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  "path": "/2026/03/04/ftc-admits-age-verification-violates-childrens-privacy-law-decides-to-just-ignore-that/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T20:59:16.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
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    "age verification",
    "coppa",
    "ftc",
    "think of the children"
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  "textContent": "We’ve been pointing out the fundamental contradiction at the heart of mandatory age verification laws for years now. To verify someone’s age online, you have to collect personal data from them. If that someone turns out to be a child, congratulations: you’ve just collected personal data from a child without parental consent. Which is a […]",
  "title": "FTC Admits Age Verification Violates Children’s Privacy Law, Decides To Just Ignore That"
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