# The Age of Verification

URL: /show/the-launch/30/
> Governments worldwide think your privacy is adorable but outdated. Say hello to mandatory selfies and ID checks, and goodbye to anonymous cat memes.

- Show: [The Launch 🚀](/show/the-launch/)
- Episode: 30
- Date: 2025-08-06
- Hosts: angela-fisher, chris
- Duration: 00:58:16
- Audio: https://op3.dev/e/serve.podhome.fm/episode/f01a19c0-6f9d-4aef-9515-08dc15242149/638900453475471645d219d13f-4e55-428b-930f-6493ba10c81dv1.mp3





### Episode Links

**CALL 1-774-462-5667**

* [Global Age Verification Laws 2025](https://shuftipro.com/blog/age-verification-laws-2025-update/)
* [Age Verification Is Coming for the Whole Internet](https://archive.is/20250804134214/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/age-verification-is-coming-for-the-whole-internet.html)
* [Chris Middleton on X: "🚨 UK’s Online Safety Act just came into effect, promising a “safer” internet. It’s a lie. This law threatens YOUR privacy, free speech, and democracy and paves the way for a surveilled, censored web. Want to know how bad it gets? 🧵](https://x.com/ChrisMid/status/1948770778586988641)
* [YouTube rolls out age-estimation tech to identify US teens and apply additional protections](https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/29/youtube-rolls-out-age-estimatation-tech-to-identify-u-s-teens-and-apply-additional-protections/)
* [First Steam, now itch.io has been forced to start delisting adult games](https://www.thegamer.com/itch-io-follows-steam-bans-adult-games-blames-collective-shout/)
* [Grand Theft Auto "Potentially At Risk" Of Being Delisted By Payment Processors](https://www.thegamer.com/grand-theft-auto-saints-row-duke-nukem-at-risk-payment-processors-delisting-adult-games-steam-itch-collective-shout/)
* [ZOOM Platform also had payment processor issues, say they "have no plans to remove any titles" | GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/zoom-platform-also-had-payment-processor-issues-say-they-have-no-plans-to-remove-any-titles/)
* [Suspects accused of dressing up as a bear for insurance fraud case in LA County - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p86o4w6qhM4)
* [Robotic Rabbits A new hope against Everglades' python threat - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viw3vf7Jdts)
* [RECALL: High Noon hard seltzers mislabeled as Celsius energy drinks - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Au22SJRcyc)

**MUSIC**

* [ Porkchops Fried by HeyCitizen](https://podcastindex.org/podcast/6650997?episode=29660147084)