Law note · France
Délibération n° 2024-20 du 9 octobre 2024 de l'Arcom relative au référentiel technique de vérification de l'âge pour l'accès aux contenus pornographiques (Arcom Deliberation No. 2024-20 of 9 October 2024 on the technical reference framework for age verification for access to pornographic content)
Sets the minimum technical requirements an age verification system must meet under the SREN law: protection by default so no pornographic content is shown before verification, at least one double anonymity method letting an independent third party such as a bank, mobile operator, or dedicated identity provider confirm a user is an adult without the pornographic site learning the user's identity and without the third party learning which site is being visited, and independent audits.
Adopted after a favorable opinion from the CNIL of 26 September 2024 (délibération n° 2024-067) and published in the Journal officiel on 22 October 2024; covered services had three months from publication (until 22 January 2025) to deploy a compliant system, followed by a further three month transition (until 22 April 2025) during which a card based check was tolerated pending deployment of a double anonymity method.
Primary source: official Arcom deliberation, published in the Journal officiel via Légifrance