The intensification of age verification measures, presented as a means of protecting minors, seems above all to be fueling a culture of circumvention, revealing a political cost far more complex than mere technical effectiveness. While regulators are tightening age verification measures with the stated goal of protecting minors, a study by Cybernews highlights a dynamic that complicates the situation. These so-called precautionary measures, far from simply preventing certain uses, seem above all to displace them and generate avoidance behaviors. Cybernews’ analysis, though methodologically fragile, outlines the political…
