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Online Age Verification Is Coming

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For years, most websites and apps were content with an almost symbolic question: “Are you of age?” It was like putting a “adults only” poster on the door of a store with no one to look at. That stage is running out. Age verification is extended through social networks, video platforms, AI services and video games, driven by a mixture of political pressure, social demands to reinforce online child security and the (very real) fear that minors wil…
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For years, most websites and apps were content with an almost symbolic question: “Are you of age?” It was like putting a “adults only” poster on the door of a store with no one to look at. That stage is running out. Age verification is extended through social networks, video platforms, AI services and video games, driven by a mixture of political pressure, social demands to reinforce online child security and the (very real) fear that minors wil…

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WWWhat's new broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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