Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will need to abide by the European Union’s strictest digital regulations after they were designated “very large online platforms” (VLOPs) by the EU executive on Wednesday.
The three adult content companies join the likes of Facebook, Instagram, Google and Elon Musk’s X on the bloc’s list of platforms with more than 45 million average monthly users in the EU.
Brussels will now be able to police the sites’ compliance with its strictest set of rules under the landmark Digital Services Act (DSA), including on protecting minors and addressing the dissemination of illegal content.
To all those “bad EU” commentators: the European regulations in this area make sense. Parents or individuals have no chance against those huge companies.
And most eu regulations helped the US citizens too. I just throw in apple and usb c
To all the brain dead takes like this: no, forcing through regulation users to provide a government digital id when they want to access adult entertainment is not a good idea even if it is done to protect the children.
There are ways to do anonymous authentication methods. Just because companies want to it an claim otherwise it is not true. I was involved in building such tools.
Also, just because those sites host porn, should they be treated differently then other companies?
There is a good reason for THIS EU law. Others are utterly bullshit, but have a look on social media. Look at those boys, yes boys, 12 years and younger, that fall for this alpha male bullshit, or the racist, right-wing propaganda. It is reasonable to protect kids from such influences. And laws, forbidding kids younger then x to use suge sites, must be enforceable.
EDIT: For anonymous age verification: The German ID van be used for such things: it is nfc, your mobile phone can be the reader, or you buy an nfc reader for your pc. The client software is open source, and it sends only the requested data. For example “older then X”.
An such a system is to be rolled out (or maybe even done?) In the whole EU
This is an issue for parents, not governments.
Yeah and the sky appears blue, who gives a fuck? It is a parent by parent decision not the decision of whoever got the most votes by parents to run the gov
So the little web companies still operating in the EU will left and European citizens will need to use VPN services.
There already is a state-funded porn film in Germany:
https://lustery.com/pov/ffmm-straight-queer-doggy-bj-oral-orgasm-squirting-royale-en
It has won awards. There is a version of it on tube8 that doesnt require registration.
