"Age verification mandates won't magically keep young people safer online, but that has not stopped governments around the world spending 2025 implementing or attempting to introduce legislation requiring all online users to verify their ages before accessing the digital space. Deeplinks Blog by Lisa Femia | December 11, 2025 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 opposes all forms of age verification mandates. Head to EFF.org/Age to explore our resources and..."
"Age verification laws are proliferating fast across the United States and around the world, creating a dangerous and confusing tangle of rules about what we're all allowed to see and do online. That's why today, we're launching EFF.org/Age, a one-stop shop for users seeking to understand what these laws actually..."
"With ill-advised and dangerous age verification laws proliferating across the United States and around the world, creating surveillance and censorship regimes that will be used to harm both youth and adults, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has launched a new resource hub that will sort through the mess and help people..."
"It's nearly the end of 2025, and half of the US and the UK now require you to upload your ID or scan your face to watch sexual content. A handful of states and Australia now have various requirements to verify your age before you can..."
Governments worldwide implemented or attempted to introduce legislation in 2025 requiring online users to verify their ages before accessing digital content. Many measures require uploading government IDs or facial scans to access sexual or age-restricted material, and jurisdictions across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia have adopted varied rules. These laws create a confusing patchwork of requirements and enable surveillance and censorship regimes that can harm both youth and adults and threaten privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation created a centralized resource hub, EFF.org/Age, to explain age-gating effects, offer protection strategies, and oppose mandatory age verification.
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