PARIS, Jan 10 — Pornographic websites must be able to verify users’ ages in France from Saturday, the result of a years-long battle between operators and authorities, with...
Blue balls for Brazzers: Porn sites face traffic hit in France as age checks divert users to social media, VPNs
Campaign groups have pushed for the change given the widespread use of porn sites by underage people in France, with digital regulator Arcom estimating their number at around 2.3 million. The firm’s “Anonymage” service is already being used by around 20 sites, all of them adult platforms. He added that age verification was also turning some users away from centralised porn sites to less regulated social media platforms such as X or Reddit, which do not have to verify ages.
But it added that the French rules would likely prove “ineffective” and “dangerous” for users’ security and privacy. Using one can prevent intermediaries such as internet service providers from seeing the content of internet traffic, as well as allowing users to change their IP address, browsing as if they are in another location or country.
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