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

Security researchers claim Persona, the provider behind Discord's UK age verification 'experiment', performs '269 individual verification checks' on user data, including those for terrorism and espionage

Fury over Discord’s age checks explodes after shady Persona test in UK
I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.

Hackers uncover the most alarming frontend leak in Discord’s age verification data

Users claim Discord's age verification test can be tricked with game characters

Wer dein Gesicht scannt, wenn du dich online verifizierst

Real Names and Responsible Speech: The Cases of South Korea, China, and Facebook — Yale Journal of International Affairs

Deliberation and Identity Rules: The Effect of Anonymity, Pseudonyms and Real-Name Requirements on the Cognitive Complexity of Online News Comments
Digital Social Norm Enforcement: Online Firestorms in Social Media

Why does Google+ insist on having your real name?
doi.org

Warum anonym, wenn's auch persönlich geht?: Der Klarname bringt für den Hasskommentator Vorteile