From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

The Senate Commerce Committee sent the Kids Online Safety Act to the floor on Wednesday, alongside three other bills designed to protect kids and teens using technology.

Updates June 29, 2026: By a vote of 267-117, the House has passed H.R. 7757, the KIDS Act. The bill now moves to the Senate, though the Senate has …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a full committee Executive Session on Wednesday, August 5, 2...

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5, 2026.

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote on the SCREEN Act on August 5. ACT NOW to stop it!

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Governments are walling off the open internet. We are a global movement opposing restrictions — and building a better internet.

The KIDS Act received broad bipartisan support. But the legislation is expected to face challenges in the Senate.

VOTE QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, DESCRIPTION: KIDS Act, VOTE TYPE: 2/3 Yea-And-Nay, STATUS: Passed

The House passed a sprawling package of kids online safety bills Monday night, marking the first time a version of the landmark Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) made it out of the lower chamber. The H…

The leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will unveil a bipartisan deal Monday on guardrails for protecting kids against online harms.

Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.