“X has indicated since 2024 that it accepts the distribution of pornographic content. It must therefore be treated as such,” Digital Minister Clara Chappaz’s office said.
    • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
      4·
      2 hours ago

      The EU is planning on introducing mandatory e-identification for everything online (1). This is just laying the foundations (for the children!!!)

    • TooManyFoods@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      This is treating Twitter as a pornographic website, which the new French law puts more requirements on. If it was just a “I am over 18” button, I don’t think pornhub would pull out(pun unintended). It’s easy to bypass with a VPN or tor, but are you going to pull that out just to doom scroll for a hate fix? Maybe, but that’s a choice a lot of people are going to have to make.

      • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        I’m all for making it exceedingly less convenient for people become radicalized, personally. Age verification isn’t a magic bullet, but still very much worth doing.

        • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
          3·
          39 minutes ago

          Additionally it’s convenient tooling to have in place for other undesirable behaviour, as our EU overlords are getting Orbanised.

  • iii@mander.xyzEnglish
    4·
    6 hours ago

    I don’t always support censorship. Only when it’s against opinions I disagree with. 👌