![]() It might also mean homegrown platforms such as Mastodon.ie, the most prominent Irish part of the Fediverse, who also allow videos to be shared. That's a list that includes Facebook, WhatsApp, XTwitter and YouTube, just to pick four household names (because of Section 5 of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022). But the age-verification requirement actually can cover any video-sharing platform under the jurisdiction of the Irish State (link to the designation notice under section 139E and section 139G of the Broadcasting 2009 Act). You can just email what you think of it, giving as many reasons why you think it is a bad idea to Please do drop them a line, and tell your friends too.īut wait! That's not all! The CnaM Executive Chairman wanted to talk about porn sites because that's the least popular class of entities covered by this regulation. The Commission has extended its time for feedback on this plan to the 31st January 2024. Hey! Good news! This crackpot scheme isn't law yet. I refer you now to the top of the newsletter. Resulting, amongst other things, in an effective register of porn preferences for adults and a collection of selfies of children kept by the porn sites for six years (required to prove they have complied with the regulation, you see). This is the national internet regulator proposing that it would require that everyone, adult and children alike, would upload their state ID and live selfies, to porn sites to have biometric processing of their facial images performed. And then the porn sites would run biometric data processing on those images (details unspecified) to confirm they were over 18. Mr Godfrey suggested that his Commission would require adults and minors (children under 18) to send a copy of their passport to websites- including porn sites- and then, also, send them a live selfie so the porn sites could see what they looked like right now. This body regulates content (and in particular video content) for the largest internet companies in the world due to the fact so many of them are based in Ireland. He outlined the plan set out in page 17 of their Consultation and proposal document to the Irish Examiner. This week the Executive Chairman of the new Irish regulator for internet content, Jeremy Godfrey, made himself available for comment to the press to discuss the Coimisiún na Meán (Media Commission) plan to introduce a code of conduct to control how adults would access websites. Hence, this helpful reference statement for you to return to repeatedly throughout. ![]() I say that now, because later on, as you're reading the rest of this piece, you're going to keep asking yourself "Is this some kind of a joke?" The first thing I should say: this is not a joke. Let's start with where things stand right now and then go from there. ![]() 4 min read Photo by Karsten Winegeart / Unsplash
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