[bigfatkitten]

What happens when, as a service provider you need to verify users in 190 different countries? That's at least 190 different age verification platforms you might need to integrate with. Probably 50 just for the USA.

These regulations do not necessarily apply only to the major platforms. If you run a phpBB forum in Australia with a few dozen old guys discussing steam trains, you will also be in scope of Australia's proposed regulations; that is a "social media" platform.

[takinola]

If this happens, someone will build an aggregator that interfaces with all the 190 different services.