Twitter makes an important decision regarding pornographic content. In Germany, accounts related to adult content are blocked. A measure following a series of legal orders from German regulators.
German regulators don’t want children easily exposed to porn reports Wired. Because on Twitter, access to explicit content is done without age verification. The social network blocks the profiles of creators of pornographic videos and other images with 60 people affected so far. It is known that one of them had no less than 700,000 subscribers.
Twitter’s radical decision against pornography in Germany
Germany cracks down on porn on Twitter
These legal orders sent to Twitter take place in the midst of a very broad repression in Germany. The government threatens to block the biggest sites. Legal proceedings are ongoing against the MyDirtyHobby group (xHamster, Pornhub, YouPorn, etc). Marc Jan Eumann, President of the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media, says: “ porn on social media is a problem “. Remember that among these platforms, some host revenge porn.
If Marc Jan Eumann specifies that the ” freedom of expression “online is important, it is” illegal to distribute pornography without an age verification system. The government is looking for dialogue with companies (…) Twitter, for example, blocked pornographic profiles for German users after a legal proceeding. We are the first European authority to do so and we will continue “.
In response, Twitter therefore separates from pornographic profiles. Users come across a message explaining the reasons for blocking. Critics point to the German government’s lack of transparency. We are talking in particular about profiles specifically targeted to thousands of subscribers. Finally, pornographic accounts escape this blocking for the most part. It remains to be seen whether a major cleaning will be done in the months to come.
In its charter, Twitter defines pornography as ” sensitive content “. Accounts intended for adults must be mean in description. On the other hand, subscribers can freely consult these profiles. The social network warns them, however, that they click on X content.
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