Post by @edri@eupolicy.social

2026-07-13 09:38 UTC

1/2 🚨 European Commission panel of experts backs indiscriminate age checks 🚨 Today, the chairs of the European Commission's panel of experts on child online safety published their recommendations, backing mandatory EU-wide #AgeVerification to exclude people under 13 from accessing online spaces 🚫 To know who is of the right age, everyone may have to prove their age. That creates barriers for people who cannot—or simply should not have to—go through the age verification process.

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@edri@eupolicy.social 2026-07-13 09:39

2/2 🙅🏽‍♀️ This is mass age-verification, not targeted protection. Online safety can be achieved without making the exercise of digital rights contingent on meeting specific conditions. Online services must be made safer for ALL, and real safety means tackling the root causes. That means safer-by-design services, tackling harmful business models, and properly enforcing the rules we already have 🫶🏽 📢 It's not just us saying this, young people across Europe agree ➡️ https://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2089712/youth-organisations-demand-social-media-change-not-bans

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@jvnebnunny@lgbtqia.space 2026-07-13 12:25

@edri@eupolicy.social what will happen to the fediverse if this goes through?, will individual instances be forced to comply with id scanning?

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@Sassinake@mastodon.social 2026-07-13 13:08

@edri@eupolicy.social it's like demanding a passport just to enter the grocery store. Or a blood-sample, considering all the info they can use to 'dynamic price-gouge' you later.

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