# Age requirement for Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602 "2026-04-27T11:31:58Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602/12 "2026-04-28T04:21:55Z")

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> [@Heliosurge](#):
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> How would you do that without compromising the idea of being able to protect one’s identity?

See [European age verification app to keep children safe online](https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/european-age-verification-app-keep-children-safe-online-2026-04-15_en) and [https://ageverification.dev/](https://ageverification.dev/)

> The EU Age Verification Solution relies on Zero-Knowledge Proof (ZKP) cryptography to deliver its privacy guarantees. A ZKP allows the user’s application to convince a relying party of a single fact — for example, “this user is over 18” — without revealing the user’s identity, date of birth, issuer-assigned reference or any other attribute. The application’s responses to different relying parties cannot be correlated, so a user cannot be tracked across services, and the relying party cannot build a profile from repeated interactions.

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