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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 31/07/2026

EVERYONE GETS HACKED BY AGENTIC AI! Glad Anthropic didn't want to be left out and can join OpenAI in this promotion. 🤦‍♂️

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 28/05/2026

A federal court order today allows a Texas law requiring age verification to use app stores to go into effect. No reason was given by the Fifth Circuit court. A lower court judge previously told Texas to "regulate this area by passing laws and regulations that comply with the First Amendment."

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. 1:25-CV-1662
USDC No. 1:25-CV-1660
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UNPUBLISHED ORDER

Before Smith, Haynes, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:
This administrative panel has under advisement the appellant’s motion to stay the district court’s universal preliminary injunctions pending appeal. That motion is in the briefing stage; the appellant’s reply in support of the motion is due June 2, 2026.

Pending a ruling on the motion for stay pending appeal, IT IS ORDERED that the preliminary injunctions are temporarily and administratively STAYED.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 06/05/2026

Where are my age verification law and policy nerds at? There's good news from Texas! A federal judge just denied the Texas attorney general's request to enforce the App Store Accountability Act while a legal challenge proceeds. Texans won't have to upload IDs or scan their faces to download apps.

Amendment. In sum, Paxton fails to show that its interest in immediately enforcing SB 2420 overrides the public interest in protecting the constitutional right to free speech.

In conclusion, all four factors weigh against a stay. Therefore, the Court will deny Paxton’s request for a stay pending appeal and maintain the status quo.

IV. CONCLUSION

For these reasons, IT IS ORDERED that Paxton’s Opposed Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal, (Dkt. 69), is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Paxton’s Unopposed Motion to Stay Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal, (Dkt. 68), is MOOT.

IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Paxton’s Motion for Expedited Ruling, (Dkt. 75), is MOOT.

SIGNED on May 6, 2026.
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ROBERT PITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 05/03/2026

Congressman Jake Auchincloss at today's House committee vote on a supposed children's online safety package: “This is a blank check to Big Tech and Democrats are going to stand against it.”

Representative Jake Auchincloss speaks during a congressional vote.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 14/01/2026

Two full weeks into 2026 and I'm still writing 2025 every time.

The cartoon character Bart Simpson repeatedly write "I will not write 2025" on a green chalkboard in a classroom.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 23/12/2025

The judge makes it clear they don't want to go there and the debate will continue.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 10/12/2025

I see the Australian social media ban is off to a great start. Nobody knows you're a dog on the Internet. 🐕

Either way, Adams and her friends don’t plan to go quietly. When one app asked them to submit a selfie for an age verification system, they used a photo of a golden retriever they found on Google.

It worked, she said.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 13/10/2025

Anyone in this book! Let's go with Rizzuto Berra Day! ⚾ 🇮🇹

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 29/08/2025

Arguments are being filed in a Supreme Court case that could force ISPs to shut off Internet connections for the mere allegation a user is engaging in copyright infringement by sharing or downloading songs. Cox argues an adverse ruling would "yield mass evictions from the internet."

If allowed to stand, the Fourth Circuit’s one-two punch will yield mass evictions from the internet. ISPs confronting steep penalties will have no choice but to terminate the connections of homes, barracks, hospitals, and hotels, upon bare accusation. The ramifications extend beyond copyright infringement: Under the Fourth Circuit’s reasoning, once an aggrieved party sends an ISP a notice asserting any manner of customer wrongdoing, the ISP is a willful accomplice for every subsequent customer misdeed. That notion turns internet providers into internet police and jeopardizes internet access for millions of users.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 16/07/2025

Congratulations to my incredible colleague @josephhall.org who has taught and inspired many of us in tech policy! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/22nd-annua...

Public Knowledge 22nd Annual IP3 Awards - Meet the 2025 Awardees

Internet Protocol: Dr. Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Intellectual Property: Sarah Jeong
Information Policy: Dr. Alondra Nelson
President's Award: Alvaro Bedoya
Presidents Award: Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 11/07/2025

Search engines like Google and Microsoft must be in compliance by December 27, 2025. Here's a screenshot of those eSafety Commissioner age assurance rules (alt text also available).

2) Age assurance and default tools and/or settings for account holders

By no later than 6 months after this Code comes into effect and where technically feasible and reasonably practicable, a provider of an internet search engine service must:

a) implement appropriate age assurance measures for account holders; and
b) apply tools and/or settings, like ‘safe search’ functionality, at the highest safety setting by default for an account holder its age assurance systems indicate is likely to be an Australian child, designed to protect and prevent Australian children from accessing or being exposed to online pornography and high impact violence material in search results.

