It's been some time since we heard anything about the Adult Content Flag and Age/Identity Verification (formerly called Age Verification, now called Identity Verification or just IDV). Robin Linden from Linden Lab gave us a 5AM bump today, reminding us that this is still on the radar. The wording is a little clearer than it was, though there doesn't seem to be any new material in it. Notably absent is when all of this is expected to take effect, and how the information for verification is to be submitted - we've sent questions in about that. [Update: Robin answered our questions - see below]

In case you're wondering what content the Restricted Content Flag (or whatever we're calling it today) is to cover, well, we've asked lots of questions and narrowed it down - and are pretty sure about what it covers.

Linden Lab is pressured from all sides. They are being sued (along with ten Internet Service Providers) by French parent-teacher group Familles de France. Their Terms of Service have been found to be legally unenforceable by Judge Eduardo Robreno. German TV News Magazine Report Mainz has raised a scandal about Second Life and child pornography.

Linden Lab is on the back-foot, and struggling to find a place where it can meet these varied legal and media challenges. In positioning itself to meet these potential threats, fresh conflict has broken out on a new front, Second Life's own resident population.