Brutkey

European Commission
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu

A safer internet starts with smarter age checks.

Today, we're rolling out our first prototype of an age verification app to protect minors:

📱📱 Online platforms will be able to use it to protect our children from harmful and illegal content.

🚸🚸Young people will be able to verify their age without revealing any other info, such as their identity.

🌍🌍 The pilot phase kicks off with 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇫🇷🇫🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇮🇹🇪🇸🇪🇸

Making sure our children and young people are safe online is our duty.

https://europa.eu/!BKxcW3

Illustration promoting an age verification solution in Europe. A smartphone screen displays a message requiring users to verify they are 18 years old to access a website. The background is a gradient of purple and green with repeated '18+' symbols. The EU Commission logo appears in the top right corner.
Outfrost
@outfrost@mastodon.social

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu This is a non-solution in search of a problem. Young people are getting radicalised by neo-nazi content on all-ages websites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook, while youth consumption of pornography causes nowhere near comparable harm. I am appalled that we are introducing this level of surveillance into European daily lives, that will spawn government lists of vulnerable and "undesirable" people, and will not fix anything it implies to.

#ageverification

super_user_do
@super_user_do@mastodon.uno

@outfrost@mastodon.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Zero measurable harm? You've got no idea bro. As an former porn addict I can ensure you that too many guys are addicted without knowing it because they start at an age where they shouldn't be. Moreover, a lot of porn makes young people internalize things they shouldn't. Weren't we fighting against the sexualization and mercification of women?

Outfrost
@outfrost@mastodon.social

@super_user_do@mastodon.uno @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
For one,
https://mastodon.social/@outfrost/114853061583086325

For two, stricter age gating isn't gonna fix these problems. Someone who might think porn is a realistic depiction of relationships and how to treat women will not magically stop thinking that if they engage at the age of 18. Without good guidance and sense of belonging, they'll keep listening to the likes of Andrew Tate, and internalising the same harmful ideas.