The final list includes 48 sites with pornographic material. AgCom has published the list of all the portals starting from November 12 they will have to block the free access of users. It doesn’t mean they will close, but it means they will It is mandatory to confirm that users are adults. They are also in the list Pornhub and OnlyFans. And no. Self-certification in style will not be enough “Click here if you are an adult”.
The provision of AgCom it can be found on the official website of the Communications Regulatory Authority. The full name of the table is AGCOM list of subjects pursuant to art. 13-bis of the Caivano Decree and resolution no. 96/25/CONS. In addition to Pornhub and OnlyFans there are also YouPorn, XNXX and LupoPorno. In addition to sites with pornographic material there are also erotic game portals such as Premium Games.
What happens with age verification
The phase we enter is new for Italy but not unpublished on the internet. We have already seen similar cases in the United States. In the last ones we talked about it for two years several times than the introduction of age verification for viewing pornographic material. Specifically, the ways in which the age of users must be verified can be found in AgCom resolution 96/25/CONS. Now. However, identity verification requires anonymity. Therefore, in theory, confidentiality will be guaranteed to adult users who want to access pornographic sites. It is not yet clear what steps will be necessary.
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The role of Spid and double anonymity
Among the interpretations of these hours there is alsoSpid hypothesis. To enter a pornographic site it would therefore be necessary to first log in with your digital identity. We will see what the point of failure will be but reading the documentation it seems that the Spid does not meet the “double anonymity” criterion, which is instead considered essential. Let’s read from Appendix A:
“The SPID system, for example, is not, for the purposes of implementing the provisions of art. 13-bis of law no. 123 of 13 November 2023, fully compliant with the AGCOM technical specifications indicated below 5 (essentially in the part in which the so-called double anonymity is required), when the Service Provider’s authentication request, which contains the domain name of the visited site, is transferred to the Identity Provider. In fact, this system SPID authentication allows the Identity Provider to know the particular site/platform visited by the user and it cannot be excluded that this information is stored within the Identity Provider’s systems”.
