Eliza Gkritsi

Brussels

Tech journalist with a passion for climate change change. Currently @POLITICOEurope. formerly @Euractiv @CoinDesk @technodeChina @AthensLiveGR

Articles

Strony dla dorosłych znów działają we Francji. Symboliczna porażka rządu

1 week ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Eliza Gkritsi |Klara Durand

Decyzja Aylo została podjęta po tym, jak branża pornograficzna odniosła w poniedziałek sądowe zwycięstwo. Francuski sąd orzekł, że władze krajowe nie mogą nakładać wymogów na firmy z siedzibą w innych państwach Unii Europejskiej, znosząc tym samym zobowiązania. Europejska siedziba Aylo znajduje się na Cyprze.
PornHub is back in France

1 week ago | politico.eu | Eliza Gkritsi |Klara Durand

PARIS — Canadian pornography giant Aylo has restored access to Pornhub, YouPorn and Redtube in France after blocking access to the sites for nearly three weeks in protest of age verification requirements, a spokesperson confirmed to POLITICO. Aylo's decision comes after the porn industry scored an important legal victory on Monday, when a French court ruled that domestic authorities cannot impose these requirements to companies based in other European Union states, lifting the obligations.
UK confident Trump will back AUKUS

1 week ago | politico.eu | Stefan Boscia |Eliza Gkritsi

KANANASKIS, Alberta — Keir Starmer is confident the £176 billion AUKUS submarine pact will still go ahead despite a Donald Trump review of the trilateral nuclear program. Starmer told journalists en route to the June 15-17 G7 summit in Canada that "it's not unusual for an incoming government to do a review" despite fears in the U.K. and Australia that the U.S. president could torpedo the deal.
Macron wants to ban kids from social media. Can he?

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Eliza Gkritsi |Ellen O'Regan |Emile Marzolf |Klara Durand

PARIS — France's President Emmanuel Macron is set on banning kids from social media. All that stands in his way are legal fights, glitchy tech, a powerful lobby of Big Tech and Big Porn — and kids being kids. Macron said late Tuesday that France "can't wait" any longer in banning social media for children under 15, in response to the fatal stabbing of a teaching assistant at a high school in the suburbs of Paris.
X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Emile Marzolf |Eliza Gkritsi

8 hours agoAround 10 French clients with leases on Teslas are suing the US carmaker, run by Elon Musk, because they consider the vehicles to be "extreme-right" symbols, the law firm representing them said on Wednesday. They feel they suffered "direct and concrete" damage from the way Teslas are now associated …
X, Bluesky and Reddit in France’s crosshairs amid porn clampdown

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Emile Marzolf |Eliza Gkritsi

PARIS — French authorities are seriously considering restricting public access to some of the world's most popular social media sites to prevent children from accessing pornography and to stop them being radicalized. French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said he wants to ban social media for under-15s in France “in the coming months” if there’s no progress on EU-wide measures, after the murder of a teaching assistant in a high school that morning.
VPN signups surge after Pornhub pulls out of France

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Eliza Gkritsi

Virtual private networks, which allow internet users to bypass geographic restrictions, have seen a surge in demand after sites in the Pornhub family pulled their content out of France. Aylo Freesites, the parent company of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn on Wednesday suspended the sites for French users, instead routing them to a message protesting planned French measures on age verification to protect minors.
Gigant branży filmów dla dorosłych od środy zablokuje Francuzom dostęp do swoich stron. To dla niego drugi rynek na świecie

3 weeks ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Eliza Gkritsi |Klara Durand |Emile Marzolf

Platformy Aylo Freesites wyświetlą komunikat wyjaśniający swoją decyzję francuskim odbiorcom, w którym zaznaczą, że nie chcą narażać prywatności swoich użytkowników, poinformowali we wtorek dziennikarzy przedstawiciele firmy. Ochrona nieletnich przed nieodpowiednimi treściami Aylo Freesites, podobnie jak inne platformy pornograficzne, ma prawny obowiązek wdrożenia rozwiązań do weryfikacji wieku do 7 czerwca br.
Aylo va suspendre demain ses sites Pornhub, Youporn et Redtube en France

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Klara Durand |Emile Marzolf |Eliza Gkritsi

PARIS — Le bras de fer entre Aylo et le gouvernement français se poursuit. L’éditeur de sites pour adultes va suspendre dès demain après-midi en France les trois sites X de son écurie —Pornhub, YouPorn et Redtube — pour contester l’obligation de vérifier l’âge de ses utilisateurs. Une obligation issue de la loi sur l’espace numérique de 2024.
Pornhub to suspend porn in France

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Eliza Gkritsi |Klara Durand |Emile Marzolf

The owner of Pornhub, Redtube and YouPorn plans to stop serving adult content to French users as soon as Wednesday afternoon, in protest of government measures forcing it to verify the age of its visitors. Aylo Freesites' platforms will display a message that will explain its decision to its French audience, including that it doesn't want to jeopardize the privacy of its users, company officials told reporters on Tuesday.