The German Federal Supreme Court ruled last week that if eBay determines that a listing may be morally harmful to children eBay must not only block the sale, but any further sales attempts. eBay must also vet those sellers in the future.
The suit was brought by an association of video and entertainment media retailers, saying that eBay's offering of morally harmful media constituted anticompetitive behavior. eBay "had created_at the serious and obvious danger" by allowing a platform to distribute harmful material to children. This violates a ban on mail-order selling of harmful material. The court did indicate that if an "efficient age verification" system were in place eBay would not be responsible to block harmful listings.
This continues a growing trend of nations, like Israel and South Africa, taking matters into their own hands to protect their children where content providers make little or no effort. Critics of family protection measures say that the Internet and associated entities should be left to self-regulate, which essentially means no regulation and an open cesspool for our children.
The CP80 Foundation proposes and supports lawful regulation that enables parents and children to better protect themselves, without inhibiting the activities of consenting adults on the Internet.
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