
EU Rolls Out Age Verification App as Privacy Groups Warn of Risks
While the Commission touts privacy-by-design features, digital rights organizations have raised sharp concerns about the broader implications.

While the Commission touts privacy-by-design features, digital rights organizations have raised sharp concerns about the broader implications.

The Danish presidency backtracks and drops the obligation to spy on private communications, but leaves the door open to a future EU-wide mandate.

Privacy advocates and several EU countries raised alarms, arguing the measure could lead to mass surveillance.