Interestingly, those pushing for the legislation are saying the same thing

Under the accelerated procedure, a bill may be read just once in each Parliament chamber instead of the usual two times. Macron said the move follows a pledge to have the law in force by the start of the next school year in September.

“This is a very clear message: the brains of our children and teenagers are not for sale. Their emotions are not for sale, nor are they to be manipulated, whether by American platforms or by Chinese algorithms,” he added.

Other way around. Only the idiots will be stupid enough to give their ID over for age verification.

Ding ding ding

I'm tentatively hopeful it will use the pre-existing government SSO, which would be the ideal solution, since no data would be transferred to the website or third parties.

Plenty of EU countries have digital ID apps already and provide services like signing documents using that ID. Adding something like zero-knowledge proof with passkeys-like UI probably isn’t that much harder than putting people on the moon.

I’d love if every mass social media was required to provide „this is an actual verified human behind this account” flag on every account because we’re about to face an age where trust is the most valuable currency around.

Hint: the government is made of nazis