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Age verification debate in EU between operating system and platform level goes on

By Sara Brandstätter ( February 18, 2025, 14:14 GMT | Insight) -- Meta Platforms' top safety official told an audience that they are pushing for an age verification solution to be on the operating system or app store level. The debate on where age verification should be done — either on the app store or device level, or by online platforms itself — continues as the European Commission is working on its European-wide solution.Meta Platforms continues to lobby for an age verification solution on an operating system level — such as Google or Apple — instead of having it on the platform level, which would have more of an impact on them (see here)....

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