Online Age Verification Laws Could Do More Harm Than Good
Briefly

Online adult content sites are increasingly required to verify visitors' age, with several U.S. states and EU nations implementing regulations to protect minors from explicit material.
Critics of age-verification laws emphasize the risks to adults' data privacy when sharing sensitive information online, highlighting concerns about potential hacking and exploitation.
Current age-verification methods involve sharing personal data that can be linked to individuals' pornography consumption, raising alarm among digital rights advocacy groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Olivier Blazy, a computer scientist, collaborated with the CNIL in France to develop a more private online age verification system as an alternative to existing, more invasive practices.
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