Two members of the Netherlands’ House of Representatives have put forward a motion calling on the government to require that adult websites institute age verification procedures.
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The Commissioning Editor for The Spectator, the U.K.’s leading conservative magazine, published a sensationalizing editorial attempting to link adult content to the entirely unrelated current prosecution of a rapist in France.
Ireland’s Justice Minister Helen McEntee today declared that she believes pornography has become “too easily accessible” and “more violent and degrading.” She made the remarks in response to a survey publicized by the local press, claiming that “one in five men in Ireland aged under 55 watch porn daily.”
After scrutiny from digital rights organizations like the Internet Freedom Foundation and influential tech news sources like Mashable India, however, MeitY backpedaled, announcing later in the day that it had “decided to withdraw the proposal and that the proposal may be released again next week.”
Pappel herself issued an impassioned video through her social media explaining the background of the government’s attack on consensual sex work and urging support for the voices of actual sex workers and adult industry stakeholders.
The proposed rules, the EC notes, “will oblige providers to detect, report and remove CSAM on their services. Providers will need to assess and mitigate the risk of misuse of their services and the measures taken must be proportionate to that risk and subject to robust conditions and safeguards.”
