On what data? All age verification does is attest that an IP is over a certain age; the European solution collects no information other than the boolean "Is user over ?", the expiry date, and the issuing authority. I don't know what you can do with data simply saying that the user isn't browsing the internet "illegally", since with age gating every user on the Internet is over that age. In our present time of dynamic/private IPs, the operator behind the IP (and consequently their age) changes constantly anyways, meaning that little data is constantly invalidated.

Chat Control is "dormant". It's been amended, re-proposed, and then put back on the backburner for umpteenth times, including this time. It's definitely a threat, I agree, but nothing about it has become more eager in 2025.