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Mandatory age verification online in the EU - Amendment 186 (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by iii@mander.xyz to c/europa@lemmy.world

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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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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 6 points 5 days ago

Making fun of Brits for this was nice while it lasted I guess