Countries are rolling out age verification laws

Sources • Main Source: Wikipedia "Social media age verification laws by country"
• UK: Wikipedia "Online Safety Act 2023" and BBC "UK consulting on bringing in social media ban for under 16s"
• Brazil: BiometricUpdate.com "Brazil takes bold stance with wide-reaching online safety law"
• Malaysia: BiometricUpdate.com "Malaysia’s age verification rules for social media could be world’s strictest"
• Gabon: BBC "Social media suspended in Gabon for 'spreading of false information'"

Note: I purposefully omitted the US in this table to keep it readable. See the specific Wikipedia article for laws in the US instead.
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