Age verification laws coming at the porn industry from all directions

A reckoning is on the way for porn sites, social media platforms and other age-restricted online content, as regulators move to pass mandatory age verification laws aimed at preventing children from exposure to online harms. But the issue crosses a political nexus at which distaste for obscenity meets the treasured status of personal privacy, particularly on the issues of biometrics and digital identity. For both tech giants and politicians jockeying for votes, choices will have to be made.

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