Court protects children: Large porn sites remain closed!
Court protects children: Large porn sites remain closed!
München, Deutschland - The problem of accessing children and adolescents to pornographic material on the Internet has gained urgency in recent months. Despite existing youth protection measures, access to such content often remains unhindered. This is clearly shown in the current developments related to porn sites in Germany.
Current judgments prove these grievances. The Munich Administrative Court rejected the operators of the operator of two large porn sites to have the access barriers canceled. These locks, which were ordered by the Bavarian State Center for New Media (BLM) a year ago, remain. The supervisory authorities criticize that there are no sufficient measures to protect children and adolescents. In particular, there is a lack of suitable age verification systems in order to effectively prevent minors from access. However, the initial successes in the enforcement of youth protection measures have been recorded, because supervisory authorities of the federal states have decided to enforce closures at the five most used internet providers in Germany, as tagesschau.de , if the allegations are confirmed, there are high fines for the providers. Currently, users only have to confirm that they are over 18 years old - a form of age verification that can be easily avoided.
The DSA clearly focuses on the protection of young users and obliges platforms to decisively prevent the access of minors to pornographic content. A comprehensive age verification that goes beyond mere confirmations is required. For providers who are classified as "very large online platforms" (VLOPS), specific obligations apply that must be implemented within four months of this classification, such as MediendScheck.online notes.
Legal dispute over youth protection measures
The current court decisions are not yet final. In Rhineland-Palatinate, the procedure at the Higher Administrative Court in Koblenz is pending, while similar applications were rejected in other federal states. These legal steps underline the aim of the supervisory authorities to set a strong signal for child and youth media protection. The operator of the affected porn sites has already filed an appeal against these resolutions. From this situation it becomes clear that the legal dispute over the access regulation is far from decided.
Although some measures have already been taken, the challenge remains. For example, the Commission for Youth Media Protection has repeatedly demanded that age verification systems are introduced, but success has so far failed to materialize. The EU plans the introduction of a common app for age verification, which should enable users to use access controls without disclosing their identity. This shows a further step towards more effective protection of minors from endangering content.
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