It seems enormously underreported that the European Parliament has already voted in favor of a law that mandates age verification for pornography with a one yea

It seems enormously underreported that the European Parliament has already voted in favor of a law that mandates age verification for pornography with a one year prison sentence. It was included as a last minute amendment into this bill [1]. See "Amendment 186". The full accepted article reads: "Disseminating pornographic content online without putting in place robust and effective age verification tools to effectively prevent children from accessing pornographic content online shall be punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 1 year." It's not law yet, as the first reading is now sent back to the Council of the European Union, but I don't think it's very likely it will get a second reading. [1] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-0116_EN.html https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-10-2025-011...