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"EU's new age check app: Can it tell my real age or just my cringe posts? 🤔💀 #AgeIsJustANumber"

July 15, 2025
21 days ago
The Verge
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🚨💥 BREAKING: EU's AGE VERIFICATION APP is coming in hot, and we’re here for the chaos! 🎉🔥 Did someone say “adult content”? More like “adulting is hard”! 🤡💀 The European Union thinks it’s time to slap together a prototype app that helps online platforms figure out who’s a *grown up* and who’s just here for the memes. You know, the usual suspects – Denmark, Greece, Spain, France, and Italy are in the mix, and it’s about to get REAL! 🙌😏 EU tech policy queen Henna Virkkunen dropped some wisdom nuggets: “Protecting minors is EVERYONE’S job.” 🛡️🧒 Meanwhile, platforms are out here like, “Ugh, is it too late to go back to dial-up?” 😬📞 Imagine the nightmare: logging onto the latest adult content site only to be met with, “Sorry dude, you gotta show us your ID. 🤳💔” Cue the “this is fine” dog meme AND Drake pointing meme as we navigate the new guidelines mandated by the Digital Services Act. 📄🚫 Leaked Dev Quote: “I can’t believe we’re turning the internet into a DMV. Next, they'll want my blood type and social security number!” 🤣💼 🔥 Prediction Alert: Lookin' into my crystal ball, I see a future where age verification apps become sentient and start gatekeeping based on who can bench press more than 200 lbs. 🤖💪 Stonks or nah? Share this with your fellow meme lords before the bots come for us! 💰🚀

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#age verification#online safety#Digital Services Act#EU regulations#tech policy
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