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?

  • Eager EagleEnglish
    601·
    10 months ago

    In the worst case a privacy nightmare, and in the best case useless.

    • RGB3x3English
      320·
      10 months ago

      “Please enter your age:”

      Me, 15 years old: “Yes, I was born in 1973.”

      • Eager EagleEnglish
        180·
        10 months ago

        “use this rotary phone to enter your year of birth”

        • bionicjoey
          100·
          10 months ago10 months ago

          That would probably actually be a decent age verification scheme

            • jasondj
              81·
              10 months ago

              Nah there’s no kids on TikTok smart enough to figure it out and tell all the rest.