Udvalget for Digitalisering og It 2024-25
DIU Alm.del Bilag 140
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Digitaliseringsminister Caroline Stages talepapir
Anledning
Dato / tid
Sted
Lancering af retningslinjerne til artikel 28 i DSA og
pilotfasen ift. den tekniske EU-løsning til
aldersverifikation.
Den 14. juli kl. 16.00-16.30
Berlaymont-bygningen (EU-Kommissionens hovedkvarter)
Det talte ord gælder
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[Introduction]
•
Thank you,
Executive Vice-President Virkkunen.
It is a
great
pleasure to be here
today.
•
It is
hard to imagine a world where kids can enter a store to
buy alcohol - or go to a nightclub - by simply stating that
they are old enough.
No bouncers, no id-checks
–
just a
simple “yes – I am older than 18”.
•
As hard as it is to imagine, this has been
the case online
for
many years.
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•
According to a study done by a Danish civil society
organization, an unbelievable
48 percent of children have a
profile on social media before the age of 10.
And a
staggering 94 percent have one before they turn 13.
•
Seven out of 10 Danish minors have declared a false, higher
age
in order to access a digital service.
•
I believe children
deserve a safe digital childhood.
Without
proper age checks and protection, we fail to give them this.
It’s time to set clear boundaries.
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[Guidelines]
•
The
guidelines
launched today are an
important milestone.
•
And I want to take this opportunity to
thank Executive Vice-
President Virkkunen and her team for taking protection of
minors seriously.
•
We are
moving in the right direction
–
especially when it
comes to the need for
age verification on social media.
•
I will
immediately explore the national scope for setting a
minimum age for access to social media
with an aim to be
one of the front-runners.
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[Mini Wallet and front runner country]
•
I am also very
pleased to see the progress on the age
verification app.
•
Effective age verification is not a “nice to have”. It’s
absolutely essential.
•
Age verification not only ensures that children that are
too
young cannot access social media
–
It also enables tech
companies to
secure an age appropriate and safe
experience on their platforms.
•
At the same time, we
eliminate the technical excuses from
the tech-companies.
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•
With the
age verification app
we will have an
effective and
privacy preserving technical solution
for age verification
available.
•
Therefore, I am also very
happy that Denmark is one of the
front-runner countries.
•
I know that
my team and yours
[Virkkunen’s team] have
already been in
close contact
and have had
fruitful
–
and
very technical
–
discussions
on the design of the age
verification app.
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•
Going forward, I have
high hopes for national age
verification apps to become available across the EU.
Not
just in the front-runner countries, but across the whole of
Europe.
•
Together we can
ensure that technology is no excuse for
tech-companies
for not having proper age verification
online.
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[Afslutning
–
DK formandskab]
•
Protecting minors online is an agenda very close to my
heart.
As minister for digital affairs. As a citizen in a digital
world. As a parent.
•
As presidency for the council, I have
placed protection of
minors at the top of the agenda.
•
I am very pleased with the progress made today
with the
guidelines and the age verification app.
•
Let’s
make the best use of both.
Let’s make sure that
national age verification apps are made available across the
EU.
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I promise to keep the political momentum going during our
Presidency.
•
Together we can ensure a digital environment with greater
safety and security for our children.
•
No more nightclubs without bouncers.