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It's been a while since I worked in adult, but I recall when Germany did something similar, no one outside their jurisdiction had to follow the rules, so no one did. Additionally it just required the user to enter an ID number the site owner had to validate against a government API, that charged per request. This was flawed because... Kids could find/share the ID card numbers and bad actors could run up your bills by dictionary attacking the validation form. It was a need and was utterly unenforceable.

The solution is parents need to be parenting. Where there is a will, there is a way (and that's directed to both sides).




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