People wanting to access explicit material will need to use a phone application that provides them with a digital certificate and code. Read more at straitstimes.com.
PARIS - France is set to announce new measures this week to prevent minors from accessing porn websites, in the latest round of a years-long struggle to protect children from explicit material.
France’s data protection and media regulators Cnil and Arcom are set to announce their latest proposals to rein in porn websites which are in theory subject to a 2020 law requiring age verification. To its frustration last September, a Paris court ordered Arcom to enter into mediation with several porn websites including market leader Pornhub, holding up efforts to block them.
The code will be needed to access a porn website under a system “which will work a bit like the checks from your bank when you buy something online,” Mr Barrot told the newspaper.President Emmanuel Macron, who is married to former school teacher Brigitte Macron, promised to make protecting children from porn a priority during his bid for re-election last year.