Age Verification Laws Are Building the Internet's Next Identity Layer for AI Agents
provenauthority · x · 2026-08-11
The article argues that age-verification laws spreading globally, ostensibly for child safety, are actually constructing a sprawling, fragmented digital identity infrastructure.
The author warns that requiring government IDs or face scans could create severe privacy issues and set the template for how billions of AI agents will identify themselves online in the future.
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