- United States
- N.J.
- Letter
Vote no on H.R. 7757, the KIDS Act. This 14-bill omnibus may be well-intentioned, but it fails the First Amendment test and would do more to empower federal bureaucrats than to protect children.
The bill's problems are serious. It doesn't meaningfully preempt the growing patchwork of state laws, leaving platforms exposed to contradictory and politically motivated enforcement across the country. Worse, it directs federal agencies to promote "best practices" for content moderation and mandates "age-appropriate" content labels — vague standards that harden into de facto government speech regulation. That's not child safety. That's censorship by another name. Decisions about what content is appropriate for families belong to parents, not Washington.
If Congress genuinely wants to protect kids online, focus on the bad actors and predators who actually cause harm. That's a fight worth having. The KIDS Act as written isn't the answer.