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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[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

I like adding barriers to entry for websites own by Nazis.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

major implications for privacy and free speech

Of course, because X is somehow a freeze peach platform now.

this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2025

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