US EditionEurope rolls out online age verification app to protect young people
The app aims to block underage access as regulators and courts press tech companies over addictive design and youth safety.
- On Tuesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a new digital age verification app that allows users to prove their age online without sharing sensitive personal information with every platform.
- The initiative responds to global pressure on tech platforms following a California jury's $6 million judgment finding Meta and YouTube liable for harming a young woman with addictive features.
- Users verify their age by uploading identification documents while the app keeps birthdates private; Von der Leyen said the tool will have the "highest privacy standards in the world."
- EU member states can tailor the app to domestic laws, though Meta, Snap, TikTok, and Apple have not yet responded to the new verification system.
- Australia's world-first law banning social media for those under 16 in December has inspired other countries, while Europe's Digital Services Act continues regulating large platforms.
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The European Commission is launching a way to verify age online, claiming to have found a good balance between privacy and security. But the issue of age limits online is seen as political dynamite.
By Clare Duffy, CNN Europe - Europe doesn't want to hear any more excuses from tech platforms about why they can't verify users' ages. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced Tuesday a new European age verification app that will give users a kind of digital ID card to prove their age online, without sharing their sensitive personal information with every site or app they want to access. The move comes as tech platforms face …
On Wednesday, 15 April, the European Commission unveiled a new online age verification tool, which is free and accessible to all, and aims to better protect minors by preventing them from accessing certain websites. Its deployment would be imminent, according to the European executive.
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