---
id: "aiethics:lecture/online-age-verification"
type: "AI Ethics course lecture"
title: "Online Age Verification: AI as a Solution?"
url: "https://aiethicscourse.org/lectures/online-age-verification"
authors: ["Jessica Eynard"]
summary: "In this lecture, Jessica Eynard unpacks the challenge of online age verification."
source: "AI Ethics: Global Perspectives (aiethicscourse.org)"
licence: "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)"
---

# Online Age Verification: AI as a Solution?

A lecture of the course [AI Ethics: Global Perspectives](https://aiethicscourse.org/).

## Lecturer

- Jessica Eynard, Associate Professor in Law, University of Toulouse Capitole

## About this lecture

In this lecture, Eynard unpacks the challenge of online age verification. She looks at the legal and technical frameworks which currently exist to protect minors, exploring how regulations by the European Union manifest in the national contexts of France and Germany. Through this exploration, she highlights the benefits and limitations of the current AI solutions. Eynard concludes her module with an outline of future considerations to govern online AI-powered age verification systems.

## Video and transcript

- Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_16RYS5-pYg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_16RYS5-pYg)
- Transcript (PDF): [https://aiethicscourse.org/img/806ce695-cc1d-4f8b-93a8-376673fec836.pdf](https://aiethicscourse.org/img/806ce695-cc1d-4f8b-93a8-376673fec836.pdf)

## Read, watch, and listen

- [The European Union's GDPR](https://gdpr-info.eu/)
- [Artificial Intelligence Law: Between Sectoral Rules and Comprehensive Regime](https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/en/artificial-intelligence-law-9782802772248.html#product.info.tab.details), Eynard, J. and Castets-Renard, C. (Eds.). Artificial Intelligence Law: Between Sectoral Rules and Comprehensive Regime. Larcier, 2023.
- [The EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD)](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/audiovisual-and-media-services)
- [The EU's Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/digital-services-act-package)
- [A Digital Decade for children and youth: the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+)](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2022%3A212%3AFIN), Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A Digital Decade for children and youth: the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+)
- [EU eIDAS Regulation](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eidas-regulation)