More on the implementation/methodology side of the topic. Age gating laws/reasoning/discussions: https://semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections/3mowmbn6pcj2p
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
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
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
Who’s Harmed by Age Verification Mandates?
Age-verification laws may sound straightforward to some: protect young people online by making everyone prove their age. But in reality, these mandates force users into one of two flawed
Age Verification Mandates Would Undermine Anonymity Online
Age verification systems are surveillance systems. Mandatory age verification, and with it, mandatory identity verification, is the wrong approach to protecting young people online. It would force
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.
Teen and Parent Perspectives on Approaches to Age Verification
Age verification (AV) is being rolled out by online services to comply with new laws in Europe and across states in the United States. Proposed legislation at the federal level in the U.S., such as the Kids Off Social Media Act and the Kids Online Safety Act, may also result in increased adoption of AV […]
So, You’ve Hit An Age Gate. What Now?
EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, an…
Age verification: Child protection or privacy risk?
With more platforms and governments asking for age verification, we look at the options and the implications.
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
State Age Verification Laws – Action Center
Age verification is coming for the internet — and it’s already raising red flags
Legislative efforts to age-gate parts of the internet are gaining traction. Some experts warn of compliance complications and data security breaches.
Age & ID Verification
Infrastructure, legislation, commentary, implementations, development, perceptions and insights, social effects, safety of, and other resources about age and ID verification online.
Age and Identity Verification
Tracking various government schemes for age and identity verification, especially for web / internet / social media / app usage.
Age gating laws/reasoning/outcomes
And discussions thereof, both for and against. Age gating methods: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections…
ATmosphere User "Verification"
Age verification, ID verification, age verification legislature, and verification indicators as an indicator for account authenticity to increase trust and minimize social issues around inauthentic identities/catfish/deepfakes/etc
The "Segregate-and-Suppress" Approach to Regulating Child Safety Online
The EU’s age verification app has a privacy problem — and it may be more than just a 'bug in an app'
csa-scientist-open-letter.org
What do Europeans want out of their EUDI Wallets New study sheds light - EU Digital Identity Wallet -
Commission publishes guidelines on the protection of minors
Social Media Ban Repository – information labs
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
Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Is Just Training A Generation In The Art Of The Workaround
Report supporting Australia’s teen social media ban appears to contain AI hallucinations, Senate hears
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
Why Gander Social?
rahaeli (@rahaeli.bsky.social)
On verification and coordination authority - Connected Places
EU Digital Identity Wallet Home - EU Digital Identity Wallet -
Online Age Verification Legislature (by Bee 🐝) — Semble
EU Digital Wallet
Bluesky Made Me Prove I Was An Adult—Here’s How I Did It
Keytrace - You be you, everywhere.