age gate meaning: definition, quotations

age gate

nounalso spelled age-gate

Internet A barrier to accessing a digital resource that requires the user to confirm they are old enough to be allowed to see the material.

On social media sites it is likely that “age gates” could apply at the level of the post rather than at social media account signup.2025 January 16, Robert Booth, “Stronger age checks to come into force for online pornography sites in UK”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

verb

To add an age gate to (content on the Internet).

Free speech campaigners have said the child-harm content restrictions have led to material on X being age-gated unnecessarily, along with some forums on Reddit including one dedicated to tackling alcohol abuse.2025 July 30, Dan Milmo, “UK online safety law leads to 5m extra age checks a day for pornography sites”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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