EVENT “GENERACIÓNXXX: FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONTROL OF MINORS’ ACCESS TO PORNOGRAPHY”

On October 9, MEP Javier Zarzalejos participated virtually in the event “GeneraciónXXX: por un control efectivo de del acceso de los menores a la pornografía”, an initiative of the association ‘Dale Una Vuelta’ that aims to protect minors by demanding that platforms implement effective systems to prevent their access to pornographic content.

age verification systems that prevent them from accessing pornographic content. According to their data, the average age of access to pornographic content is between 9 and 11 years old, with the consequences that this entails.

The director of ‘Dale Una Vuelta’, Jorge Gutiérrez, was in charge of presenting the event, which was also attended by Laura Baena, director of the Club de Malasmadres, Laura Ballarín, member of the IMCO commission, and the experts Valentina Milano, professor of international law and researcher at the UIB responsible for the legal study on pornography in the Balearic Islands and Mar España, director of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, all moderated by the vice-president of the European Association for Digital Transition, Ana Caballero. The director of the European Parliament Office in Spain, María Andrés, was in charge of closing the event.