More on the implementation/methodology side of the topic. Age gating laws/reasoning/discussions: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
PACT Workshop

CAPTCHAだらけのウェブを変える人間証明システム「PACT」とは?

PACT: Anonymous Credentials for the Web – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

Revisiting Keyed-Verification Anonymous Credentials

CAPTCHA successor Privacy Pass has no easy answers for online abuse | The Mozilla Blog

The web should remain anonymous by default | The Mozilla Blog
“There's plenty of research in this topic area that shows hate speech doesn't decline when real-name policies are in effect, in fact usually the inverse, and the diversity of people contributing to conversations decreases” — bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5w4eqcxzw5jv5…
And discussions thereof, both for and against. Age gating methods: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
Research - Disqus

What’s in a name? A forward view of anonymity online

Anonymity and Online Commenting: The Broken Windows Effect and the End of Drive-by Commenting

Anonymity, Pseudonymity, and Deliberation: Why Not Everything Should Be Connected

Online anonymity: study found ‘stable pseudonyms’ created a more civil environment than real user names

Real-Name Policies: The War Against Pseudonymity

How the Meta Settlement Silences Youth Activism

EFF to Governor Newsom: Veto California’s AB 1709

California enacts laws restricting chatbots and banning teens from ‘addictive’ social media

Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform

Meta's $17 Billion Settlement is a Bad Deal for Teens and All Social

California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt