By Nadia Dreid ( September 30, 2025, 10:10 PM EDT) -- State laws requiring that websites verify the ages of users in order to access adult content — which spans the spectrum from pornography to anything that could be deemed "harmful to minors," depending on whom you ask — have been picking up speed in recent years. Half the country now has laws requiring certain platforms to confirm that the people using them are adults, a trend proponents say will protect children and that opponents have called an attack on the right to access free speech....
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