Available for free to any company that wants to use it, the “completely anonymous” app puts the pressure on porn sites and social media platforms to start blocking access by minors.

Several countries already stated they'll use it.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced a new European age verification app that will give ...

The EU unveils a privacy-first age verification app to protect minors online, pressuring platforms to comply with stricter digital safety rules.

Two pupils look at their smartphones in a classroom in Hamburg, Germany, on Feb. 13, 2026. Reporter The European Union is giving tech companies no more excuses to implement age checks for social media ...

EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said that the privacy measures will be built on a cryptographic method called zero-knowledge proofs, and that the app would be open-source, adding that private companies ...

Brussels says its age-verification app is ready, but critics argue the Commission is both too slow and focused on the wrong ...

On April 15, the European Commission announced its age verification app was "technically ready." A week on, the app is already facing its first privacy and security hurdles — but the problem may go ...

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Google has open sourced its privacy-focused age verification technology. The company built Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) into Google Wallet earlier this year, a technology that allows users to verify ...