Vote no on the KIDS Act. This bill passed the House 267-117 and is now headed to the Senate, and it would do real harm to online privacy and free speech under the guise of protecting children. There is no way to verify a user's age online that is both accurate and privacy-protective — every method, whether government ID collection, biometric scans, or algorithmic profiling, forces users to hand over sensitive personal data that links their offline identity to their online activity. Age verification providers have already been breached. This bill creates more risk, not less.
The revised KOSA language inside this package still pressures platforms to police lawful speech. A teen searching for substance abuse recovery resources or asking about a parent's gambling problem could find that content restricted because platforms, facing regulatory liability, will over-delete rather than risk penalties. That's a predictable outcome, not a hypothetical one.
If Congress genuinely wants to protect young people online, ban behavioral advertising that tracks users across the web — for everyone. That addresses the actual harm without building a surveillance infrastructure around age verification. Please reject the KIDS Act and push instead for a strong, comprehensive federal privacy law that protects all users.
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