Social Media Age Verification Laws
Many states and countries are implementing age verification laws for social media to prevent kids from using the sites. This requires determining that you're at least (usually) 16 years old.
In order for MyInkedSpace (or other social networks) to continue to be accessed from those states and countries we would need to ask for your ID, credit card, or a picture of yourself (to guess your age using AI) to make sure you're old enough, depending on where you live.
Many age verification laws are specifically for sites that contain a large portion of adult content, but there is also a big focus on social networks. Some of these laws are already in effect depending on where you live and others are going into effect within the next year or two, with new laws being created regularly.
It's possible boredom will bring back some sort of site where people can interact, but different enough to avoid falling into the category of social network.
Last updated Wednesday, August 4th, 2026.
Many U.S. states have implemented age verification laws and other age-related restrictions for social media intended to limit young people's access to content deemed problematic such as pornography and to reduce the negative impact of social media on the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.
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Between age verification laws and censorship, the Internet as we've known it for decades is change. You're losing your anonymity, laws are being passed world-wide adding age checks just to use your phone or computer (goes into effect soon), and the Internet has gone from email verification, to phone verification, to now face verification.
Click the button to read about it at ReclaimTheNet.org.