At a minimum, such tools and settings must filter out online pornography and high-impact violence material detected in search results.

Note: Internet search engine services are designed for general public use, with or without an account. Providers of internet search engine services are not required to implement age assurance measures for end-users who are not account holders.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 27/06/2025

Very glad to see the Supreme Court uphold the Universal Service Fund, supporting crucial Internet connectivity for rural hospitals, schools, and low-income people!

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 05/06/2025

I was watching a congressional hearing on YouTube. The autoplay next video was this. A+ trust and safety feature!

A video with flowers called "Beautiful Relaxing Music Stop Overthinking, Stress Relief Music, Sleep Music, Calming Music"

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/02/2025

Thanks to the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement for a great conversation! 🎙️ We covered the TikTok saga, changes at Meta, why online safety matters for free expression, and more on the "SpeechMatters" podcast. freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/speechmatter...

Graphic for Speech Matters Podcast episode "Moderation: It's Not Just About Content" with blue background and a microphone illustration.

Photos of John Perrino and Michelle Deutchman

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 30/01/2025

When it's been a week, but you should just be drinking tea. 🍵🥃

Tin of Harney & Sons Black Cask Bourbon tea

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 27/01/2025

Wow! It's been 10 years since my first State of the Net conference. Mainly in the control room. 🌐⛓️ It was the dawn of blockchain and the sharing economy. 🛜 The FTC launched an IoT safety and security report. 😤 People argued about net neutrality.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 19/01/2025

TikTok is still advertising in the Google Play store, but Americans can't download or use the app.

TikTok ad with install button in Google Play store with an error message overlayed.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 19/01/2025

Coco Gauff's message after her Australian Open win tonight.

"RIP Tik Tok USA ❤️" written on a camera lens

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 16/01/2025

Looks like Supreme Court opinions were officially added as a possibility for tomorrow. Tick tock on TikTok continues... T-66 hours

The Supreme Court website agenda for Friday, January 17 reads that "The Court may announce opinions on the homepage beginning at 10 a.m. The Court will not take the Bench."

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 14/01/2025

🚨 Shocker: The TikTok ban won't actually protect people. Explicitly Chinese apps are topping the Google Play and Apple App Store top charts along with a "free speech alternative" that banned TikTok users flocked to. (1/5)

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/01/2025

Nick Clegg on his conservative deputy Joel Kaplan taking over (emphasis added): "He is quite clearly the RIGHT person for the RIGHT job at the RIGHT time!"

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/01/2025

Happy New Year! Good luck trying to write/type "2025"

Cartoon character Bart Simpson writes "The date is not 2024." repeatedly on a school chalkboard.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 22/12/2024

Is it just me, or do the Musk/X-negotiated "free speech protections" for the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) have an uncanny parallel to the Russian-led UN cybercrime treaty?

KOSA snippet:
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow a government entity to enforce subsection (a) based upon the viewpoint of users expressed or through any speech, expression, or information protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States."

UN cybercrime free speech and human rights section:

"Nothing in this Convention shall be interpreted as permitting suppression of human rights or fundamental freedoms, including the rights related to the freedoms of expression, conscience, opinion, religion or belief, peaceful assembly and association, in accordance and in a manner consistent with applicable international human rights law."

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/12/2024

The House floor erupts into applause. The spending bill has passed. The Senate is expected to pass it soon and President Biden plans to sign it into law. A Christmas Story as old as time... 🎄

The House chamber with members walking the floor. A vote count reads 366 Yea to 34 Nay

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/12/2024

They have the votes! And still coming in... the CR will pass the House.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/12/2024

Democrats seem to be waiting this one out. I expect they might be doing some math behind the scenes on how many votes are actually needed to pass the CR. They need a 2/3 majority under "suspension"

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/12/2024

*Applause* as the debate ends and the House vote begins.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 20/12/2024

We've got a Christmas poem on the House floor... just pass the damn bill! 🎄🏛️ "Twas five days before Christmas and all through this House Not a lawmaker was resting, not even their spouse. The CR was stalled. The debates full of heat. While a shutdown shadow loomed over our streets."

