The House Passed The KIDS Act—The Senate Should Reject It 

The House passed the KIDS Act 267-117, and EFF, which opposed the bill, is urging the Senate to reject it. The package combines a revised Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) with several other internet bills, study bills, reporting requirements, and new regulations, and it pressures online services to impose age-gating schemes. The article argues that no method of determining a user's age online is both privacy protective and accurate, since every system links offline identity to online activity and the collected data can be leaked, hacked, or misused. It also says the revised KOSA language pressures platforms to police lawful speech, such as content about gambling or substance abuse recovery, and instead proposes a comprehensive privacy law for all users.