Brussels has a date with your inbox. By December 31, 2026, every EU member state must roll out a government-issued digital identity wallet under eIDAS 2.0, and the same Brussels machine is finalizing the “Chat Control” rule that will require age verification to open a messaging account. The two tracks run on parallel rails, but… Continue reading EU Chat Control 2026: The Deadline Every Builder Should Know
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Age Verification Creep Tracker: KOSA, App Store ID Laws, and the Fight for Anonymous Speech
A living tracker for KOSA, app store age verification, state ID-check laws, and the policy pipeline pushing the internet toward identity checkpoints.
KOSA Is Not Just a Kids Safety Bill. It Is an Age Verification Creep Bill
KOSA is marketed as kids online safety, but its incentives could normalize age verification, weaken pseudonymous speech, and give Big Tech another compliance moat.