France is moving to classify X as a pornographic website, a designation that would place it under the country’s mandatory age verification and digital ID laws.
This step, if finalized, would force the company to either implement robust age-gating mechanisms or restrict access to adult content altogether to avoid being cut off from younger users.
It would also mean that users have to show ID to access the platform, introducing major implications for privacy and free speech.
Nazi propaganda: I sleep
Porn: Real shit
Kids would be better off on pornhub
Tbh adult content is probrally the most respectable content you can find on X, especially compared to the constant Nazis and genocide apologetic liberals.
Everyone in France already subbed to VPNs for the pornhub block. This won’t even result in a traffic hiccup.
Never expected the place known for nude beaches and a president who married a pedophile to be one that implemented this kind of block.
Sad to see France is heading this direction, Canada was very close to heading this route too, thankfully it didn’t end up that way.
Fucking ridiculous. Might as well do the same for sites like Tumblr, Reddit, even Youtube. “Protecting” kids comes at the expense of everyone else.
Its not about protecting kids, even if they say it is.
Oh, of course not. Just the given excuse. Honestly, people being so obsessed with minors jacking off is creepy. Who cares? If it’s a problem, then the parents can deal with it.
As a parent, I’m with you.
Leave it to the Macron government to do the right thing in the wrongest way possible.
I don’t really tend to keep track of foreign politics most of the time, but I’m pretty sure that Macron was groomed by his wife, which is now abusing him, and that Europe isn’t really getting better in general.
twitter is an adult site though. i’d argue reddit is too youtube no since they do not allow explicit content
If it’s just Elon who suffers I’m fine.
The site formerly known as Twitter would be more respectable these days if it were a porn site.
It’s not? Thought that’s the main use.
I like my porn to be less faschy and more flashy.
Why use age instead of a knowledge check instead?
How would that work?
Just ask for something like “what’s the quadratic formula?”
Tho to be fair, that would still probably block at least half of xitter’s users…
