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Recently the French Parliament signed off on an age verification bill, which attempts to prevent under-18s from viewing adult content. The problem is that like the UK’s attempts to do similar things in 2019, there are a whole bunch of issues with the plan. In this video, we explain what the French are trying to achieve and if their plans can overcome the security, censorship and privacy concerns.
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1 – https://www.politico.eu/article/france-to-introduce-controversial-age-verification-system-for-adult-pornography-websites/
2 – https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/4999/france-approves-mandatory-online-pornography-age-checks
3 – https://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tech/les-fournisseurs-d-acces-des-acteurs-du-web-et-marc-dorcel-s-engagent-pour-proteger-les-mineurs-du-porno-20200117
4 – https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/oct/16/uk-drops-plans-for-online-pornography-age-verification-system
5 – https://www.zdnet.fr/actualites/identite-numerique-le-cnnum-veut-soutenir-l-effort-deja-engage-par-le-gouvernement-39905257.htm
6 – https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/10/uk-government-abandons-planned-porn-age-verification-scheme/
7 – https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/dangerous-and-irresponsible-age-verification-goes-ahead/
8 – https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2020/07/frances-parliament-approves-age-verification-for-pornography-websites/
9 – https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/archive/downloads/publications/Effective-Age-Verification-Techniques.pdf
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With the losses piling up, American support wavering, and some tumultuous domestic politics, you may think Ukraine needs to sue for peace. In this video, we explain why Ukraine might be OK, and what it means for the prospect of a peace deal.
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Intro:
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/5/trump-blames-democrats-and-ukraine-for-soaring-us-fuel-prices-not-iran-war
https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/11/why-talk-of-security-architecture-has-struck-a-nerve-in-europe
Russia’s position:
https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-strikes-leave-600000-in-the-dark-in-eastern-ukraine-dnipropetrovsk/
https://ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Protection-of-Civilians-in-Armed-Conflict-September-2026
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-09/trump-s-weakness-and-overtures-to-russia-put-ukraine-on-edge?srnd=homepage-europe
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/germany-confirms-no-more-patriot-missiles-ukraine
https://thedefensepost.com/2026/11/03/russia-lost-record-troops-october/
https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-1-2026/
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/recent-ukrainian-attacks-have-reduced-russias-oil-processing-capacity-by-30-2026-11-10/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-02/russia-looks-to-delay-defense-ministry-pay-amid-budget-gap
The talks:
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1234505-amp.html
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/putin-claims-6500-square-kilometres-seized-in-ukraine-the-reality-is-45-times-smaller-23547
https://www.ft.com/content/7f36031b-ea90-4a3a-a570-a6c6ff96e45a?syn-25a6b1a6=1
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/09/07/8052226/
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In this video, we’ll explain Serbia’s new Student List government; what they’re aiming to achieve; and whether they can reverse more than a decade of Vučić’s legacy.
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Student List reform programme
https://www.danas.rs/vesti/politika/izbori26/studentski-plan-studenti-program-lista/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_List#Programme
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/30/student-list-focus-on-cleaning-up-serbia-corruption
https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/student-list-programme-prosecutorial-police-lustration-free-school-textbooks-cheaper-medicines/
Serbia: the world’s cleverest parliament?
https://www.science.org/content/article/serbia-just-elected-world-s-brainiest-parliament?
