LeBlueElephantJan 15
Electronic Frontier Foundation
As age gates get rolled out, you may find yourself asking: should I continue to use services that require me to verify my age? And if so, how can I do that with the least risk to my personal information? To find out, check out our guide to navigating age assurance tech: https://eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/so-youve-hit-age-gate-what-now
So, You’ve Hit an Age Gate. What Now?

EFF is against age gating and age verification mandates, and we hope we’ll win in getting existing ones overturned and new ones prevented. But mandates are already in effect, and every day many people are asked to verify their age across the web, despite prominent cases of sensitive data getting leaked in the process.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
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Show threadSpaceLifeFormJan 15

@eff

Years ago, at age 50 I got carded.

I learned later it was 'policy'.

A policy designed to waste time but collect PII to sell.

Needless to say, they lost my business.

Show threadDynomJan 15

@eff so, again, what about OpenAge?

https://openageinitiative.org/

A public-interest initiative to make age private, reusable, and globally interoperable

OpenAge brings together global policy & safety experts, leading platforms and providers of trusted age signals, to establish a user-centric, privacy-first framework for age assurance globally.

OpenAge Initiative
Show threadT2RJan 15
@eff Just don't use it. They will eventually notice the drop in eyeballs and then revenue and then drop the age gating. Boycotting is the only thing that works, hit them in the pocketbooks.