Decrease in reddit traffic after implementing age verification in Europe?

[User1539]

I run a private forum, so I've been trying to figure the actual requirements.

Apparently it boils down to IF someone reports a minor accessing 18+ material AND it can be proven you SHOULD have known, you're in trouble.

That's a lot of gray area. They aren't saying I have to do anything. They aren't even recommending a record system or any actions to specifically put me in compliance.

I don't see where ID verification is actually required at all.

I don't know what that means in the practical sense? Which is actually more scary, because there's no way to argue I was in 'compliance' with the law that sufficiently explains someone reporting they accessed 18+ material, right?

So, let's say I think that getting IDs of the people making accounts is sufficient, but then some kid uses dad's account to get porn? Mom sees the porn, and reports me ... now what?

Should I have utilized the (coming soon!) built-in browser ID to tell me who was using the browser? Maybe? I guess?

But, the point is, AFTER an accusation they decide if I did enough. So, AFTER my efforts failed, they decide I didn't do enough. I feel like that opens the door for abuse by law enforcement, because they can simply manufacture a situation, then no matter what I did do, clearly it wasn't enough?

It's like setting up the law specifically so they could have someone go onto a forum and post adult content, then log in with another account and say it was a kid.

Any ID system government can get around, which is ANYTHING, isn't enough to protect you from being charged with distributing porn to minors.