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Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here
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The European Union has launched an open-source age-verification application that requires users to provide a legal form of identification in order to restrict minors from accessing harmful online content. The app is now operational across the bloc, representing a standardized approach to age verification for European internet services.
Written from all 4 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·The EU unveils an open-source age verification app that requires legal ID to shield minors from harmful content, aiming to standardize verification in the bloc (Gian Volpicelli/Bloomberg)
- The Next Web·The EU says its age verification app is ready
- The Verge·Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
- Wired·Europe’s Online Age Verification App Is Here
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