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PARIS, February 6 (Reuters) – France will introduce a digital certification mechanism this week to force pornography sites to effectively manage the age of viewers on their sites from September, France’s digital minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Monday.
People who want to access these websites will need to install a government-licensed digital certification app on their mobile phone to prove they are at least 18 years old. Non-compliant sites in France publication may be prohibited.
“I intend to put an end to this scandal… 2023 will be the end of access to pornography sites for our children,” Barrot said in an interview with the French newspaper “Le Parisien”.
According to Barrot, France it will be the first country in the world to take such measures.
in France and most Europe according to current legislation in their country, users must be 18 years old to access pornography. But there is no effective monitoring mechanism and users can simply enter a fictitious date of birth on their screen.
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France published on the government website “I protect my child from pornography”. 2018According to an OpinionWay survey in 2010, nearly one in three children were exposed to pornography by the age of 12, and 62 percent by the age of 15.
Reporting by Marine Strauss; Edited by GV De Clercq and Hugh Lawson
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2023-02-06 20:05:53
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