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Better protection for young online users – an EU solution for age verification

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  • 29 april 2026
  • Directoraat-generaal Communicatie
  • Leestijd: 1 min

Thanks to digital technology children and young people today have almost limitless opportunities to learn, connect and grow. But we are increasingly witnessing how these opportunities can also come with real risks and affect young people’s wellbeing and safety.  This is why the EU is working hard together with experts and young people themselves to make the online world safer and better for all. 

As part of this, the EU has developed an age verification solution based on the highest privacy standards. It is user friendly and open-source, so that all EU countries can adapt and implement it easily. Interested in the technical details? Read more here.

 

Want to help your students stay safe in the digital world and benefit from its many opportunities? 

Check out these learning materials that can help you spark a discussion:

 

 

Deze kindvriendelijke versie van de Europese digitale rechten en principes is tot stand gekomen in samenwerking met kinderen.

 

Sneeuwwitje, de zeven dwergen en de boze koningin ontdekken hoe het is om in het digitale decennium in Europa te leven: iedereen is overal in verbinding, digitale infrastructuren zijn veilig, online-overheidsdiensten en e-gezondheid zijn gemakkelijk toegankelijk en nog veel meer.

 

Dit zijn Helena, Klaus, Kasia, Enzo en Marion – onze “DIGITALE VERKENNERS” die door heel Europa reizen om te kijken hoe het met de digitalisering staat.

 

 

 

 

 

Datum publicatie
29 april 2026
Auteur
Directoraat-generaal Communicatie