As your constituent, I urge you to reject and publicly oppose the Kids Online Safety Act.
This bill will censor the internet for both adults and children while likely leading to online services collecting even more personal data. The bill pushes online services to implement age verification systems, which would undermine all users’ privacy, and invade everyone’s right to access the internet anonymously. It will lead to identity verification companies like Clear or ID.me getting more of people’s private data
If KOSA passes, it would make state attorneys general the arbiters of what material minors can see online. Online services will remove and block access to material in all states. KOSA could result in loss of access to truthful information that one state’s top law enforcement official deems dangerous. This isn’t safety—it’s censorship.
Please protect all internet users’ privacy and our ability to access information online, and publicly oppose KOSA.
