Are we moving towards a new identification model for accessing social networks in France?
A bill currently in the National Assembly wants to put in place binding procedures for verifying the age of users on social networks. Will this be on the model of what will be tested from March for porn sites?
Tweet already in the loop
Will the famous solution of “double anonymity” be the miracle key to allow effective blocking of certain parts of the Internet to minors? This is what the government hopes, which wants to make it its solution to make it more difficult to access pornographic content for people under 18.
A step forward which, it seems, already gives ideas for future uses. Thus, the Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has already announced that Twitter (where we find this kind of videos in free access) would also be concerned, while it is only a simple social network.
And a finding by journalist Marc Rees could suggest that this is not the only social network targeted. He has indeed spotted in the bill n ° 739 aiming to establish a numerical majority and to fight against online hatred, an amendment tabled by the deputy Laurent Marcangeli, adopted in committee, which challenges. It asks social media providers “ to obstruct the registration for their services of minors under the age of fifteen “.
The trust of users in question
And they will have to use technical solutions certified by the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority “. An interesting wording, since it echoes a statement by Jean-Noël Barrot on “double anonymity”.
” In the opinion of Arcom as in the opinion of the CNIL, it is the most robust system, not only to solve once and for all the question of age verification on pornographic sites, but possibly in the future to carry out other age verifications on other services that we want to protect our children from », he had thus explained.
TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and just about all the networks will they be required to request a certificate of majority? And if so, knowing that the networks are for many the privileged place of expression of their opinions, through the pseudonym, will the users have confidence in the promise of the State not to make the link between this certificate of identity and their personal account?
Source : Marc Rees on Twitter
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