EU’s top court backs France’s porn site age-check rules

The EU’s top court ruled on tuesday that France can require pornographic websites based elsewhere in the bloc to verify users’ ages, backing national efforts to shield minors from online adult content.

The European Union is itself preparing a voluntary age-verification app and countries worldwide are pursuing Australian-style curbs on teenagers’ online access.

Britain on Monday announced plans to ban under-16s from major social media platforms from next year.