Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, XVideos charged with breaching EU tech rules, risk fines
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“Adult content platforms Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos have been charged with breaching EU rules by letting children access pornographic content on their sites”
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Wikipedia entries mention the Digital Services Act (DSA) and XHamster but do not directly confirm charges against the listed platforms. No specific evidence of EU charges against these platforms is provided.
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— The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU regulation that entered into force in 2022, establishing a comprehensive legal framework for digital services accountability, content moderation, and platform t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act
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— xHamster is a pornographic video sharing and streaming website, based in Limassol, Cyprus. It was founded by Oleg Netepenko and Dmitri Gusev in 2007. xHamster serves user-submitted pornographic videos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHamster
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHamster
“The charges follow a 10-month-long investigation under the bloc’s Digital Services Act”
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Wikipedia entries reference the DSA and DMA regulations but do not mention a 10-month investigation or its connection to the platforms. No direct evidence supports the timeline claim.
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— The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an EU regulation that aims to make the digital economy fairer and more contestable. The regulation entered into force on 1 November 2022 and became applicable, for the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Markets_Act
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— The Digital Services Act (DSA) is an EU regulation that entered into force in 2022, establishing a comprehensive legal framework for digital services accountability, content moderation, and platform t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Services_Act
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— The eIDAS Regulation (for "electronic IDentification, Authentication and trust Services") is an EU regulation with the stated purpose of governing "electronic identification and trust services for ele…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS
“Children are accessing adult content at increasingly younger ages”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to support claims about children accessing content at younger ages.
“The regulator also took issue with the companies’ self-declaration tool which allows users to access their platforms with a simple click confirming they are over 18”
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Wikipedia entries about the European Commission and its legal cases do not mention self-declaration tools or specific criticisms of the platforms.
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— The European Commission (EC) is the executive cabinet of the European Union. It is composed of 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "commissioners") corresponding to the number of member …
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— European Commission v Hungary is an ongoing human rights case concerning the anti-LGBTQ law in Hungary. It pits the European Commission, the European Parliament, and a majority of the member states of…
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Commission_v_Hungary
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— The president of the European Commission, also known as president of the College of Commissioners is the head of the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union (EU). The president…
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“The Commission said that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos need to implement privacy preserving age verification measures”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm the Commission's requirement for privacy-preserving age verification measures.
“Companies risk fines as much as 6% of their global annual turnover if found guilty of Digital Services Act breaches”
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“Aylo said the findings are preliminary and their analysis is ongoing”
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“Stripchat did not respond to an emailed request for comment”
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“The contact details for the two Czech sites were not available”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or web search results to confirm the unavailability of contact details for the Czech sites.
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