Comment by mikeysight

Interestingly enough, many of the age verification laws passed recently in the states and EU explictly require or suggest anonymous or otherwise privacy-preserving technologies in their wording. I share a healthy dose of skepticism and cynicism around the ability of institutions to competently enact law and not to overstep, but I also believe that innovation drives legislation more than the inverse, and that if great tools exist that can address many or all of the core concerns around user friction and privacy, the law will be informed, shaped and clarified by those capabilities.