"Secure and regularize the digital space." The title of the bill presented Wednesday to the Council of Ministers by Jean-Noël Barrot may seem absurd while a European regulation with similar aims, the Digital Services Act, will enter into force in September at the continental level.
But on closer inspection, this dense text, ranging from an "anti-scam filter" to the banning of certain business practices in the cloud sector, aims primarily to strengthen the effectiveness of rules already in place, but whose implementation has proved more difficult than expected.
The most flagrant example is the obligation to control the age of Internet users on pornographic sites, in order to bar access to minors. Almost three years after its adoption, nothing has changed: teenagers continue to click "yes, I certify that I am over 18" to watch these adult videos.
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