
Remember when people used to say "Epic FAIL"? I'm sorry, but there's no other way to describe Ohio's new age verification law, which took effect on September 30.
A variation on a mandate that's been sweeping U.S. statehouses, this law requires online platforms offering "material harmful to juveniles"—by which authorities mean porn—to check photo IDs or use "transactional data" (such as mortgage, education, and employment records) to verify that all visitors are adults.