the EU is. but their verification age process shows the design flaw that preserving privacy means the system can be easily circumvented with a mitm allowing to circumvent the age verification process.
Young people setting up a MITM and getting deeper into tech rather than consuming short-form-content is something I'd appreciate as a nice bonus effect.
Of course the EU solution isn't perfect and there are bypasses (there will always be and have always been), but let's appreciate it that way rather than too many PII, if it must come. I'd prefer the Age/RTA header and parental responsibility too.
Isn't MITM always a possibility? One person has access, then they could be the man in the middle and stream or access, store and send to others or they get "hacked" with reasonable deniability, etc. and suddenly others have access without age verification again. For example someone could install a device grabbing all frames sent through a display port cable.
Of course the EU solution isn't perfect and there are bypasses (there will always be and have always been), but let's appreciate it that way rather than too many PII, if it must come. I'd prefer the Age/RTA header and parental responsibility too.