European Commission1d ago

It is for parents to raise their children. Not platforms.

The European Age Verification App is ready.

It will allow users to prove their age when accessing online platforms. Just like shops ask for proof of age for people buying alcoholic beverages.

And it ticks all the boxes:
✅ Highest privacy standards in the world
✅ Works on any device
✅ Easy to use
✅ Fully open source

More info: https://link.europa.eu/HmnrJc

Show threadRawiWoof1d ago

@EUCommission
Can you guarantee the age information doesn't get stored?
Can you guarantee the age information isn't tied to identity?
If you can't guarantee the first, then it's not equivalent to "showing the physical ID" (the physical ID isn't copied/written down in the process)
If you can't guarantee the second, then you're not doing age verification but ownership verification/identity verification which is a different task.

Moreover:
"It is for parents to raise their children."
Then make sure parents have safe environment to do so. This means not needing them to work 24/7, losing their mind to stress so they have time to do parenting which is in fact a full-time job that can't be offloaded to anything or anyone else.

Right now the only thing you and many other "Liberal" administrations are doing is an equivalent of "building a kid's corner in a minefield" or "marking a minefield 'Adults Only'".

Show threadRachel Lawson1d ago
@rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou it’s open source - go look
Show threadLyubomir Ganev 
@rachel @rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou I would if there were any link anywhere. Is the link inside the 35MB pdf on their website? If you have it please share it.
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Show threadRachel Lawson22h ago
@luboganev @rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou luckily, a few seconds searching provides great results: https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet
European Digital Identity

Official GitHub Organization of the European Digital Identity project. - European Digital Identity

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Show threadLyubomir Ganev 22h ago
@rachel @rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou thanks for your time! What search service did you use to find it?
Show threadRachel Lawson22h ago
@luboganev @rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou DuckDuckGo using the phrase “European Age Verification App repo git”
Show threadLyubomir Ganev 21h ago
@rachel @rawenwolf @EUCommission @Lazarou I checked it out quickly and the code looks well made and carefully documented. The thing is, it is a reference implementation. Each country will have to implement their own integration. I really hope they do it well and that they do it also transparent and open source. This seems like a good base, so let's hope it results in good services across the EU.