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Spain introduces porn passport to stop kids from watching smut (www.politico.eu)

submitted 4 months ago by Salix@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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The Spanish government has a plan to prevent kids from watching porn online: Meet the porn passport.

Officially (and drily) called the Digital Wallet Beta (Cartera Digital Beta), the app Madrid unveiled on Monday would allow internet platforms to check whether a prospective smut-watcher is over 18. Porn-viewers will be asked to use the app to verify their age. Once verified, they'll receive 30 generated “porn credits” with a one-month validity granting them access to adult content. Enthusiasts will be able to request extra credits.

You have to request more porn credits from the government if you need more? Don't want the government to be tracking this data of you. This is a privacy issue

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[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lol most porn is made in the US. How is Spain supposed to regulate US porn streaming companies showing content filmed and distributed by US companies?

[–] whodoctor11@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Easy, they can set guidelines and block in the country sites that do not follow these guidelines.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how one would find an exhaustive list of porn sites. Using a blacklist seems like a hard problem because of discovery here.

[–] whodoctor11@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Obviously, no censorship measure can reach all cases, especially when it comes to pornography, you can find it in every corner of the internet. But it can cover most cases if it targets the most popular sites. For example, there is a lot of child pornography on the surface web, despite it being banned in most countries, but the ban makes access difficult and guarantees punishment in any case that the law takes notice of. It is not a definitive strategy, as it aims at the effect and not the cause, but it is something.