☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Ready or not, age verification is rolling out across the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a>”</p><p>“It’s just a taste of the issues that many other countries might face as they launch their own systems, and it’s a situation that privacy and security experts have long warned about — to little avail.</p><p>Following a yearslong political push to make the internet safer for kids, age <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/verification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verification</span></a> has started seeping into online spaces across the globe. Lawmakers in the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, and elsewhere have all passed <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AgeGating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeGating</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/rules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rules</span></a>, and platforms have begun to comply. </p><p>The likely methods for verification are similar to those in the UK. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Platforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platforms</span></a> typically ask users to either enter a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PaymentCard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentCard</span></a>, upload a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GovernmenIssuedID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmenIssuedID</span></a>, take a selfie, or allow a platform to use their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> (like account <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CreationDates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreationDates</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UserConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UserConnections</span></a>) to “estimate” their age. Most rely on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ThirdParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThirdParty</span></a> services: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> uses the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/EpicGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpicGames</span></a>-owned Kids Web Services; <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> is working with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Persona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Persona</span></a>; and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Discord</span></a> has partnered with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/kID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kID</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OnlineSafetyAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineSafetyAct</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSA</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>control</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theverge.com/analysis/715767/online-age-verification-not-ready" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/analysis/715767/o</span><span class="invisible">nline-age-verification-not-ready</span></a>> (paywall) / <<a href="https://archive.md/jQuvd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/jQuvd</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>></p>