For digital spaces built on safety, transparency, and freedom.

[etchedpixels@mastodon.social]

@ivolimmen @csepp @EUCommission then they probably don't have time to look after them properly in other respects either. We have laws around child neglect already

[jandi@mastodon.social]

@EUCommission Unlike you, I've read all the responses here, so I have little to add.

But, making "see" the operative verb in your misleading propaganda, using (lazy) uncaptioned images, is specially galling.

Do YOU see us, hear us, perceive us, acknowledge us?

This account gets more insulting each day.

[castrillo@mastodon.online]

@EUCommission the worse solution ever, you must be focus on other things that real matter, rather creating pretexts for kind of "solutions" across EU regions - there is anyone at EU commission that knows what is IPv4 or IPv6 ? or maybe http/https ? ...delivering layer over layers this is your favourite routine - no good.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@EUCommission
It's up to the parents.

Any attempt to regulate what children see on the Internet simply removes all privacy for all adults. Exposes them to exploitation by US Corporations and malicious governments. The verification people will sell the info and it will be kept.
It's not like sometimes younger adults having to show ID in a shop. That's not stored or transmitted and it's a minority of adults.

The idea of Child protection on the Internet rather than parental supervision is daft.

[sanjibo@mastodon.social]

@EUCommission

The problem is not the children.
The problem is the unregulated, illegal content

Enforce law to protect people against abusive firms, instead of passing laws to survey people.

[aprilfoo@piaille.fr]

@EUCommission When people have to go through id/age verification for anything, alternatives to USA big tech "solutions" threatened, IT security weakened by black box backdoors, it means everyone's online safety threaten, business crippled and democracy locked down. The responsibility of the EC in the #chatcontrol disaster is overwhelming.

[inchulk@mastodon.green]

@EUCommission
Personal Privacy is a key element of online life of free nations.
There is a fundamental problem with claiming to protect children, when undermining the rights of privacy of all individuals.
In Hungary, Orban makes big claims about how his policies are to protect children - then the abuse of children by officials in the ruling party reveal that the policies only had theoretical child safety, the real case was the opposite.

[srazkvt@tech.lgbt]

@EUCommission geez if only there was a way to protect not only children but also everyone else, by actually enforcing a rule that already exists, sure would be convenient hmm ?

moderation. it's platform moderation.

[flaky@furry.engineer]

@EUCommission The under-16 social media ban got rejected in the UK. Probably best to follow that, given the NSPCC said a blanket ban would result in people being pushed to even worse unregulated spaces.

[manic_walrus@mastodon.social]

@EUCommission

Hopefully you set up Age related safe spaces instead of banning children from social media. Cutting children off that are under 16, just isolates them from gaming communities and branching out into hobbies their friends may not partake in.

Let them grow, don't prune them. Let them be a part of their sports clubs events and celebratory photos on socials.

[anydr0id@mastodon.social]

@EUCommission

[hc@mastodon.africa]

@EUCommission See https://ageverification.dev and https://github.com/eu-digital-identity-wallet

[anafabula@social.anafabula.de]

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu Please look into not doing mass surveillance instead

[clock@f.cz]

@irina @EUCommission Also it's IMO gross violation of freedom of speech, freedom of association.

It is my opinion that the hypocritical mask of the West slipped and the true, contemptible, authoritarian, totalitarian nature of the so called Western alleged democracies is revealed.

#authoriatrianism #totalitarianism #mask #maskslipped #hypocrisy #narcissism #contempt #contemptible #west #western #democracy #democraticbacksliding
#democracybacksliding #authoritarian #totalitarian #freedomofspeech #freedomofassociation #euregime

[razemix@mamutovo.cz]

@EUCommission Digital age verification is one of the biggest privacy violations in the history of mankind. Stop this! We can take care of our children ourselves!

[dendari@mastodon.world]

@EUCommission
As a parent I have found that the best way to protect my kids is not to block everything that is bad, because that is an impossible task. Instead, I teach them to recognize bad behavior and intentionally choose to look for good behavior. I teach them that I am always open for questions and there is nothing they could do that would prevent me from helping them.

[lexinova@cyberplace.social]

@EUCommission witch is stupid mass surveillance is not a solution.

because to verify you are a child you must check everyone.

[morwud@mastodon.morwud.cz]

@EUCommission Protecting kids online is important. The way you want to do this does not ensure their safety and actaully put safety of others more in danger. Stop implementing the easy way out (forcing technical censorship) and start working on the right way to do this (education for parents and children on how to act online and what to do when something bad happens).

[celeduc@mastodon.social]

@lexinova @EUCommission not only check everyone, but permanently surveil everyone. Chat Control 3.0, the "Think of the Children" remix.

[thomholwerda@exquisite.social]

@EUCommission Have you considered just banning Facebook/Instagram and Twitter? Would solve like 99% of the problem.

Stop coddling these tech giants. Why do they get special treatment no other EH citizen gets? It's infuriating.