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Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches.
Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches.


== See also ==
==See also==
* [[Anti-privacy legislation]]
*[[Anti-privacy legislation]]


== External links ==
==External links==
* https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/all
*https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/all
* https://fightchatcontrol.eu


==References==
==References==