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Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

If you’re confused about the difference between “age verification,” “age estimation,” “age assurance,” and “age gate” — you’re not alone. Let’s help you make sense of it all. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/age-verification-estimation-assurance-oh-my-guide-terminology

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Age Verification, Estimation, Assurance, Oh My! A Guide to the Terminology

If you've been following the wave of age-gating laws sweeping across the country and the globe, you've probably noticed that lawmakers, tech companies, and advocates all seem to be using different terms for what sounds like the same thing. Age verification, age assurance, age estimation, age gating...
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Bojan Landekić
Bojan Landekić
@bojanlandekic@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 hours ago

@eff how far is age verification from general Internet access? At this rate that's comming, too.

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