Social media age verification faces practicality, privacy challenges

A fact sheet produced by NetChoice, an open internet advocacy group, argued that every user would first be required to upload identifying documents like government-issued ID or biometrics, then have those documents verified by a third party working with the government.

Then, NetChoice argued that data would likely be stored so that users could access an age-restricted social media service without having to verify their age each time, a practice the organization warned could put residents’ personal information at risk. Similar measures to require age verification to visit adult entertainment websites have raised the same privacy concerns.