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EU kids act explained: how Europe plans to ruin the internet
Louis Rossmann

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https://consumerrights.wiki/w/EU_KIDS_Act

0:00 Intro

0:19 Kids' rules by default until you prove you're an adult

2:26 What you lose until you prove age

3:57 Anonymous creators become invisible

7:40 Logged out means time limits, curfews, no autoplay

11:43 Credit cards count as proof of age

13:50 Proving your age means a passport or ID card

15:28 What happens to your existing accounts

16:37 Age checks leak: data breaches "should be expected"

17:45 HACKED: the EU's age-check app got beaten in under 2 minutes & bypassed again

19:14 EFF and industry groups push back

19:38 Does this ban private game servers?

20:46 Hosting your own game server under the law

26:33 Old games: no grandfathering

27:45 What compliance costs game studios

28:57 Disc games: the physical-media exemption

30:25 Phones, computers and Linux

32:15 The Commission can rewrite the rules later

32:52 Where the Stop Killing Games video goes too far

34:09 My take