The European Commission is intensifying its push for digital identification and age verification under the Digital Services Act (DSA), expanding oversight beyond major tech firms like Google, Apple, Snap, and YouTube to include smaller online platforms. Officials are demanding detailed reports on how these companies restrict minors from accessing content related to vaping, drugs, and eating disorders, as well as how app stores and video platforms manage age ratings, downloads, and algorithmic recommendations. As part of this broader effort, the Commission has unveiled a new EU-wide age verification framework. This system relies on a downloadable app that performs a one-time ID check using official documents, granting users an “anonymous proof of age” token for future access to restricted services. Despite claims of anonymity, the requirement for an initial identity submission effectively links online access to a verified digital ID, with pilot testing already underway across member states and the first implementations expected in early 2026.

Alongside the scrutiny of Big Tech, the EU is increasing enforcement measures against smaller platforms that may expose minors to harmful content. A working group under the European Board for Digital Services is partnering with national regulators to coordinate cross-border enforcement tools, while a new advisory panel is being formed to address online safety and child protection on social networks. Though framed as efforts to protect young users, critics warn that these initiatives mark a significant step toward a digital environment where identity verification becomes mandatory for internet participation—raising fresh concerns about privacy, data collection, and the long-term normalization of ID-based online access.

This growing digital framework resembles the early architecture of a system that could one day control not just what people see online, but whether they can participate in society at all. What begins as “protection for minors” may evolve into the infrastructure of global surveillance and economic control—the same kind of system foretold in Revelation 13, where access and commerce are governed by verification and allegiance. The groundwork for a future “mark” isn’t built overnight—it’s introduced through convenience, safety, and trust. Europe’s digital ID initiative may be one more step toward conditioning the world to accept centralized oversight under the guise of security and unity—a digital prelude to the Beast system.

SOURCE: Reclaim the Net