, as seen in Rochdale, Rotherham, Paris...

  • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Sunday July 12 2020, @10:26PM

    by Opportunist (5545) on Sunday July 12 2020, @10:26PM (#1020045)

    Sure they do, I'm also pretty certain that it's just like over here, the ones that claim the loudest that they don't even know how smut is spelled are the ones with the sickest and weirdest fetishes.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2020, @11:49PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 12 2020, @11:49PM (#1020085)

    Yes, we're well aware that the promise of 72 virgins when they get to heaven is what motivates most Muslims to get up in the morning and strap on their suicide vest. Amusingly, these jihadis don't realize that women with some experience are often more satisfying than virgins.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @03:53AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 13 2020, @03:53AM (#1020140)

      Sure they do. They just don't want to pay.

      It is far easier to douse an 11 year old in petrol and threaten to harm her family unless she complies with their demands to provide sexual services.