@EUCommission well, it takes two for tango - typically minors don't just buy a smartphone or computer (to access Snapchat, etc.) on their own.

Access to these devices is given to them. Whomever grant minors access to such devices would then be in charge to teach them the proper use (imo.).

What measures are planned on this end?
(E.g. programs to teach unaware/disinterested parents the basics of using Information Technology?)

@EUCommission

Private communication is non-negotiable.

@EUCommission age checking is a flawed system. How about you actually educate the parents and kids on how to be responsible when using the internet and have law enforcement agencies crack down on child abuse rings? Maybe that would be a better idea than covertly undermining every single citizen's privacy.

@EUCommission Stop with this age verification! Internet should be open. There was a data leaked of personal information exactly because of your stupid age verification!
And NO! We don't want your "digital ID". Sooner or later this digital ID will become a tool for tracking and censorship!

@EUCommission How about using an AI agent to all clients to detect and supervise minors browsing sexual content? Or perhaps deny data encryption in digital services to provide better access to private data for men in the middle?

@EUCommission

You are worrying about children's internet safety while promoting age checks, which are well known to be a bad tool for internet safety due to the risk of sensitive and personal identifiable data being mistreated, shared and/or leaked.

Don't let companies do the parent's job.

@EUCommission nobody's gonna follow you on this... no wait... maybe Orban, Salvini & friends will!

@EUCommission How do you plan on having age verification without compromising people privacy?

There is no Digital ID that allow for provable anonymity while doing age verification.

There is one solution: 100% local "parental" control on kids device. You can even make it mandatory if you don't trust parents, but for god's sake do not mandate online verification, only local verification is compatible with privacy and it is a more robust solution (cannot be bypassed by VPN)