Should We Grow Up With an Age Gate in This Hybrid World?
Psychology Today | 23.04.2026 03:00
Something shifted on April 15, 2026. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stood at a press conference and announced that the EU's age verification app is technically ready — framing it with a deliberately disarming analogy: Platforms will ask for proof of age the way shops ask before selling alcohol. Familiar. Almost quaint. And that is precisely where the thinking should begin — because the stakes sitting behind this announcement are anything but simple. Why?
