Lots of US states, European countries, and Australia have introduced "age verification" regulations. They present it as the classic "save the children" talking point, but it's really just a precursor to attribution of speech, particularly attributing your words to your real identity. This is the state's dream; your words, undeniably tied to your real life identity. Law enforcement generally needs two things to take meaningful action: What happened? and Who did it? so lets go over them, I promise it's relevant. What happened? - Maybe you dislike datacenters, illegal immigration, or taxes. Whatever it is, the police want to know. If you're posting on social media, they probably already know. Who did it? - They can't prosecute PickleDog52, they rely on some sort of identifier and a lot of investigative work to figure out who to harass or jail.…