[thw_9a83c]

Apparently it didn't work last time, so why not try again with a more vague language, an expanded scope and even slapping the age verification on top of it? And all of this while still preserving our privacy.

This time, we should feel 100% completely reassured (from the proposal):

   Regulation whilst still allowing for end-to-end encryption, nothing in this
   Regulation should be interpreted as prohibiting, weakening or circumventing,
   requiring to disable, or making end-to-end encryption impossible.

[doublerabbit]

This.. seriously

“Digital House Arrest”: Teens under 16 face a blanket ban from WhatsApp, Instagram, online games, and countless other apps with chat functions, allegedly to protect them from grooming.

For which I agree.

“Digital isolation instead of education, protection by exclusion instead of empowerment – this is paternalistic, out of touch with reality, and pedagogical nonsense.”

[johnisgood]

I completely disagree.

I would not know English or anything about computers, and my childhood would have been quite sad were there such a retarded ban[1]. I do not care about WhatsApp and Instagram, but online games and apps with chat functions? Come on now. "Allegedly" is the keyword.

At any rate, see Roblox and Discord. Do something with those platforms first. :)

[1] I was around 12 years old when I met an older guy IRL who I have met in an online game initially. Can you imagine the safety? :D He showed me his laptop on which he had a Linux distro installed, and the rest is history.