The way the government is enforcing the distributors to verify the age is the problem. By using 3rd party data collection agencies with an economic incentive to

The way the government is enforcing the distributors to verify the age is the problem. By using 3rd party data collection agencies with an economic incentive to monetize that data. Data collection agencies which the federal government (at a minimum) have admitted to purchasing from to collect data on US citizens. There are solutions to resolve this (device-specific privacy controls a la parental controls in iOS) are probably the most secure and most effective.