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113 A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress

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Lauren Feiner @ The Verge · 12/01/2025 08:00 EDT

A nationwide internet age verification plan is sweeping Congress

For years, lawmakers at the state and federal levels have tried a variety of measures aimed at making kids safer on the internet, from kids-tailored design standards to age verification for individual websites. More recently, a new model has caught on in the states, and now it's gaining steam in Congress: putting the onus on […]

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