The usual Internet access age verification model being suggested is via third-party identity firms who would issue "this is an adult" tokens to the sites and (in some cases at least) supposedly delete the government ID information later.
I have absolutely zero faith that this model would operate as asserted and would not be subject to hacks, leaks, other implementation errors, LEO requests and court orders demanding retention and correlation of associated data for other purposes, etc.
And I'll add, the LEO and court aspects will quickly spread in all sorts of illicit directions. Imagine a Trump or DeSantis DOJ with access to a database like that.
Don't they tend to be porn sites? (He says trying not to snort like a 14 year old).
@simon_lucy Porn sites are the initial low hanging fruit. Bipartisan federal (and other legislation) would extend this to all social media sites, starting with the largest ones, of course.
Internationally? It all falls to bits.
Properly applied by law it should all fail to bits even within the US.
From jurisdictional issues through constitutional and practical issues, such regulations should not be really enforceable within the US, much less internationally.
Sadly, all too often the laws are kind of ignored for practical or political reasons.
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The UK Govt is on a track which looks like it wants to treat the Internet as if it has borders, which ends up at them trying to manage traffic.
That fails, this is not China 20 years ago and just the practicalities of services and trade defeats it.