2026 Serbian election
https://youtu.be/Vy5Rh-f8dFg?si=cornHtl4ETLad506
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/26/student-list-wins-outright-majority-in-serbian-parliamentary-polls/bi/
Student List potential candidates for prime minister
https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-student-list-serbia-leader-prime-minister-elections/33884518.html
Head of Serbia’s public broadcaster resigns
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/10/29/serbias-public-broadcaster-rts-faces-uncertainty-as-director-general-resigns/bi/
Police officers arrested after protest violence
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/04/serbia-officers-protesters
Serbia education spending
https://serbia-business.eu/serbia-spends-3-46-of-gdp-on-education-below-eu-average/
https://geofactbook.com/countries/serbia/education-expenditure
Serbian healthcare system
https://www.bmj.com/content/395/bmj-2026-101326
https://www.nin.rs/english/news/94843/introducing-night-shifts-but-there-are-not-enough-doctors-for-the-first-two-shifts
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Healthcare_personnel_statistics_-_physicians
Analysis
https://www.balcanicaucaso.org/en/cp_article/after-the-elections-in-serbia-the-new-reality-and-challenges-of-political-transition/
https://freedomhouse.org/article/after-election-revitalizing-serbian-democracy-and-lessons-opposition-victory
https://balkaninsight.com/2026/11/03/post-vucic-serbia-will-reengage-with-europe-but-it-will-not-be-a-honeymoon/bi/
0:00 Serbia’s New Government Explained
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If you’ve never heard of David Lisnard, you must’ve not been living in Cannes for the past ten years. Nonetheless, this relatively unknown politician is now vying for the top French position. So, in this video, we’re taking a look at who is David Lisnard and why is he rising in the polls.
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David Lisnard programme: https://www.unenouvelleenergie.fr/notre-programme/
Social media numbers: https://www.loupepolitique.fr/profil/david-lisnard
Polymarket: https://polymarket.com/fr/event/next-french-presidential-election
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On Tuesday, the US electorate delivered a stunning repudiation of Trumpism, delivering potential relief to Europe’s never-ending headaches. In this video, we’re taking a look at the election and how Europe could be impacted by the recent midterms.
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Ukraine-section
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-worries-donald-trump-prefers-vladimir-putin-volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-war/
https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/three-branches/what-president-can-do-cannot-do
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
https://theconversation.com/us-midterms-what-a-new-congress-could-and-could-not-change-for-europe-295007
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47275
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/midterms-congress-democrats-agenda-01147304
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-midterm-election-2026-interview/
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/RS22654
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-hold-trilateral-talks-with-ukraine-russia-abu-dhabi-next-week-us-official-2026-11-02/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/11/04/politics/pete-hegseth-impeachment-trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/11/04/republicans-democrats-lame-duck-agenda-01149079
Tariffs section:
Far-right section:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-11-03/europe-braces-for-results-of-us-midterm-elections
https://www.politico.eu/article/us-midterm-election-democrats-blue-tsunami-hope-mockery-europe/
https://www.politico.eu/article/five-things-europe-monitor-democrats-blitz-donald-trump-us-midterms/
00:00 – Introduction
01:18 – Tariffs
02:31 – Ukraine
04:31 – Far-right parties
05:55 – Conclusion
07:07 – Too Long
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This coming year is set to be a big one for Europe. In this video, we dive deeper into four upcoming elections and explore how they could shape the future of the union and the continent.
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Big Four Elections
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Spanish_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_French_presidential_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Italian_general_election
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Polish_parliamentary_election
Polls
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/spain/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/france/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/poland/
https://www.politico.eu/europe-poll-of-polls/italy/
https://politpro.eu/en/spain
https://politpro.eu/en/poland/political-parties/kon
Political Contexts
https://www.ft.com/content/ec433e1f-bdb4-4a1c-868e-e1c7c4121f45
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-housing-crisis-bursts-into-spotlight-snap-election-2026-10-06/
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-far-right-vox-inspiration-giorgia-meloni-brothers-of-italy/
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/22/marine-le-pen-vs-alice-weidel-how-the-far-right-wants-to-reshape-the-eu
https://tvpworld.com/94671737/poland-pis-sinks-to-21-year-low-as-morawiecki-launches-new-caucus
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcms.13602
https://www.economist.com/europe/2026/08/27/giorgia-meloni-is-fusing-populism-and-moderation
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/10/29/vannacci-ue-nato-balzano/8554209/
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-doomed-irrelevance-facing-us-china-competition-italy-pm-giorgia-meloni-says/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_groups_of_the_European_Parliament
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@ristyanyesf7327
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
this video and the comment sections make me think that I didn't waste my night after all, thank you all.
@SkinnyEMedia
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
And I thought France was liberal and sexually enlightened?
