Buried inside the KIDS Act are provisions that will push online services to verify all users’ ages, require government-directed moderation policies for online speech, and even create new rules about private and encrypted communications. While supporters continue to claim this bill protects minors online, its requirements come at the expense of privacy, free expression, and the ability of people of all ages to use the internet without revealing sensitive data.
Why can it not be a simple “click here if you are over X age” button like it always has been? Where in the text of this new bill does it actually say more sophisticated checking is mandated? I feel like people are making wild assumptions about what’s actually required, without reading the bill.
The bills explicitly requiring age checks were already rejected, so the powerful people who want to impose this invasive nonsense on everyone else are trying to do it implicitly, with this bill.
Why can it not be a simple “click here if you are over X age” button like it always has been? Where in the text of this new bill does it actually say more sophisticated checking is mandated? I feel like people are making wild assumptions about what’s actually required, without reading the bill.
You might want to read this:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online
The bills explicitly requiring age checks were already rejected, so the powerful people who want to impose this invasive nonsense on everyone else are trying to do it implicitly, with this bill.
I did read it, it doesn’t answer my question.
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