Age verification sounds reasonable until you realize it means every adult hands over their ID just to go online.

We wrote about why this is a terrible idea and what should happen instead.
https://proton.me/blog/keep-age-verification-from-killing-anonymity-online

We must keep age verification from killing anonymity online | Proton

Powerful forces are exploiting parents’ fears to strengthen their toxic business models. Here’s how we stop them.

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Age verification is stupid. Nothing online has ever harmed me the way real life humans did when I was a child.