> Adults in any of these groups who are unwilling to share their identities will find themselves shunted onto a second-class internet alongside the young people who have been denied access to this information.
This is what I wish people would understand. It doesn't just protect kids from dangerous information. It flips the assumption of age on it's head.
You're no longer assumed to be an adult on the internet, you're assumed to be a child. If you want to be treated as an adult, you have to "show" your ID, and this is not a cashier selling beer at the gas station. This will include the least trustworthy data-hoarding internet marketers who don't give a damn about your privacy. They will view your ID verification as data that can be used for marketing campaigns and sold to other people. They will probably be glad if this law passes because of the cover it gives them to invade your privacy even more.