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France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown (reclaimthenet.org)
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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.

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you want it, that should be your right, but the government shouldn't be forcing it on you.

[–] thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's not what I'm saying. I'm saying governments could force MS, Google, Apple to implement content filtering tools at the OS level, that give users the choice to set up filtering however they want for themselves or their kids.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

This already largely works, at least on Android. I use RethinkDNS, which allows me to filter stuff already, and comes included with a host of DNS filters out of the box.

I don't need MS, Google, or Apple to do it, just make it possible to install a third-party app that does it. That way I get to decide which tool I think works best instead of whatever the OEM decides.