EU parliament accepted a last minute amendment, mandating age verification for pornographic (whatever that is) content online, punishable with up to one year prison sentence.
This was rolled into a directive concerning CSAM. Because adults accessing porn need to be de-anonymised to avoid child exploitation?
Yes it’s a directive. Currently it passed the EU commission (it’s their proposal) and parliament. It still needs to pass council.
After that, each member country of the EU must implement it in their respective country laws.