TLDW:
Brazil is requiring OS level age verification by march 17th, 2026.
New York about to vote on a law that would “require all manufacturers of internet-enabled devices, operating systems, or application stores to conduct commercially reason-able and technically feasible age assurance for users at the point of device activation.”
In order to “incentivize” age verification, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they will ignore COPPA violations for software performing age verification.
With my YT, Steam, and email account being old enough to drink, will they till force me to upload ID?
Yes. Because this is not about verifying your age; that’s just the pretext. This is about identifying you and remotely being able to lock you out of the devices you longer own and control.
But then again, if you use YouTube and Steam, you’re not in control or own anything, so…