[toomuchtodo]

There are always tradeoffs. There is no law that says website owners cannot demand ID already. We might have different belief systems and perspectives on the topic of safety and privacy as it relates to non adults and Internet accessibility, in which case we won't find middle ground. It happens. Democracy is messy. I encourage engagement regardless of your position on the topic. That is how we find (or at least attempt to) the least worst policy.

[x0x0]

That's a facile handwaving of some pretty large ones.

[veeti]

There is no law that says they have to, thankfully.

[toomuchtodo]

> There is no law that says they have to, thankfully.

Eight states as of this comment have legislation that has passed requiring age verification. Ten other states have introduced legislation that has not yet passed. (US centric)

> In 2022, Louisiana passed a law requiring the use of age verification on websites that contain a “substantial portion” (33.33%) of adult content. Websites must utilize commercial age verification systems that check a user’s government identification or “public or private transactional data” to confirm that a user is at least 18 years old. Louisiana’s law has sparked a flurry of copycat legislation to be introduced in state houses around the country.

https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bill...

[allan_s]

There is at least GDPR, if you have users of European citizenship, that requires a legal basis to do so if it is mandatory in your registration process