Has the EU Court of Justice just transformed social media regulation? At first sight, it certainly looks like it has. 

In a recent judgement, concerning French laws which require age verification for pornographic websites and ban re-broadcast of information about police traffic stops, the EU court said first of all that member states could take such measures under the EU’s e-commerce directive. 

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