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I've seen multiple requests for nsfw lemmy communities like reddit has. I live in Germany, and I think you are required to verify that the users that see porn content are above the age of 18. Does Lemmy has or plan to have a feature for that? Maybe this should be an issue on github?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Never heard of something like that. Do you have an example of a website which dies that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I can verify myself using my Id card and a terminal or via NFC. The app used is the middleware between software or website requesting verification and my ID. No data leaves my ID in direction to the software or website. The middleware just gives a thumbs up to the verification request.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The thing is, the "software" actually is open source, so you can tell how data is requested from your smart ID. The german government ID has an explicit function for age verification that does not provide any personal information.
https://github.com/Governikus/AusweisApp2

However it is probably hard and costly to get certified to use any of those functions as a service provider.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For what website or service is that?

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Something like this is exactly what I meant

[โ€“] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No sadly I don't. I guess for most plattforms its just so much easier to not host the server in Germany/EU...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you do not know any website that does this, how do you know it is required in Germany? I have never heard of that

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The thing is, that it is only required if the company is located in Germany. Thats why pornhub, a company run by Germans (afaik) does not have to do it... It was in the news multiple times, when the government tried to remove that condition so all porn sites accessed from Germany have to verify the age of the German visitors.