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?
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)