EFF: Age verification laws mean no ID means no internet access
DASD · hn · 2026-10-18
EFF argues that expanding age-verification requirements are effectively cutting people without ID—or those unwilling to hand one over—off from the open internet, eroding anonymous access and the right to information, with the harshest impact on vulnerable and privacy-sensitive users.
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