1. United States
2. Ill.
3. Letter

Vote no on the KIDS Act. This bill bundles together some of the most unpopular internet censorship proposals Congress has tried to pass in years — KOSA, the SAFE BOTS Act, the SCREEN Act — and is being rushed through without individual debate. That alone should tell you something. The bill's age verification pressure is a direct threat to everyone's privacy, not just kids'. When platforms face liability for anything a minor might see, they collect age data on all users. That means sensitive personal information sitting in centralized databases — exactly the kind of honeypot hackers target. Putting children's data in one place doesn't protect them; it endangers them. The SCREEN Act makes this worse. Age-estimation systems also fail disproportionately for people of color, people with disabilities, and trans and nonbinary people. KOSA's content rules give state attorneys general broad authority to sue platforms over vague harm categories. That power will be used to target LGBTQ teens looking for support, adults seeking reproductive health information, and anyone discussing addiction recovery or harm reduction. History is clear: when legal risk rises, platforms remove lawful speech. This bill doesn't protect children — it exposes everyone to surveillance while handing bad-faith officials a weapon against vulnerable communities. Reject it.