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The new EU age verification thing will help me get rid of my YouTube account. (pawb.social)
submitted 3 days ago by LemUrun@pawb.social to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml
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This is seriously dumb, but here we are. If that's true, I will happily delete it.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hasn't it been a thing for a while

[–] LemUrun@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Apparently this is new and starts on July 1st.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

wait, did those fuckers pass something like this recently? and where are the news articles about it?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So it's a French thing, not an EU thing then?

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

European Commission alleges age verification systems are ineffective in preventing under-18s from watching ☞ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/27/pornhub-three-other-adult-websites-eu-child-safety-investigation

“Today is a good day for minor protection online in the EU, because with the enforcement actions that we are launching … against four very large online platforms with pornographic, adult content, we are clearly showing that we mean it when it comes to the effective protection of minors under the DSA,” an EU official told reporters.

The platforms could resolve the investigation by producing forms of age verification deemed effective by EU regulators. But if the complaint is upheld they could be fined up to 6% of global annual turnover.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

Been here in the UK for a bit