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France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday, amid growing global concern about the impact of social media on children's mental health.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

...to protect children.

You can tell that that's bullshit by the fact that they repeat it over and over.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Five EU countries to test age verification app to see people reception in a first step towards mass surveillance...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

they already do mass surveillance and have for as long as you've been alive. I think you mean automated mass surveillance