Tbh this whole thing (and Chat Control suggeted by the Danish gov.) are the two worst things in the last years/decades which ruin the reputation of the European Union significantly, especially in the eyes of their own citizens.
It’s nice to know that in these difficult times EU decided this is the hill worth dying on
“Our most powerful were exposed raping children on a billionaire’s island and none of them are imprisoned. Time to take the children’s internet access away!”
Upload your ID to some age verification service to get to a website. Couple months later that service is in the news for leaking millions of users data. Repeat
[The company Persona is backed by noted right-wing billionaire, Trump ally and Palantir-owner Peter Thiel, leash holder of the current US Vice President JD Vance. ](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4g8ynpwl8o)
You tell me if you think it’s a good idea handing over personal data of EU minors, including 3D face scans, to a religious fanatic who is also a Trump ally.
Australia is not in Europe.
1984 is meant to be a cautionary tale, not something to be inspired from.
If:
– the only data sent to the website is a confirmation of adulthood and nothing else.
– the site requesting the age verification is not saved by the system providing the verification
– the whole system is open-source so everyone can see what is being done an don’t rely on promises,
then I totally agree to this. The benefits far outnumber the concerns. Minors must be kept away from social media. X is worse for their brain than porn
EU should be switching gears. This is a non issue compared to issues around energy security, Russia, lack of economic performance…
can they get serious about orban, Russia and far right?
Even if this becomes a thing, which is already bad, and we decide the obvious reasons to why.
Why are we (as the article) so hung up on the fact that this can still be by-passed. Since when is a regulatory body responsible for “a minor using an adult’s phone or credentials”? One shouldn’t let a toddler access knives, but we are not regulating cutlery shelves to only be openable with 10 years or above hands.
Yes, we need child protection. But not by raising arbitrary fences that will always have ways around, and with them in place all the more reason to go on the backdoor. How about we instead educate the masses and actually prosecute bad actors?
I’ll just delete everything that asks for my ID.
Ursula von der leyen announces new snooze button so the EU can sleep through even more wake-up calls
eID is a national approach using already present data, your account is you being the citizens of your nation.
You are still trusting the VPN provider to not log or provide any of your data when asked.
Why would you connect to a server in a country with age verification. Just use a different server.
I really don’t understand why countries themselves can’t do these verifications. In my country you can easly check if anyones ID is valid. Why they can just provide an unique code for every citizen that will confirm his age for any site and the said side can check in a database with just these codes from every country(they can be combined)
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The search for an age-verification system that protects user data may begin and end in the EU.
Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/europe-gets-serious-about-age-verification-online/](https://www.wired.com/story/europe-gets-serious-about-age-verification-online/)
I’m getting serious about getting a VPN I guess
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
(insert Michael Scott GIF)
Tbh this whole thing (and Chat Control suggeted by the Danish gov.) are the two worst things in the last years/decades which ruin the reputation of the European Union significantly, especially in the eyes of their own citizens.
It’s nice to know that in these difficult times EU decided this is the hill worth dying on
“Our most powerful were exposed raping children on a billionaire’s island and none of them are imprisoned. Time to take the children’s internet access away!”
Upload your ID to some age verification service to get to a website. Couple months later that service is in the news for leaking millions of users data. Repeat
[The company Persona is backed by noted right-wing billionaire, Trump ally and Palantir-owner Peter Thiel, leash holder of the current US Vice President JD Vance. ](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4g8ynpwl8o)
[ You may know him from his recent tour of the world holding talks about the Antichrist.](https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/europe/peter-thiel-antichrist-lectures-rome-intl)
You tell me if you think it’s a good idea handing over personal data of EU minors, including 3D face scans, to a religious fanatic who is also a Trump ally.
Australia is not in Europe.
1984 is meant to be a cautionary tale, not something to be inspired from.
If:
– the only data sent to the website is a confirmation of adulthood and nothing else.
– the site requesting the age verification is not saved by the system providing the verification
– the whole system is open-source so everyone can see what is being done an don’t rely on promises,
then I totally agree to this. The benefits far outnumber the concerns. Minors must be kept away from social media. X is worse for their brain than porn
EU should be switching gears. This is a non issue compared to issues around energy security, Russia, lack of economic performance…
can they get serious about orban, Russia and far right?
Even if this becomes a thing, which is already bad, and we decide the obvious reasons to why.
Why are we (as the article) so hung up on the fact that this can still be by-passed. Since when is a regulatory body responsible for “a minor using an adult’s phone or credentials”? One shouldn’t let a toddler access knives, but we are not regulating cutlery shelves to only be openable with 10 years or above hands.
Yes, we need child protection. But not by raising arbitrary fences that will always have ways around, and with them in place all the more reason to go on the backdoor. How about we instead educate the masses and actually prosecute bad actors?
I’ll just delete everything that asks for my ID.
Ursula von der leyen announces new snooze button so the EU can sleep through even more wake-up calls
eID is a national approach using already present data, your account is you being the citizens of your nation.
You are still trusting the VPN provider to not log or provide any of your data when asked.
Why would you connect to a server in a country with age verification. Just use a different server.
I really don’t understand why countries themselves can’t do these verifications. In my country you can easly check if anyones ID is valid. Why they can just provide an unique code for every citizen that will confirm his age for any site and the said side can check in a database with just these codes from every country(they can be combined)
We’re living in the East German utopia.