Nach Großbritannien landet die Online -Altersüberprüfung in der EU
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/after-the-uk-online-age-verification-is-landing-in-the-eu
Von TheSpaceDuck
Nach Großbritannien landet die Online -Altersüberprüfung in der EU
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/after-the-uk-online-age-verification-is-landing-in-the-eu
Von TheSpaceDuck
39 Kommentare
Cunts will keep trying to push that shit through no matter how many times they get shut down, no?
I guess no more gooning for the Euros
>Further work on the integration of zero-knowledge proofs is also ongoing, with the **full implementation of mandatory checks in the EU expected to be enforced in 2026**.
Basically this would signal a 180º shift from the EU from being pro-human rights and pro-net neutrality to a pro-surveillance state approach and the beginning of the end of the free internet.
Apart from the free internet and net neutrality as we know it coming to an end, there’s also the very dystopic threat of having your ID associated to your browsing activity. With people currently being [arrested for protests](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20rvdexj8jo) and other disturbing trends, we could be headed to a rather ugly scenario.
Obviously there will be countries outside the EU who will refuse to adopt such laws so we’ll be able to adopt the same solution as those in China and use VPNs, however it’s a very disturbing precedent and a nasty change in direction for the EU.
**Five EU countries are set to test an age verification app to protect children online**
* **Five EU countries are set to test an age verification app to protect children online**
* **Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, and Italy are the first to test this technical solution**
* **The UK has enforced mandatory age checks on Friday, July 25, 2025, sparking concerns for citizens‘ digital rights**
Five EU countries are set to test an age verification app to protect children online.
Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, and Italy are the first to test the technical solution [unveiled by the European Commission](https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_1820) on July 14, 2025.
The announcement came less than two weeks before the UK enforced mandatory [age verification checks](https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/age-verification-requirements-have-landed-in-the-uk-how-the-internet-will-change-and-what-about-your-privacy) on July 25. These have so far sparked concerns about the privacy and security of British users, fueling a spike in usage amongst the [best VPN ](https://www.techradar.com/vpn/best-vpn)apps.
# The EU’s age verification blueprint
As the [European Commission explains](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-makes-available-age-verification-blueprint) on its website, the age verification blueprint enables users to prove they are over 18 „without revealing any other personal information.“
„It is based on open-source technology and designed to be robust, user-friendly, privacy-preserving, and fully interoperable with future European Digital Identity Wallets,“ the Commission explains.
The introduction of this technical solution is a key step in implementing children’s online safety rules under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Lawmakers ensure that this solution seeks to set „a new benchmark for privacy protection“ in age verification.
That’s because online services will only receive proof that the user is 18+, without any personal details attached.
Further work on the integration of zero-knowledge proofs is also ongoing, with the full implementation of mandatory checks in the EU expected to be enforced in 2026.
Seems they’re designing laws and tools that would be an absolute dream for the rising fascist wannabes that are emerging in politics in various countries.
All the pearl clutching and moral panic will result in these tools being used political by some authoritarian government, be it to block and censor or to snoop in the case of the rather dystopian data harvesting system known as ‚Chat Control‘.
Anyone who argues against it, obviously will be accused of having something to hide.
I mean, imaging having „post control“ where all your letters were scanned by the post office, you know, just in case…
We don’t live in a democracy that’s for sure..
I’m curious about what this app is that they’re testing.
Age verification is lame. But if we have to use some foreign private age verification company? That’s a whole nother level of bullshit.
If the EU wants to do age verification, they better make their own system that won’t store, leak or sell our private data.
It’s a good thing this happens before the rising right truly takes over – the nazis won’t even have to change any laws when they’re in power. Special shout to Germany for preparing its army for when rightwing party AfD takes over.
/s
I’m not going to use id for reddit, 9gag or whatever else. I guess I will be mostly offline after that. 🤷♂️
Like China did long time ago. What’s next? Can’t even type „fuck you“ on the internet?
Write an email to Henna Virkkunen complaining about the change. She might try to reverse the decision if she has thousands of complaints in her inbox.
What concerns me the most is that this is all happening simultaneously.
You have the UK, EU, US and Australia with their own projects amongst other large corporations all just doing it. Why? That timing is no coincidence.
Seriously, I’m no conspiracy theorist but this sheer amount of unity in their decision making is genuinely worrying.
We went from making fun of „prudish“ USA to Europe-wide, government enforced digital ban on naked breasts. Joke’s on us, it seems.
Why is everyone just going along with this? I don’t want government interference in my internet browsing, thank you very much.
I always thought that in the EU we had a modicum of being.. reasonable and logical and wouldn’t be passing asinine laws… well it was good while it lasted….
1984, coming to a country near you!
FUCKING STOP WITH THIS SHIT
Orwell, you predicted the future, bro!
Perfect timing now that the EU will soon be overrun with fascist parties!
We are getting more and more like China… it’s not pretty.
In an age when we are warned to put as little personal data online as possible… multiple governments want us to share it all!
Here in the UK it’s so impossible to implement, they’re threatening to ban VPNs, which the business world would have a fit if they tried… Not to mention the stuff that gets flagged is often so tame it’s dumb. Gambling sites are oddly left out of the UK version, after Starmer got a donation from gambling companies, I’m sure that’s un related…
God, please no. Fuck off
This sounds like a great way to make identity theft wayyy more profitable. Everybody wants to use some other person’s identity to look at porn.
As much as it tickles me seeing an MP of all people have their own speech put behind a verification wall on one of the social media platforms its disturbing people can’t see this for what it actually is
Censorship on wheel-mounted goal posts, using adult content as a dog whistle, with a side helping of data harvesting via the companies verification is being outsourced to. We’re so hyperfocused on porn nobody is paying attention to the rest of the things the act permits them to censor or the flexibility it permits to add to it
Can you imagine what will happen when one of these databases is hacked, having so much details about so many people?
Going to be a lot of Norman Reedus looking people all over Europe
It’s pretty much all about censorship, they can’t put everyone in jail for saying something on the internet, but they can give you a fine.
Is there any way for me to protest this shitshow? Anything for me to sign?
I’m peeved.
EUSSR
>Lawmakers ensure that this solution seeks to set „a new benchmark for privacy protection“ in age verification.
>That’s because online services will only receive proof that the user is 18+, without any personal details attached.
Okay. So who’ll be providing this data? How will this data be sent to the service? How will this age verification somehow ensure nothing else is shown?
And at what point is your age actually verified? Because if no real data gets to the service, that would mean that someone else is verifying the age.
This all sounds like „Just show US everything about you and the services won’t have to know :)“
Awful
Can we, uh. Vote against this? What average person actually **wants** this?
Biggest gift to far-right in EU just say you are going to undo this stupidity and you win elections easily. Guess what elections are still popularity contest.
Fuck this dystopian shit, man
They should arrange the stars in a swastika to represent where they are getting their ideas
Another thing for control.
People have to go out and protest this crap. Because this is NOT about ‚protecting children‘ or ANYTHING like that.
And the risk of getting your ID stolen is VERY high. And the ‚verification‘ companies etc WILL sell all that data for money like the sites do but on steroids.
And they don’t care if this will stop any harm done. They care that it will help them have more control on what to censor.
It is time that we, once again, after Stop Killing Games, come together for Stop Killing the Free Internet!
calm down, this isn’t like the uk. this is better and based on zero knowledge proofs, partial disclosure, and privacy. we’re not uploading our IDs. it’s called eIDAS.
there’s a great presentation at 38C3 all about the new european digital identiy and the current, possible, flaws