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| Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches. | | Users who are forced to give their ID when using a platform may be forced to see feeds only curated for their region,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-01 |title=Strict Age Verification Laws: Balancing Content Restriction and Educational Rights |url=https://www.thinkacademy.ca/blog/strict-age-verification-laws-impact-k12-education/#:~:text=Impact%20on%20K12,affect%20these%20groups |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Think Academy}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Jason |last2=Mackey |first2=Aaron |last3=Mullin |first3=Joe |date=2024-02-15 |title=Don’t Fall for the Latest Changes to the Dangerous Kids Online Safety Act |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/02/dont-fall-latest-changes-dangerous-kids-online-safety-act |access-date=2025-09-04 |website=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> as well as have their content specifically moderated more harshly depending on the region's government. This also can lead to methods where [[wikipedia:Virtual_private_network|VPNs]] are used to access content that may otherwise be inaccessible in some regions to no-longer be viable. Besides that, dissidents or exiles of certain authoritarian countries may face transnational repressions if the databases containing their ID details suffer data breaches. |
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| *Australia [[Australia Online Safety Amendment|Online Safety Amendment]]
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| *Canada [[Canadian Bill S-209|Bill S-209]]
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| **[[Digital Services Act]] (DSA)
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| **France [[France SREN Law|SREN Law]]
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| **Germany [[Germany JMStV|JMStV]]
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| **Italy [[Italy Caivano Decree|Caivano Decree]]
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| *South Africa [[South Africa Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and Online Safety|Audio and Audiovisual Media Services and Online Safety]]
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| *Malaysia [[MY Online Safety Act|Online Safety Act]]
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| *United Kingdom [[UK Online Safety Act|Online Safety Act]] (OSA)
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| **[[US App Store Accountability Act]]
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| **[[US SCREEN Act]]
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| **[[US Kids Online Safety Act]] (KOSA)
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| **[[Ohio HB 96]]
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| **[[Arizona HB 2112]]
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| **[[North Dakota HB 1561]]
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| **[[Kentucky HB 278]]
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| **[[Wyoming HB 43]]
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| **[[South Dakota HB 1053]]
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| **[[Georgia SB 351]]
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| **[[Michigan SB 190]]
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| **[[South Carolina HB 3424]]
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| **[[Florida HB 3]]
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| **[[Tennessee SB 1792]]
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| **[[Oklahoma SB 1959]]
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| **[[Nebraska LB 1092]]
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| **[[Alabama HB 164]]
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| **[[Indiana SB 17]]
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| **[[Kansas SB 394]]
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| **[[Idaho HB 498]]
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| **[[North Carolina HB 8]]
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| **[[Montana SB 544]]
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| **[[Texas HB 1181]]
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| **[[Arkansas SB 66]]
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| **[[Mississippi HB 1126]]
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| **[[Virginia SB 1515]]
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| **[[Utah SB 287]]
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| **[[Louisiana SB 162]]
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| *[[Bluesky]]: United Kingdom, various states of America
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| *[[Discord]]: United Kingdom
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| *[[Google]]: United Kingdom, United States
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| *[[Spotify]]: United Kingdom
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| ===Incidents involving forced identification<!-- Please keep summaries brief and only include info directly relevant to this article. -->===
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| *[[Discord]]: Customer service portal had a breach that led to an estimated 70,000 UK IDs stolen.<ref name=":2" />
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| *[[Bluesky]]: Blocked users from Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perez |first=Sarah |date=2025-08-24 |title=Bluesky blocks service in Mississippi over age assurance law |url=https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/24/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250824210934/https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/24/bluesky-blocks-service-in-mississippi-over-age-assurance-law/ |archive-date=2025-08-24 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=TechCrunch}}</ref>
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| *[[Spotify]]: Users will have their account deleted if they fail age verification.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-31 |title=Spotify may delete accounts if users fail new mandatory age checks |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-31/spotify-may-delete-accounts-if-they-fail-new-mandatory-age-checks |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250731160017/https://www.itv.com/news/2025-07-31/spotify-may-delete-accounts-if-they-fail-new-mandatory-age-checks |archive-date=2025-07-31 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=ITV News}}</ref>
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| *[[Tea Dating Advice]]: A 4chan post leaked over 72,000 sensitive images, including those with US state IDs.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Maiberg |first1=Emanuel |last2=Cox |first2=Joseph |date=2025-07-25 |title=Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan |url=https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727101532/https://www.404media.co/women-dating-safety-app-tea-breached-users-ids-posted-to-4chan/ |archive-date=2025-07-27 |access-date=2025-07-27 |work=404 Media}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lanz |first=Jose |date=2025-07-25 |title=Tea App That Claimed to Protect Women Exposes 72,000 IDs in Epic Security Fail |url=https://decrypt.co/331961/tea-app-claimed-protect-women-exposes-72000-ids-epic-security-fail |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250727222442/https://decrypt.co/331961/tea-app-claimed-protect-women-exposes-72000-ids-epic-security-fail |archive-date=2025-07-27 |access-date=2025-07-27 |work=Decrypt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=u/B_drgnthrn |date=2025-07-27 |title=Is teaspill just the start? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/ask/comments/1maag7d/is_teaspill_just_the_start/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/jduIg |archive-date=2025-07-28 |access-date=2025-07-28 |work=Reddit}}</ref>
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