Age Verification in Europe: DSA Enforcement and EUDI Gap
The European Commission has preliminarily found Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the Digital Services Act for failing to protect minors. The case brings a broader question back into focus: how to achieve age verification that is truly effective, proportionate and data protection-compliant, at a time when the European digital identity ecosystem is still under construction.