1. United States
2. Vt.
3. Letter

Vote no on the KIDS Act. Despite its name, this package — which bundles KOSA, the SAFE BOTS Act, the SCREEN Act, and more into a single rushed vote — is an age surveillance bill that threatens the privacy and free speech of every internet user, not just kids. The bill's "knows or should have known" standard creates massive legal liability for platforms that don't verify user ages. That means age checks for everyone. These systems already fail disproportionately for people of color, people with disabilities, and trans and nonbinary people. The bill also pressures platforms to "address" broad content categories like drug use, alcohol, and gambling — which means over-moderation of lawful speech like addiction recovery discussions or harm-reduction information. And the encryption carve-out is a half-measure: it doesn't cover KOSA's separate harm-reduction requirements, leaving private messaging and disappearing messages vulnerable to weakening. Congress shouldn't be rushing a sweeping internet regulation package through without debating each bill on its merits. Reject the KIDS Act.