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Explainer-How the EU’s Age-Verification App for Children Would Work

The plan uses a Commission-built age-verification app that returns only a yes-or-no response and could cover 450 million people across 27 countries.

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By Leo Marchandon Sept 18 (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Thursday banning children under 13 from social media, with parent-supervised accounts until 15. Enforcement would rely on a tool Brussels built itself: a free, open-source age ve...

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How can we prove that we are old enough to enter a social network without revealing who we are? That is precisely the challenge that the European Commission wants to solve with a new application of age verification, at a time when Brussels proposed to ban access to social networks for children under 13 years of age.

·Lisboa, Portugal
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The European Commission proposes EU Kids Act: blocked access under 13 years, age verification and assessments up to 30 days.

·Romania
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The European Commission proposes to ban access to social networks for children under 13 years of age and prepares a free application for age verification without disclosing the identity of users.

·Bucharest, Romania
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