Her team has been tasked with “examining the designation of X in the decree concerning pornographic sites that must verify the age of their users.”
The confirmation follows an appearance by Chappaz on French TV show “Quotidien” on Thursday evening, where she said X will soon receive “the same pretty papers as YouPorn” instructing X to ban adult content or implement age screening.
Porn platforms serving content in France are required to implement age verification measures with a final deadline of June 7, although some are protesting.
Failure to comply could see sites fined, delisted from search engines or blocked completely.
Last week Tanzania blocked X over the presence of pornographic content. Last year Belgium’s media regulator expressed concerns that Elon Musk had turned X into a porn website.
X did not immediately respond to POLITICO’s request for comment.
