“
Are you over 18?
Yes / No
”: until 2020, this simple question allowed pornographic sites to classify an Internet user as major or minor.
This thin barrier between younger people and sexually explicit content is no longer legally sufficient.
A tightening of the conditions of access was recorded by the Mercier amendment, passed last year as part of the law protecting victims of domestic violence.
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This amendment provided for obliging pornographic sites to prohibit access to minors.
But, in fact, a year later, the most visited sites have still not changed their practices.
Several methods of identification were, however, proposed by parliamentarians when the law was passed.
The first solution considered is the compulsory registration of a bank card.
If this method of payment is accessible from 16 years old, “
it's already better than 8!
Insists Senator LR Marie Mercier, who carried the amendment.
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