Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation
by Rindala Alajaji & Aaron Jue
“Even with the best intentions, every online age verification scheme has the same result: users are forced to reveal sensitive personal information to third parties simply to access the web. Once that valuable data is centralized, it becomes an immediate target for leaks, hacks, and misuse. This isn’t hypothetical: it has already happened several times.” (05/28/26)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/age-verification-privacy-nightmare