The European Commission says that France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app meant to protect children online
if I live that long [embedded post] @bluespacecanary : Honestly I wish the EU would hurry up and do the thing it actually wants (banning American tech companies from operating there) so it can get a peek at the “finding out” stage (splintering because German tech companies are dictating what you can post in Greece and Italy) & then pivot to real policy [embedded post] Ryan Castellucci / @rya.nc : See also governments asking for backdoors in security software that only “the good guys” can use... [embedded post] Mike Masnick / @mmasnick : EU is demanding that every site use age verification technology, while insisting it do things it cannot do, and behave in a manner it cannot behave. This is not policy making. This is wishful thinking, with a side of “we'll just blame the tech companies for not waving their magic wand.” [embedded post] X: @eu_commission : 🔞 We go to great lengths to protect our children in the physical world, so why let them access harmful content online? We're launching the first prototype of an age verification app to help protect minors from harmful content. It is: ✅ Reliable 🔐 Secure 🕵️♂️ Private @digitaleu : 🔞Are you worried about kids' online safety? The new DSA guidelines & a prototype of an age-verification app will help ensure that children & young people can continue to enjoy the opportunities the Internet offers, while minimising the risks they face online. Discover more🧵↓ [image] @insafenetwork : 📢 Big step forward on child online safety! Under the #DSA, the Commission just launched: 1️⃣ New guidelines for platforms to protect minors (limit addictive features, cyberbullying, etc.) 2️⃣ A privacy-first age verification app prototype More here 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/... Forums: r/privacy : Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children r/discordapp : Is this just a test of the tech or am I about to be forced to ID-verify over discord in the coming weeks? r/europe : Commission's guidelines for online child safety target platforms of all sizes - Euractiv r/Denmark : Five EU states to test age verification app to protect children (inklusiv danmark) BeauHD / Slashdot : Five EU States To Test Age Verification App To Protect Children
And boy are people going to be shocked when the DSA goes into full effect and all of the EU has to age verify themselves to use the internet! The implementation commission released their guidelines today, in fact ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
“Accurate and non-intrusive”, if it means “rigorously verifying exact age without any access to sensitive documents” is not only technologically infeasible, I'm pretty sure it's logically impossible [embedded post]
hey, if they can come up with an accurate, reliable, robust, non-intrusive, non-discriminatory ID and age verification service, I'll probably be happy to use it — if I live that long [embedded post]
Honestly I wish the EU would hurry up and do the thing it actually wants (banning American tech companies from operating there) so it can get a peek at the “finding out” stage (splintering because German tech companies are dictating what you can post in Greece and Italy) & then p…
EU is demanding that every site use age verification technology, while insisting it do things it cannot do, and behave in a manner it cannot behave. This is not policy making. This is wishful thinking, with a side of “we'll just blame the tech companies for not waving their mag…
🔞 We go to great lengths to protect our children in the physical world, so why let them access harmful content online? We're launching the first prototype of an age verification app to help protect minors from harmful content. It is: ✅ Reliable 🔐 Secure 🕵️♂️ Private
🔞Are you worried about kids' online safety? The new DSA guidelines & a prototype of an age-verification app will help ensure that children & young people can continue to enjoy the opportunities the Internet offers, while minimising the risks they face online. Discover more🧵↓ [ima…
📢 Big step forward on child online safety! Under the #DSA, the Commission just launched: 1️⃣ New guidelines for platforms to protect minors (limit addictive features, cyberbullying, etc.) 2️⃣ A privacy-first age verification app prototype More here 👉 https://ec.europa.eu/...