Age‑Verification Becomes Law

Norway plans to ban social media access for people under 16 and make companies responsible for proving users' ages. Similar moves are spreading across democracies, creating new markets and technical requirements for age checks (OS, app store, or third‑party verification) and prompting predictable workarounds like VPNs and credential‑markets. — If age verification is legalized as the enforcement mechanism for youth protections, it will reshape platform architecture, privacy norms, and who controls identity data across jurisdictions.