>>106034458>this will be a thing for the whole EUYes and no.
The EU version is going to only allow online age verification through privacy-preserving methods with no chance of leaking personal data. Basically; it has to be a zero-knowledge proof (zkp) system. Any age verification that requires additional personal data will, thanks to Art 28.3 of the DSA, never be legally obliged. Which means if you DO deploy such a system, you're immediately in violation of GDPR Art 5 and the general principle of data minimization.
For the EU, ultimately the impact and burden will be no more than a 2FA TOTP code.
And for services where you sign in with an account, providing the age claim only once and having it tied to the account as 'adult' afterwards suffices.
The more insidious thing is that the EU version isn't just for 18+ content. It's for all kinds of other things as well, which arguably you actually DO want banned. Unverified end-users on social media sites should be treated with privacy-by-default, not sharing any personal data, not allowing unsollicited messaging from others, ... and not allowing personalized advertising or scummy dark-pattern practices aimed at lengthening the time you spend on a platform.
The last few are probably why platforms like X and Reddit are hopping on this now in the EU as well, in the hope that pairing it with the UK Online Safety Act, which actually is all about access to porn by children, will get the normies to not notice or care in light of the 'think of the children' cover story. And because anyone who actually DOES notice, DOES care, and speaks up about can be easily made out to be the villain and totally discredit their reputation by branding them a pedophilic sexual deviant.