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Comment | US digital age verification laws are threatening artists’ freedom of expression

New laws to protect minors from “harmful” website content are alarming artists and privacy groups

Emma Shapiro
6 June 2025
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Leah Schrager uses themes of sexuality to comment on social media and the male gaze, as in Infinity Selfie II (2016). The artist says that AV laws are not about protecting children, but rather a means to “shackle artists and creators, and limit bold, boundary-pushing work” Courtesy the artist