EU KIDS Act

17 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by pona-a
(commission.europa.eu)

6 Comments

BartShoot

9 hours ago

Hearing about it from privacy activists and movements like stop killing games is a little devastating, the law in this shape should not pass and its horrible that it even is drafted/proposed in it's current shape.

pentakkusu

9 hours ago

>the law in this shape should not pass and its horrible that it even is drafted/proposed in it's current shape

Explain please, I am not familiar with the opinions of "privacy activists" in this matter.

BartShoot

6 hours ago

Mandatory age verification everywhere, with varying level of privacy concerns. Tying your digital presence to identity, with service providers forced cooperation in this endeavor.

And for the online gaming mandatory external age verification services, which will only permit existence of official servers and cost an arm and a leg.

BartShoot

9 hours ago

And like many great minds before me said: "It's never just about kids" when people talk about kids safety, so often this is used to push unfavorable laws cuz "think about the kids!!"

nickslaughter02

9 hours ago

Leaked: https://drive.proton.me/urls/7FGQYQ01Y0#tWUq468D53Nj

This Regulation applies to providers of the following services or systems accessible to minors:

(a) online social networking services;

(b) video-sharing platform services;

(c) software application stores

(d) online games;

(e) operating systems;

(f) AI companions;

(g) general conversational chatbots.

nilslindemann

8 hours ago

If these people were serious, they would simply forbid children under—say—16 years of age from using the internet unless an adult is present in the room. Using computers without an internet connection should remain permitted, provided there is no harmful content on the device.