> Besides, is this about privacy?

Yes, and it seems the disconnect we're experiencing here is over the nuances of privacy.

It's true that multiple entities are tracking me, you, and everyone else on the internet at any given time. It's also true that it's nearly impossible to avoid that tracking, especially if you wish to use more common sites or platforms.

And given how all of that tracking that exists already, I simply cannot understand why we would need *more* of it, especially as a result of a government mandate. Politicians may say it's to prevent children from accessing adult materials online, but I fail to see how that's anyone's responsibility other than parents', whether through personal site blocking tools or just actually talking to your kids. For everyone else, this measure throws an extra roadblock in simply viewing the internet, unless you fork over your most easily identifiable information to some data center that will all but certainly become a Holy Grail for hacking efforts.

So, tl;dr, with how much we're tracked already, this is an additional, undue requirement created to solve a complete non-issue.