Online games sites, AI chatbots and companions as well as social media platforms will soon have to carry out age verification when a user opens a new account, according to documents obtained by Euractiv.

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    2 days ago

    The result this is going to have is that only companies that have the resources to design complex age verification and categorization systems with varying degrees of parent oversight can offer online services.

    Just a great way to make sure small companies can’t compete with market incumbents. Sounds like we doing regulation American style now.