Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has proposed requiring age verification in app stores, operating systems, and AI chatbots, turning child protection into a system that identifies every user.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has proposed requiring age verification in app stores, operating systems, and AI chatbots, turning child protection into a system that identifies every user.

Critics say there is no way to find minors without checking everyone.

A mandatory identity layer for ordinary computing is the foundation of a digital ID system, and once it exists, it can be extended to track, score, and restrict people.

China is the cautionary example they cite most often.

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