1. United States
2. Ill.
3. Letter

I'm urging you to please rethink your stance on age verification laws. All of the laws being circulated now are NOT protecting the kids. They are being used to create a mass surveillance system, stripping privacy from everyone. Almost all of the age verification services have awful security and are blatantly selling data of everyone they scan. They also help Big Tech rather than harm them. Meta is the one pushing for most of these bills, as they take liability away from the company while also killing off any competition that can't afford to pay for age verification. And lastly: the definition of adult content is far too vague in these laws. So many of them consider transgender people 'adult content' and are using "protecting the kids" as an excuse to drive LGBT content off the web. I'm terrified of a day where I have to choose between losing my friends and communities or letting my personal data be sold to ICE. Please rethink pushing the Children’s Social Media Safety Act or any similar tech illiterate legislature. If the internet must be made safer, it needs to be done in a way that doesn't ruin the lives of all who depends on it (like me)