Sign of the importance of the subject, three members of the government, Jean-Noël Barrot (Digital), Pap Ndiaye (Education) and Charlotte Caubel (Childhood), as well as Brigitte Macron, president of the Hospital Foundation, were to go Wednesday after -noon in the premises of e-Enfance, in Paris.
The association's mission is to protect minors from sensitive content on the Internet ("revenge porn", webcam blackmail, identity theft, sexist or sexual violence, exposure to violent content, etc.) and manages the toll-free number 3018 dedicated to victims of cyberbullying.
According to "Internet Without Fear", the European Commission's national digital awareness program for young people, 63% of parents "certify that their children need to be supervised" on the Internet.
"The study reveals parents who are aware and willing to support their children. The awareness-raising policies carried out in schools and with the general public by all prevention actors for 20 years seem to be bearing fruit", indicate the authors. of the study published on Tuesday, on the occasion of the 20th edition of the world day for a "safer Internet" (the "Safer internet day").
On the subject of access to porn sites, the way in which these sites will have to "seriously" verify the age of their users, "under penalty of seeing their distribution prohibited on national territory", must also be presented shortly by the government. , Arcom and CNIL.
French Minister Delegate for Digital Transition and Telecommunications Jean-Noël Barrot at the National Assembly in Paris, February 7, 2023 © Ludovic MARIN / AFP
"France will soon be the first country in the world to impose default parental controls on all devices marketed on its soil. The implementing decree has been validated by the European Commission and will soon be examined by the Council of State", announced Tuesday Jean-Noël Barrot before the Senate during questions to the government.
Data protection
Currently, pornographic sites ask the Internet user to certify his age by entering a date of birth, or even more simply by pressing a box to say "I am of age".
The United Kingdom is also trying to better filter this access, with its online security bill, under discussion in Parliament.
The government wants to make it mandatory for websites to have reliable age verification technology in place.
In Louisiana (southern United States), a law requires since January 1 to present a copy of an identity document before being able to enter websites with at least a third of their content “harmful to minors”.
While the objective of making it more difficult for minors to access pornography is widely shared, the various projects to implement age verification around the world have come up against the question of data protection. .
In December 2021, the regulator had ordered five first sites - Pornhub, Tukif, Xhamster, Xvideos, Xnxx - to prevent their access to minors.
He then took legal action in early March 2022 to request their blocking, for lack of reaction from the sites concerned.
In December 2021, the regulator ordered the first five sites - Pornhub, Tukif, Xhamster, Xvideos, Xnxx - to prevent their access to minors © Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP/Archives
According to Médiamétrie's Global Internet Audience measurement, in the 1st quarter of 2022, all porn sites recorded a cumulative average monthly audience of 18.3 million unique visitors in France, including 12% of minors (i.e. more than 2 .2 million miners per month).
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