Poland is advancing legislative proposals to mandate age verification for pornography sites and restrict minor access to social media platforms. These regulatory efforts, which include potential integration with the EU Digital Identity Wallet, signal a tightening compliance landscape for digital service providers operating in the region.
The advancing legislation shifts compliance from passive self-declaration to hard technical verification via the EU Digital Identity Wallet. For video platforms, this establishes a strict precedent for regional identity integration that complicates user onboarding. The broader European ecosystem faces fragmented compliance as individual member states set independent digital age limits under EU guidelines. Moving forward, operators must watch the final readings of bills 2693 and 2694 to track the exact enforcement timelines and blocking mechanisms.
Poland's legislative push follows a broader trend of digital violence content moderation standards being adopted across international jurisdictions to protect minors online.
Poland is advancing new legislation requiring strict age verification for adult content, moving away from self-declaration to mandatory technical checks via the EU Digital Identity Wallet. This shift is significant because it imposes heavy financial penalties of up to PLN 1 million, forcing video platforms to integrate complex regional identity systems.
Video streaming providers that fail to comply with the new age verification requirements face financial penalties ranging from PLN 10,000 to PLN 1,000,000.
The proposed regulations mandate strict age checks using the EU Digital Identity Wallet, explicitly banning the use of user self-declaration to verify age.
The KRRiT is designated to oversee video platforms and manage the blocking of illegal content in alignment with the EU Digital Services Act.
The legislation aims to restrict minor access to pornography and adult content by implementing mandatory, technical age verification processes for online service providers.
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