Age verification laws are building the internet's next identity layer for AI agents
provenauthority · x · 2026-08-26
An article in Observer examines how fragmented age-verification laws, ostensibly for child safety, are creating an invasive digital identity infrastructure. This system, requiring government IDs or face scans across countless sites, is likely to become the template for how billions of future AI agents will be required to identify themselves online.
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