L’UE valide une initiative contre l’identité numérique

The European Commission has approved a citizen’s initiative seeking to prevent the implementation of mandatory digital identities and age verification systems for accessing online services within the EU. The initiative, ‘Stop Killing The Internet: No Digital ID & No Age Verification,’ aims to ensure that identity and age verification mechanisms remain voluntary, privacy-respecting, and non-discriminatory. While the Commission’s decision only validates the initiative’s formal requirements, it marks a crucial step in a broader debate about the extent to which platforms can demand proof of identity or age from users, and represents a key indicator for cyber intelligence regarding the future of online authentication and identity protection in Europe.