Expert doubts Polish courts can effectively enforce age verification for social media platforms, suggesting better-designed solutions are needed.
European Regulations
The speaker argues that the Australian model doesn’t add much more than existing EU procedures under the Digital Services Act (DSA). Both approaches place the burden of effective age verification on platforms, with penalties for non-compliance.
Enforcement Challenges
The European Commission, despite having significant enforcement powers including high penalties and the threat of suspending service rights, has failed over two years to compel major platforms to effectively verify users’ ages.
Polish Solutions
The expert suggests Poland needs better-designed solutions, with advanced work already underway. They propose a platform-independent, privacy-safe age verification tool based on an application similar to Poland’s mObywatel.