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?
Making fun of Brits for this was nice while it lasted I guess
In 2023 I was thinking how stupid puritan the Texan politician were. The EU commission and parliament had different ideas.
Turns out the incumbents in EU are very scared as politicians from outside the traditional political families are getting popular votes. And instead of looking into to mirror as to why that is happening, they blame “the internet” and go authoritarian.
Thus joining in the creation of the machinery for mass surveillance and supression.
Currently, only the EU council can still stop this from becoming law. It already passed commission (it’s their amendment) and parliament.
This doesn’t protect children at all. If anything, it is creepy and dangerous because it mandates ID usage, leading to spying on people!
Of course the pedophile billionnaires support this… bah.
This happened in June and still needs to pass the EC with a qualified majority according to OLP, so the members states’ relevant ministers will debate this.
Here are all the details on the procedure so far, including all lobbyists that were heard regarding the matter. Big names included. Maybe interesting to some of you who want to rethink their Christmas donations…
https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file/pdf?reference=2024%2F0035(COD)
What the FUCK
Ohh cool, more freedom taken away for the sake of children. I see the stupidity of the US is leaking.
I think it’s a symptom of fear: traditional political encumbents in the “west” realise their power is fading. So they go china surveillance and surpressing mode, instead of listening to their voters and taking a step back.
