"This year, the UK also passed a mandate for age verification—the Online Safety Act—"
No we didn't. That was 2023, and it went into effect in multiple phases, the last of which I believe was July 25th this year.
Also, I can't help but wonder what young people now will think of these laws years later, as adults. In the UK, the OSA tries to prevent 17 year olds from watching porn, even though the age of consent here is 16. How will they remember contradictions like that?
No we didn't. That was 2023, and it went into effect in multiple phases, the last of which I believe was July 25th this year.
Also, I can't help but wonder what young people now will think of these laws years later, as adults. In the UK, the OSA tries to prevent 17 year olds from watching porn, even though the age of consent here is 16. How will they remember contradictions like that?