The mistake that UK, and probably others, have made is that the government isn't actually able to provide the required infrastructure.
If the solution is anonymous in the sense that the government doesn't see that I visit some site, and the site doesn't see who I am, then I struggle to see problem. This assumes that it's only applied to services and products that are already age restricted in the physical world already.
I think one can say that about alcohol too? How do they plan to avoid kids drinking the wine?
Maybe if the parents leaves knifes, wine and medicine and an unlocked mobile phone where the kids can find it, ... That's a problem that's hard to solve in a phone app?
> frequent reconfirmation maybe?
Maybe popping up face ID camera tests? Can be annoying, I suppose, if you were in the middle of something
They just need to leak all of the elected official internet usage. You'll see this rolled back faster than it was implemented.
I really can't wait for the video titles of the porn our government officials watch to be read out loud by newscasters. That's going to be such sweet karma.