https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20qwz9xzr9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20qwz9xzr9o https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-m

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20qwz9xzr9o https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20qwz9xzr9o https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-behind-meta-154717384.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/reddit-user-uncovers-beh... Basically Meta wants age verification done by devices, the device makers (apple, google) want it on the platform, two sides who don't want the responsibility. On the other side are hundreds of billions invested in companies that offer age verification to websites (persona, etc.). All of these monied interests generate billions into lobbying/corruption efforts that drive all the legislation across the western liberal "democracies" rn.