Age verification made a big mistake, and the blockchain needs to be engaged

Opinion by: Boris Bohrer-Bluitzki, CEO of Concordium
The recent push to protect minors when it comes to adult content is more necessary. Having now impact the UK, this ongoing movement does not slow down, along with other European markets and the US facing both restrictions.
As the websites have established age -verification software, however, problems arise. To avoid verification of age, users try to avoid the process or find a less compliant. In either case, people have not adopted this new process, which means that minors are still at risk.
Existing protocols for identity verification are not up to the standard. Adult users need to feel assured that their identity is protected, while minors are prevented from accessing. Processes such as uploading a picture or credit card checks are too obsolete to work. Instead, it has to be an approach that combines the ignorance of a legitimate identity.
A good wishes with poor implementation
Identifying the importance of laws such as the online safety act is important. Internet reliance means inappropriate content can be easily accessible to minors. With more than 50% of children seeing harmful online content, governments should protect minors.
The challenge comes to implementation. Age verification in the area only leads to users trying to avoid the process. The 1,800% spikes in VPN downloads only show that users of all ages are trying to avoid the verification process.
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It helps anyone. Websites cannot ensure minors are unable to access their content, disturbing online safety law. Meanwhile, as users avoid age -verification through the following sites, they are more likely to deprive them of less honorable providers, creating significant security and legal risk.
Integration of Privacy in verification
Why do users avoid verification software even when they are at a legal age? Initially, it decreases with privacy. Adults want to ensure that their identity is protected. While existing age -verification methods promise anonymously, the need for pictures or credit card information can cause concern.
The existing age -verification processes are very exposed to hacks, blackmail and scandal. If it is a large retail chain or mobile phone provider, even the most stable systems may be at risk. In verifying the identity, adult content sites are a massive target for cyberattacks. Even with the best protocols in the area, only time until a site fails to stop an attack.
Keeping Personal in Age Terification
Here, the web3 space may be the missing piece of the puzzle. Must be the right balance between privacy and identity verification to work. A blockchain system needs to maintain gated access without compromising user privacy.
Achieving this requires users to verify their identity through a certified identification provider. The verification status is then cryptographically linked to their blockchain address – rather than a name or picture of the person – by Proofs that zero-knowledge. This allows identity verification for many services without the need for third parties to access data.
Users may prove that they are more than 18 without announcing their identity on the site they use. This method is beyond the adult content and has a wide range of tools – from gambling to trading finances. Users do not share their personal data outside because verification of human identification exists outside the blockchain. Identity verification is astreamlined while ensuring users that their personal information is safe.
Finding private compliance
If necessary, there are still protocols that may be in the area to ensure access to the user’s identity. If law enforcement is required, the processes may be in place where the blockchain account can be mapped back to the verification identity. This ensures that evil actors can be brought to justice in severe cases. Using an identity verification by a blockchain can strike a balance between privacy for compliance with the law and liability for the malfunction.
Undoubtedly, age -verification is required at an age at which the ryn content is Rife. Taking people to accept this new process will be a challenge if it relies on timely methods. Using Blockchain It is not about the age of verification or disagree with the broader issue of online safety. Instead, it’s about establishing a better technique that makes it easier for users to embrace the new request.
If the current wave of regulation teaches us anything, the digital anonymous and safety does not have to oppose each other. Maintaining the same requires re-thinking about how identity works online, not as a tracking tool, but as a selective, user-controlled signal.
Achieving a better Internet experience will require governments and businesses to move despite following the checkbox and start designing systems that reflect how people want to engage online: safe, private and agency.
Opinion by: Boris Bohrer-Bluitzki, CEO of Concordium.
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