No more free access to the main ones adult sites in Italy: from November 12th, 48 portals – including Pornhub – will have to introduce an age verification system. The measure comes from Agcom, implementing the European Digital Services Act and the Caivano decree, with the aim of protect minors and make the online experience safer.
Contrary to what has been said in recent weeks, . The public digital identity system, in fact, can be used only for Public Administration services and will not be used in this context.
An app to protect privacy
The new access mechanism will be based on adedicated application developed in collaboration with the Department for Digital Transformation And PagoPA. This app will generate an anonymous token which will certify the age of majority without revealing personal data to the sites visited. The underlying principle is that of “double anonymity”: those who verify the age will not know which portal the user will access, while the site will only receive confirmation of the age of majority. The whole process will be open sourcetherefore transparent and publicly controllable.
According to Agcom, the system will be open sourcetherefore publicly verifiable, and may be in the future integrated into the IT Walletthe national digital wallet. However, even in that case, the verification app is present in the Spid or in the Electronic Identity Card (CIE).
The risk of loopholes
However, the knot of digital loopholes. Many minors could search alternatives on Telegram, VPN or unregulated sites. The risk exists, but the priority is to reduce direct exposure to adult content, not eliminate all attempts at avoidance. In fact, the data shows that today the main dangers for younger people come from anonymization app, online gambling And social networksnot just explicit content. The list of adult portals obliged to introduce an age verification system is available at this link.
