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I've seen multiple requests for nsfw lemmy communities like reddit has. I live in Germany, and I think you are required to verify that the users that see porn content are above the age of 18. Does Lemmy has or plan to have a feature for that? Maybe this should be an issue on github?

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[-] 10_0@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

If pornhub doesn't require an account or any verification then why should Lemmy, or just don't post nsfw on the main instance and post on a nsfw instance

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I think they meant verification in the sense of a popup that asks you.

[-] BentiGorlich@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Nope I meant real verification. Pornhub doesn't require it, because the server and the company are not stated in Germany. Imo all porn site should have real verification instead of the "I am 18 or older" popup, that literally does nothing to prevemt minors from seeing porn.

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Wtf I don't want my personal ID in a database

[-] BentiGorlich@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

That is not necessary for age verification. You just have to go through a working verification process and then you just get the checkmark in the database. most sites that really verify your age use credit cards for that, which are of course sub par, because children can just take the cards from their parents, but it is better than nothing

[-] BentiGorlich@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

And this process does not necessarily have to use ypu personal ID

[-] agarorn@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Never heard of something like that. Do you have an example of a website which dies that?

[-] RoaringSilence@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I can verify myself using my Id card and a terminal or via NFC. The app used is the middleware between software or website requesting verification and my ID. No data leaves my ID in direction to the software or website. The middleware just gives a thumbs up to the verification request.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Negative_Pair_5694@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

The thing is, the "software" actually is open source, so you can tell how data is requested from your smart ID. The german government ID has an explicit function for age verification that does not provide any personal information.
https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp2

However it is probably hard and costly to get certified to use any of those functions as a service provider.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] BentiGorlich@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

According to this wikipedia article it is mandated for pornography in Germany and the UK. Interestingly enough some alcohol companies in the US also try to verify their users age to ship them alcohol... So yeah a pretty isolated problem I guess

[-] ElectronSoup@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

While the UK government abandoned this legislation

The law never really became law, it was dropped before the enactment date by Boris (because he loves his porn too much)

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

Pornhub is proposing something that would be enforced on the browser/operating system level, and then the service providers would only need to specify the minimum age for a certain resource. While there are obvious limitations with this approach, it would work much better than the current approaches for distributed services.

[-] 7heo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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