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How online age-gating laws went mainstream this year

How online age-gating laws went mainstream this year

Marketplace Tech

December 26, 202511m 17s

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About half of U.S. states now require some form of online age verification to prevent kids from accessing certain content — usually pornography. But in some cases, that also means broader categories of adult content that include social media. Drew Harwell, tech reporter at The Washington Post, has been following this.