France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will pilot an age verification app to better protect children online, as part of the EU's effort to enforce the Digital Services Act.
Reuters he says:
The setup for applying age verification is based on the same techniques
specifications with the European Digital Identity Wallet (European Digital Identity Wallet), which will be released next year.
The five countries can adapt the model according to their requirements, integrate it into a national application or keep it separate.
The legislation, which took effect last year, requires Alphabet's Google, Meta, ByteDance's TikTok and other online companies to do more to tackle illegal and harmful online content.
EU regulators said the new guidelines would help online platforms tackle addictive design, cyberbullying, harmful content and unwanted contact from strangers.
Although the press releases will range from very select to rare, I said I'd pass...because sometimes the editors hide.
