French porn sites are closed according to the requirement of ID

The Pornhub sites, YouPorn and Redtube are blocked in France from Wednesday. The company behind the platforms, Aylo, claims to have « made the difficult decision » to turn off the asset to protest against the French law that requires users to verify their age. According to Le Parisien the sites have seven million visitors per day.

The law enters In effect on June 7 and its purpose is to protect minors from violent, degrading and abusive content. The EU has the same ambition and presented the other day new rules for increased child protection On the web. This includes various age verification systems, among other things, being developed a common EU app that should be able to verify a person’s age without the individual having to identify.

But Germany and France have thus taken another step: For those who are going to porn surf, it is no longer enough to click in a box where you advise that you are over 18 to access the content. The porn consumer must identify with a bank ID, digital ID card, credit card or biometric data such as fingerprints and face recognition.

« Dangerous and potentially violating privacy, » says Solomon Friedman, lawyer and partner in the Canadian venture capital company Ethical Capital Partners, which owns Aylo. On Tuesday he held a digital press conference as a wide range of international media noted, including Politico.

France believes that the platform itself is allowed to provide a secure system for the personal information not known. Aylo’s representatives believe that there is a great risk that « malicious hackers » will come across the information no matter what you do.

The decision to close Down the distribution of porn in France has been taken because you want to « communicate directly with the French public and inform about how ineffective and potentially violating the French law ».

Aylo claims that you are « very positive about the concept of age control » but believes that it can be done with technical solutions where the user does not have to state his identity.

Alex Kekesi, brand manager at Ethical Capital Partners, believes that operating systems such as Microsoft’s Windows, Apple iOS and Google’s Android already have a built -in function to verify users’ age at the unit level.

– Set pressure on them instead of forcing individual users to share sensitive information on different websites, she tells The Guardian.

The company also drives the line that the stricter rules violate freedom of expression and risks operating users to less regulated sites, which can undermine the intended protective effects.

France has gradually introduced requirements that all websites with « adult content » must request that users verify their age. The bill Low in October last year. By introducing controls that require the user to identify, it sets a new standard.

France’s Deputy Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Technology, Clara Chappez, takes Aylos threat to shut down the porn sites with peace:

– If they would rather leave France than follow our laws, good luck! The only consequence of this is that there will be less violent, degrading and abusive content available to minors in France, she said in an interview with Europe 1 Yesterday Tuesday.

Several porn sites is already in windy weather in the EU. A month ago, EU regulatory authorities announced that several websites, including Pornhub, would be investigated for violation of the rules for the protection of children When it was not considered to have done enough to protect the children according to the digital security law, DSA.

It applies in all EU countries and requires that internet companies and online platforms do more to protect users. If you do not, you risk fines up to 6 percent of global annual sales. Only here during the day pregnant EU new rules for increased child protection On the web. They include different age verification systems. Among other things, they are developing a new EU app that should be able to identify users’ age without storing personal information, in order to protect personal integrity.