The Future of Online Privacy and Age Verification Laws
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The article discusses the potential implementation of age-verification laws in the U.S., similar to the UK's Online Safety Act, which could compromise online privacy and free speech by requiring users to share personal ID to access certain content, raising concerns among civil rights advocates, businesses, and legal experts about privacy, censorship, and the impact on smaller platforms.
- ‘Anonymity Online Is Going to Die’: What Age-Verification Laws Could Look Like in the U.S. Rolling Stone
- Behind the Passwords Alternative: Passkeys - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts The Wall Street Journal
- Global movement to protect kids online fuels a wave of AI safety tech CNBC
- ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences The Washington Post
- Online age checks are proliferating, but so are concerns they curtail internet freedom AP News
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