The European Commission has accused pornographic portals Pornhub, stripchat, XNXX y XVideos of violating community laws by not protecting minors from exposure to its contents.
The investigation by the Community Executive has preliminarily concluded that the web pages have infringed the Digital Services Law (DSA) by not applying effective measures such as security systems age verification to prevent them from accessing porn videos.
The four portals indicate that their services are intended exclusively for adultsbut they still allow access with a simple click in which users confirm that they are 18 years or older. The measures adopted are, according to Brusselsinsufficient and ineffective. Therefore, it demands that measures be applied to verify the age of Internet users who respect their privacy.
Poor risk assessment
The Government of the European Union also accuses Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of not “comprehensively” evaluating or identifying the risks What their platforms represent for Internet users minors who visit them. Their study ensures that these sites pornography They did an analysis focused mainly on the impact on their business instead of focusing on the social risks that this sexual content entails for the rights of boys and girls.
In addition, he blames them for “distorting or not taking into account” the meetings they held with civil society organizations specialized in the protection of minors.
For this reason, the Commission threatens them with the imposition of million-dollar fines that may not exceed 6% of their volume of business world and coercive measures to make them comply with what European laws establish.
Its conclusions are not definitive and “do not prejudge the final result of the investigation.”
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