Tech policy chief promises ‘more action’ against platforms failing to protect minors

https://archive.is/Htwxm

The EU is launching a new age verification app in July, establishing a tool that will potentially allow for tighter enforcement of rules requiring online platforms to protect minors online.

  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    I don‘t know the name but from the user side it works like a payment system that pops up, asks for some digits on your ID and then gives the thumbs up for you to proceed. The store or website doesn‘t see any of this, just that you are approved by the service. The Playstation Store uses it and it‘s honestly really neat. Sadly almost no one else does. Steam even removed thousands of games rather than implementing this simple feature. I bet they don‘t even know about it given that they don‘t have a German branch to deal with this type of stuff, hence removing everything that could potentially cause extra work with German authorities.

    • ByteJunk@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      26 days ago

      Ah I see, it’s kinda like an external login where only specified data is shared (age in this case). The 3rd party would know nothing else, but the government would know that you asked for that check from that service…

      Not as bad as corps having the data directly, but not perfect…

      • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        25 days ago

        If the government wants to know they can just ask your Bank. Besides, Sony itself is probably the greatest potential risk to exposing your data here anyway since they already have your banking data most likely and are known to have leaks. The German government really is my smallest concern in that whole process of buying something on Sony’s store.