French court blocks popular porn site... subdomain
French court blocks popular porn site... subdomain
When the Paris Court of Appeal recently blocked four porn sites in France for not having a proper age verification system, the two online child protection
When the Paris Court of Appeal recently blocked four porn sites in France for not having a proper age verification system, the two online child protection nonprofits that had pushed for the blocks probably thought they’d scored a big victory. But in one case, it turned out to be a bit of a self-own.
TLDR: The complaint mentioned
fr.xhamster.comso only thefrsubdomain was blocked whilexhamster.comremains available.In Germany, they tried a similar thing two years ago, blocking only the
de.subdomain. Within less than 24 hours, xhamster changed the subdomain todeu..https://netzpolitik.org/2022/netzsperre-fuer-pornoseite-xhamster-fuehrt-medienaufsicht-vor/
Die Medieninkompetenz der Politiker hat auch was gutes.
When I first read the headline, I thought the porn site was literally named "sub domain"... which is a pretty amazing name for a certain kind of porn site tbh.
Quick, book it !!