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The vast majority (90%+)of all AV is not photo ID. It’s phone number or name/address (in the US), depending on the industry. This info is usually collected.

For adult industry, the issue is gating web traffic. But as I explained to a regulator mentioned in the article, as long as there are shady companies who won’t comply and can’t be fined, it’s a moot point.

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Phone numbers? That seems like a bunch of security theater. (Edit: presumably that's why the states that have passed porn AV laws require IDs, not phone numbers.)

> For adult industry, the issue is gating web traffic.

Clealry that is not the only issue as adult sites have chosen to stop operating rather than comply in jurisdictions that require AV.

The adult sites will simply move offshore where the country trying to stop the flow of information doesn't have jurisdictions. It's whack-a-mole. The only solution is that parents control their kids, install nanny software, and teach them what is age appropriate. I chose to skip all that but supposedly I'm supposed to just accept that they are taking more of my freedom away and expect me to turn my ID over to random internet companies and trust that they'll "do the right thing"

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