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Originally Posted by scottybuzz unfortunately that question is not for newnick to decide. It doens't matter what your opinion on what is harmful is. What matters is the politicians' who make such rules.

You took it in the wrong context; the EU says then the member states do (their politicians interpret).

So, you will end up with a wide variation. It's a subjective decision as there is no conclusive evidence. A person does not watch a porn movie and then go out a to rape and plunder ... maybe he rubs one out but that is an affront to someone's version of acceptable behavior.

Germany has taken a most severe interpretation of the EU policy that may not be the way all the EU member states will act.

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Originally Posted by NewNick I personally would be very happy if adult was correctly regulated so that children were unable to access it. However unilateral regulation will not do that. Kids will just get their free porn from non EU websites.

This same point was made in the US CDA, COPA and the USC18 §2257 cases also -- the jurisdiction is limited. To a certain degree there will end up being different levels of enforcement in different venues.