Canada

I read the bill and came across this in section 11:

Before prescribing an age-verification method under subsection (1), the Governor in Council must consider whether the method

(a) is reliable;

(b) maintains user privacy and protects user personal information;

(c) collects and uses personal information solely for age-verification purposes, except to the extent required by law;

(d) destroys any personal information collected for age-verification purposes once the verification is completed; and

(e) generally complies with best practices in the fields of age verification and privacy protection.

Do I think this is a good bill or a necessary bill? No.

Do I think it can be abused to block a wide swath of sites? Yes.

Does it necessarily lead to that as the OP article suggests? No.

Does it put people on a list that can be leaked? In principle it should not.

Will it make it more difficult for smaller websites like lemmy.ca to host? Possibly, but most likely not, as it can operate as normal until the government gives the server admins an official notice.