Why would minors be required to take part in this? To access age-restricted material suitable to them (not 18+ but maybe 13+), or would this registration be mandatory for everyone?
The article says any “video-sharing platform” would require all users, adults and children, to upload their IDs and pics.
Porn websites are video sharing platforms, so they must comply no matter the age.
But don’t worry, porn sites must also run a biometric analysis on the images sent to check if the user is 18+!
The article clarifies that this would cover pretty much any website which allows you upload video, so minors would have to take part on YouTube, Facebook, etc.
I guess the opt out would be to not use those platforms, but that seems unlikely.
1. Minors will attempt to access porn sites
2. They will be faced with the picture validation
3. Some of them will try it
4. They will theoretically fail the validation, but the porn site will still be required to keep the data from the attempt.