We said that in two formal “Opinions”, so I'm not now reinventing the wheel. We are here because of the difficulties in regulating, from a data protection viewpoint, an issue that is much bigger, and to speed up the process, perhaps. The approach of the legislator was to count more on the guidance by data protection authorities. So, I'm afraid we will continue working with a flexible approach. Perhaps it will be up to data collection authorities to identify reliable methods that stop content from being freely given, and to identify the relevant safeguards and suitable methods for age and verification.
On June 13th, 2017. See this statement in context.