I know most of this affects only the US, but I'm wondering where this will go in the EU if the Age Verification Tech goes ahead in America. There's been lots of efforts to increase surveillance disguised as protection for kids in the EU and UK.

The Swiss implementation of eID may be hint that governments may/will take the responsibility to implement and maintain the tech, but the multiple intrusions and lobbying by Palantir and friends in the EU gives me the ick.

The UK is absolutely picking the most stupid option (delegate it to US companies doing face recognition)

Right, if these countries want these laws at least ensure the verification is all done within the country in question and the data never leaves.

Of course, that defeats the entire point of the exercise.