The E.U.’s new age verification app aims to address concerns raised by tech platforms around privacy and enforcement.

European Union officials are rolling out new age‑verification rules aimed at keeping children off social media platforms that require users to be older. The system would confirm a user’s age through a passport or national ID without sharing personal data with the platforms themselves.

The EU's age verification app for online platforms is ​technically ready and will soon ‌be available to use, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ​on Wednesday, as member ​states move ahead with their plans ⁠to curb social media access ​for children.

Europe doesn’t want to hear any more excuses from tech platforms for why they can’t verify users’ ages. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday announced a new European age verification app that will give users a sort of digital ID card to prove their ages online — without sharing their sensitive personal information with every site or app they want to access.

The European Union has unveiled an app to confirm users’ age online, setting the standard for verification technology as more countries consider laws banning young teenagers from social media.

The European Union just announced that it will soon roll out a new online age-verification app. “Our European age verification app is technically ready and soon available for citizens to use,” President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said of social media platforms at a press conference on Wednesday.

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that an EU-developed age verification app was ready to go, as the bloc pushes to better protect children from online harm.

The European Union's age verification app is technically ready and to be made available shortly amid an EU-wide effort to better protect minors online, European Commission President Ursula von der