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When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/10/when-no-id-means-no-internet-age-verification-and-right-access-informationAge verification proposals are often presented as a simple tradeoff: sacrifice a little privacy to better safeguard children online. But that framing overlooks a more fundamental question. What happens to people who cannot verify their age at all? This is particularly a problem when users are required to prove their age with identity documents.
