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Age Verification is a Privacy Nightmare

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May 28, 2026 Source

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In the rush to block young people from certain parts of the internet, lawmakers are creating a privacy and security nightmare for everyone. This scenario is already playing out globally. Help us stop it and keep the web open and accessible for all. JOIN EFF Protect the web for everyone Even with the best intentions, every online age verification scheme has the same result: users are forced to reveal sensitive personal information to third parties simply to access the web. Once that valuable data is centralized, it becomes an immediate target for leaks, hacks, and misuse. This isn’t hypothetical: it has already happened several times. By age gating the web, we serve up a honeypot of private info ripe for bad actors. But you can help us stop this when you join EFF. Support digital rights in EFF's new Claw Back member t-shirt and Privacy Badger Crewneck. Thanks to our members, EFF is on the front lines fighting against online age gating and identity verification online. We’re working

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