In addition to the identity card for access to pornography, France wants to go further and expand to social networks such as Twitter.
France wants to test and implement an age verification system for access to pornographic sites from March 2023. In this context of protecting minors, the country seems to want to go further by proposing the same type of policy for social networks, with restrictive procedures for access to Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Our identity card for access to social networks like Twitter?
A bill establishing an age verification system is currently before the National Assembly. It is the ministerial delegate responsible for the digital transition and telecoms who is announc ing the news himself, as you can see in the following Twitter message:
In particular, we can note this particularly insightful quote:
As soon as pornographic images are distributed on a platform, be it Twitter or Pornhub, age verification takes effect
.
Because in his opinion, a social network also has pornographic content. As such, it must also have the verification of the majority of the user. Is this a detour to punish Twitter for its new policy of taking over Elon Musk? In any case, it is the only network that the minister is currently explicitly citing.
Apart from that, in the wake of journalist Marc Rees found another crisp piece of information:
Pornography would therefore effectively serve as a launch pad to democratize the age verification system, which could be generalized to all social networks. Why not also apply to TikTok, which is currently THE social network for minors.
The question that arises, pornography or not, will people accept submitting an ID card to access this type of content? According to the CNIL, the double anonymity system allows you to transmit your documents with complete peace of mind, but you still have to prove it.