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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Porn sites Pornhub, XVideos, and Stripchat face stricter requirements to verify the ages of their users after being officially designated as “Very Large Online Platforms” (VLOPs) under the European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA).

I personally have mixed feelings, as the information collection could be used to link individuals and profile them. Possibly leading to discrimination if abused.

But I also feel that any random kid shouldn't be able to just go to these sites and see porn freely.
Ofc, there's always going to be those who mange to circumvent any protection put in place but it'd be much harder then just clicking a link or typing in the address.

I also feel that parents should actively monitor their kids online activities and step up a Blocklist to pro-actively prevent kids from reaching these sites to begin with.

What are your thoughts on this?

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Electronic ids can provide the age verification without giving out any personal information. This is a solved problem at least for a lot of ids in the EU.

But no i still find it a stupid idea. It is the parents job to parent them.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

That's still worrying: wouldn't some central authority know that "site X requested age verification for this person"?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

No. There is no 3rd party service needed. It all can happen only between the service asking and the id (smart card).

[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

... and that's different from the service having a record of your photo ID?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

The service gets no other information other then "Is the holder of the id older then 18" => "Yes"

There is no personal data exchange.

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