@legotrucks1
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Data leaks will be disastrous no matter of they pass this… They already have a lot of data on you that is stored on computers of you government…
@EmeraldPixelGamingEPG
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Based
@joebaumgart1146
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Penal Code. Giggity!
@joebaumgart1146
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
The french banning porn is like The US banning guns or Ireland Banning beer.
@alberpajares4792
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Sometimes ¡ watch porn, not gonna lie, but that hardcore horrible porn even freaks me out..,
@danielalves7576
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
They will stop see in TV, will start do in street against government!!!
@isthiakahsan
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
I think even asking someone whether they're 18+ before entering an adult site is meaningless.
@insertgoodchannelnamehere
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
If this video was sponsored by a VPN company that would be the funniest thing.
@michaelmole4051
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
No
@dexocube
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Any democratic government that brings in a porn ban like this is going to get voted out at the next election.
People are w*nkers like that.
@ringtail5021
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Wait so will they have an age verification of tiktok or instagram which is practically soft porn?
@LalartuUndead
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Of course there are ways to identify age. Solve complex math puzzle or something like that. 😅
@davecullins1606
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
The video title is misleading – France is not banning porn but just trying to implement a system that can make sure that the porn viewers actually are 18 or older.
@alirazi3028
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
This porn ban is the best thing for VPN services. It's going to be hilarious when the analysts come out and say no one is watching porn in France and the French politicians are proud of themselves for preventing us from looking at the naughty stuff. Meanwhile, the VPN services will see a big jump in their traffic right under the politicians’ noses. 😂
@AndrewSmithDev
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
It's a good thing that a teenager would never be able to figure out how to use a VPN
@crhu319
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Unanimous decisions are always wrong because they are clearly intimidated …see groupthink.
@farkass7440
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
VPN sales in France 📈
@thechadroman3717
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Hey look at that, France did something good , nice job
@meldridgereedjr2842
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
You should read Peter Ziehan books.
@masterkorille4164
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
My respect for France went 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈
@llVIU
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
yes yes because we all know people under 18 never ever ever heard about sex. But when you're 18 suddenly you can be kicked from your home, homeless, have 10 kids, no problem. Such extremism.
@llVIU
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
AWWW BOOOHOOO YOU DIDN'T MAKE MUCH MONEY… so you're making the videos for money, not to entertain people, not because you like doing it… that's your priority. So you're gonna make content which makes you money, regardless of the truth…? Money makes people lie.
@Lvlaple4Ever
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
Ah, now the government will know exactly what kind of porn we watch.
@BessrDe
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
I have an idea for an age verification system, that works online without violating your privacy. It has to be a hardware solution (token), like an NFC Chip or something like a Nubi key. Those hardware tokens must be produced and registered to a central server by the government. Every website can use their software system to check if the USB Key / NFC chip is legit.
Now the key element to the system: Every adult citizen has the right to get such a hardware token. But when the citizen goes to the "Department of age verification tokens" he / she will only registered for the fact that he got his token. But there should no record of which specific token he got. Like literally a small bucket full of tokens and the citizen can choose a random one.
Thus the age verification token is truly private, because there ist no connection between the token and the person.
The only problem I haven't solved yet is what happens when you loose your token. Getting a new one with no questions asked contains the risk that the first token was handed over to a minor für 10 bucks. De-Activating the lost token is not possible, because there is no record which specific token a person has lost.
@hansolav5924
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
BANS should be restricted to stuff like videos featuring children being abused or animals beaten to death. for material that do not feature underage people or do not involve the infliction of long-term or fatal injury, there are RESTRICTION on what age-range can access it. (I'd vote for a 30-year minimum, myself, as 20-somethings are routinely proven to be the most moronically childish creatures on the planet.) (edited. sorry for confusion)
@steakismeat177
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
every power grab tends to be in the name of protecting the children.
@HypercopeEmia
March 3, 2024 at 1:15 am
I swear to god the only thing this shit did is making it impossible for me to watch any explicit content on yt