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Device-Based Age Verification is not the Solution

The recent move among U.S. states to add digital “age verification” to websites which serve adult content is a troubling one. Digital age verification systems are rife with privacy concerns, many requiring you to upload your government ID to third-party vendors or even directly to the website in question. Privacy advocates and companies within the industry have correctly identified all sorts of problems…