Did we just lose the open Internet?
Imagine being seventeen years old in 2032. You want to send a flirtatious message to your boyfriend. Before it can even leave […]
Tag: age verification
What Do Sex Ed and Digital Literacy Have in Common?
When we choose to prohibit instead of prepare, young people navigate the risk anyway. They just do it without guidance to make informed decisions. Abstinence-only education showed us this. The evidence on age verification is already showing us the same thing.
The ‘Keep Kids Safe’ Law That Doesn’t Keep Anyone Safe
We’ve all done it. Mindlessly typed in your birthday on a website asking you to verify your age. Maybe you felt a […]
Beyond the Filter: Australia’s Under 16 Social Media Ban
This episode discusses Australia’s groundbreaking social media minimum age law, which mandates that platforms block users under 16. The conversation explores the […]
Beyond the Filter: Age Verification, Payments, Porn, and Censorship
Brandy and Jeremy speak with journalist Michael McGrady Jr about two growing threats to online sexual expression: financial censorship and age verification […]
The Hidden Dangers of Digital ID Verification Laws
While debates around digital ID verification laws often center on censorship and privacy concerns, there’s a more sinister dimension to these policies […]
Age Verification Provides Neither Safety Nor Liberty
Today, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Texas’s age verification law in a 6-3 decision that marks a troubling lurch […]
Age Verification Laws: Trading Privacy for Protection That Doesn’t Work
Over twenty U.S. states have passed or are pushing laws that hold websites liable to civil lawsuits if they host material deemed […]