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age gate en · NOUN
Meanings
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(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:
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Deriveds
age-gated · age-gate