age verification – Techdirt

Posts about age verification written by Michael McGrady Jr and Mike Masnick

State Age Verification Laws – Action Center

Age Assurance Methods Explained

This blog also appears in our Age Verification Resource Hub: our one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what age-gating laws actually do, what’s at stake, how to protect yourself, and why EFF

European Age Verification Solution

The European Commission is developing a harmonized, EU-wide approach to age verification, accompanied by a comprehensive age verification blueprint that is intended to facilitate practical adoption across all Member States and can be customised to the national context. Built upon the robust European Digital Identity Wallet framework, this user-friendly and privacy-preserving age verification solution enables individuals to demonstrate their eligibility for age-restricted online services, such as those restricted to adults, without disclosing more personal information than absolutely necessary. By design, the solution addresses and supports compliance with Article 28 of the Digital Services Act, helping online service providers meet legal requirements for age checks while safeguarding user privacy.

The limits of zero-knowledge for age-verification | Brave

ZKPs are often advanced as a technical remedy, promising privacy-preserving attestations of age or eligibility. Yet their deployment in practice exposes both conceptual and practical limits.

438 Experts Said Age Verification Is Dangerous. Legislators Are Moving Forward With It Anyway. - Above the Law

From the seems-like-someone-should-pay-attention? dept

Discord to roll out age verification next month | TechCrunch

All users will be put into a "teen-appropriate experience" by default unless they prove that they are adults.

Age Verification Is Locking Trans People Out of the Internet

Experts tell Dia Kayyali and Jasmine Mithani that age verification, sold as a fix for kids’ online safety, expands surveillance and deepens discrimination.

The Dangers of Age Verification Provisions

One proposed solution to ensuring safe youth online experiences is age verification provisions, which require platforms to confirm the ages

Age Verification - PrivateID

PrivateID offers fast, secure Age Verification using biometric AI, ensuring user privacy and compliance without storing personal data.

Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?

With more platforms and governments asking for age verification, we look at the options and the implications.

Age Verification and Age Gating: Resource Hub

Age verification (or age-gating) laws generally require online services to check, estimate, or verify all users’ ages—often through invasive tools like ID checks, biometric scans, or other dubious

Age Verification Architecture

This document describes solution-agnostic and technology-neutral schema for how various intermediaries can gate content and services based on age. The analysis of the architecture is done along two dimensions: the efficacy of permitting or restricting access based on age, and the privacy cost of doing so. The document concludes with recommendations as well as critical privacy, security and human rights considerations.