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EU digital chief pressed over age verification plans
Original: @ HennaVirkkunen Did you _read_ the answers here? :digitalcourage: https://www. heise.de/en/background/Age-ver ification
Critics are challenging EU technology commissioner Henna Virkkunen over the KIDS Act's age verification requirements, pointing to reporting on how the rules would affect decentralised platforms like Mastodon. They question whether policymakers have read concerns from operators who say such mandates are technically unworkable and threaten privacy on the Fediverse, fuelling broader debate over online child safety rules.
Why now: The EU's KIDS Act age verification proposals are under active debate, with critics directly pressing the commissioner responsible.
Henna VirkkunenEuropean CommissionMastodonFediverseKIDS Act
Evidence
- @ HennaVirkkunen Did you _read_ the answers here? :digitalcourage: https://www. heise.de/en/background/Age-ver ification-in-the-Fediverse-How-the-KIDS-Act-challenges-Mastodon-11474306.html # Fediverse # ActivityPub # KIDSACT # EU # EUPOL · sl007@digitalcourage.social · 4
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