Post #4738251 · Elektrine

2026-09-17 10:57 UTC

I get that the #EUKidsAct is getting a lot of negative chatter from the privacy advocates. But at the same time to you have to acknowledge there is a serious problem here. I go out in public, I see parents park their kids in front of a tablet to keep them calm, with next to no supervision. Teenagers are spending on AVERAGE 4-6 hours online per day, instead of going outside and interacting with humans. So let me ask you, genuinely. What are the concerns here? What needs to be addressed?

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@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net 2026-09-17 14:04

@hpod16@eupolicy.social One concern is that in its current form, this act means that operators of Fediverse instances are made responsible to ensure that children below the age of 18 cannot make public posts. To properly do this, it means we, the admins, must do age checks on every signup and implement features to limit posts and interactions across all parties we federate with.

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@jmaris@eupolicy.social 2026-09-17 13:00

@hpod16@eupolicy.social I don't disagree about the problem, and I think I'm one of the rare privacy advocates who could actually be okay with age verification for social media, provided it is implemented as set out in the European Digital Identity so that it uses zero-knowledge proof: this means that nobody can no which sites you have provided proof of age to, and those sites don't get to know who you are. Unfortunately we are still waiting for implementation of this. #privacy #ageverification #kidsact

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