Google, Meta at loggerheads over age-verification methods for child users

Search engine giant Google and social media major Meta recently reiterated their difference of opinion over how to verify the age of child users on digital platforms.

Under the European Digital Services Act, Google proposed a new credential manager application programming interface that will store government-issued IDs in a mobile wallet that it said can be used for age assurance in a completely encrypted and safe manner. Meta has proposed, including in India, to utilise the app stores like Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App Store to verify the age…