Although the controls of the parental agents and minimum access to certain web and applications have not been infallible for many years. Some of them can jump if your child knows or seek how to do it, while others are simply absurd controls of “yes” or “no” in which they ask you if you are in the legal age (as on adult websites) and see you if it is true or not.
The European Union knows, therefore it is promoting A new era verification application on the internet To face the problem. There are five countries that will act as a pilot tests in this initiative and Spain is one of these.
The European Union is concerned about the contents consumed by minors on the Internet
That minors access the online spaces they do not do for them and that can end influence their mental health or exposing them too muchIt is a concern that has even reached the European Union (EU). Age verification methods are often a bad beatAlthough many times they do not maintain privacy correctly, so the EU has decided to act.
Since 2024, the European Commission (EC) advances A new online age verification app Which is not just easy to use, but he is private. Try to protect children and adolescents in the networks, hand in hand with the provision for the digital services law (DSA).
The application has already reached a sufficiently stable development phase and now it’s time to go A pilot phase in which five countries will participate: Denmark, France, Greece, Italy and Spain.
These will be the first to adopt the app, being able to do it use it how it comes or makes changes to adapt it to the needs of each country. And, eye, we don’t only intend to change ages as needed, but aNoted on platforms such as national electronic wallets or even create your version of the verification app for each country.
Next to this, the European Commission added that the question Not only will it work at the government level. Private can also use it if their online platforms require itbe able to modify it and improve it if they want it. And, in fact, it invited us to do it and join the test.
In the particular case of online platforms with content exclusively for adults (such as porn pages), the EC will work carefully for strengthen and applies this new system.
What is the new European Union’s online era verification system? What we know
As we have previously indicated, this new age verification system is looking for impose online protection rules for minors According to the law on digital services. However, he does not try to do it only to “fulfill”, but in a solid way.
According to the EC, the application “uses open source technology and designed to be robust, Easy to use, preserve privacy and total interoperability with future European digital identity wallets. “
In a sense, it has designed it so that anyone can use it and always keep the user’s privacy. Furthermore, currently You are trying to integrate zero knowledge test to the application, which will allow invincible checks with users.
And, in the little case, it turns out It is designed to be used beyond online platformsAlso be used in situations such as the purchase of alcohol or to limit access to certain events with minimum age limits.
At the time of writing this article we could not find catches of how the app works, but The European Commission itself has already given us lights:
“When Users Activate The Application, Once it is Available Nationwide, Their Age Will Be Verified by the issuer Using Detaled Personal Data, Such As the Date of Birth. However, Online Services Will Only Received A Proof That The User is over 18 Years Old, Without Any Other Personal Data. ISSUATER AND PRESENTATION PROCESSS WILL BE HANDLED by Separate Bodies, Guaranteeing Privacy. The test provider will not be informed about the services where the test is used. Each test will be used only once, to avoid monitoring the services. “
It will be time to wait a little to find out how the application will work in Spain, but we will be pending to offer you a novelty.