Congressman recites a Christmas poem about a bill as fellow members of Congress look on in the House chamber.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 11/12/2024

Speaker Johnson wants a win for Trump on KOSA. From a news conference today: "We are very optimistic that if it's not done this year, that we can do that early next year with our Republican majorities because it's the Republican party that has been working aggressively to protect children online."

“Yeah, it's a really important issue. As a parent, I'm very passionate about protecting children online. As a professional, as a lawyer, in my career as a legislator, I've made this a big part of my work. My life's commitment is to protect children. And we've been doing that.
We have to take some initiative on this. There's been some great work done on KOSA. As you know, there's still some concern about the free speech and whether it might lead to further censorship by the government of valid conservative voices, for example. So, we're working through all that.
I'm grateful for the hard work that's been done. I'm grateful for the support behind it. I certainly I think all of us, 100% of us, support the principle behind it. But you’ve got to get this one right. When you're dealing with the regulation of free speech, you can't go too far and have it be overbroad, but you want to achieve those objectives. So, it's essential that we get this issue right.
We are very optimistic that if it's not done this year, that we can do that early next year with our Republican majorities because it's the Republican party that has been working aggressively to protect children online. We lead on this and will continue to lead on.”

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 09/12/2024

Looks like KOSA is dead again until next year, via @viacristiano.bsky.social.

Cristiano Lima of the Washington Post tweets a screenshot of the following statement by House Speaker Mike Johnson:

"As a parent, I am passionate about addressing children's online safety. And as an attorney and a legislator, I have worked on the protection of children my entire career. I have been and continue to be open to working on a solution that protects kids online while continuing to protect the free speech rights of all Americans. It's essential to get this issue right and House Republicans look forward to working with the Trump Administration to get the right bill into law."

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/12/2024

A reminder that politicians love a good tech moral panic.

A museum plaque with a picture of former Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman holding a toy gun with bold text overlay "U.S. SENATORS CALL FOR WARNING LABELS ON VIDEO GAMES"

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/12/2024

I don't know who needs to see this, but gravy is red.

Picture of a jar of tomato sauce labeled "Italian Gravy"

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/12/2024

Sacrilegious. My ancestors are turning in their graves. 🇮🇹🍝

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 01/12/2024

I spent 19+ days listening to 925 episodes of 54 different podcasts. It's certainly the year of the podcast. #pocketcasts #playback2024

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 29/11/2024

"Oh there's the boyfriend." - My Mom

A picture of Travis Kelce getting tackled as he tossed a football.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 17/11/2024

Nah-uh, Windows! Ain't nobody want to Bing.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 15/11/2024

Another @cendemtech.bsky.social Tech Prom in the books. Great to see many of you there! #techpromcdt

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 14/11/2024

Quote post with a picture of yourself to the newbies so they know what they're dealing with.

Man with glasses wearing a white shirt that reads "INTROVERT BUT WILLING TO DISCUSS TRUST AND SAFETY" standing in front of a book case.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 30/10/2024

My mom is fighting the fight. Early detection saved her life. #StandUpForCancer

I Stand Up For My Mom and Dad.

Stand Up to Cancer

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/10/2024

A new Rainey Center poll finds that youth online safety is the top tech issue for voters. 🧑‍💻️ Content moderation and "censorship" were the lowest priorities, but got plenty of airtime in the VP debate last night. h/t @katieharbath.bsky.social

A horizontal bar chart showing the most important technology issues from a recent survey of U.S. voters. "Kids safety" is the most important issue, followed closely by election integrity, privacy, and cyber attacks. The lowest-priority tech issues in the poll were disinformation, censorship and content moderation.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 02/08/2024

House E&C Ranking Member Pallone commends FTC and DOJ lawsuit against TikTok for children's privacy law violations as support for the divest-or-ban law passed earlier this year and to call for comprehensive privacy legislation.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 30/07/2024

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) just passed the Senate (as an amendment to the Eliminate Useless Reports Act) in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. The bill's journey in the House is far from certain. Members are out until September and have substantial differences over the legislation.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 30/07/2024

The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) is expected to overwhelmingly pass the Senate tomorrow afternoon. www.democrats.senate.gov/2024/07/29/s...

At approx. 12:00pm amendment #3022 will be withdrawn and the Senate will vote on the motion to concur in the House amendment to S.2073 with amendment #3021 (KOSA/COPPA) without further intervening action or debate.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 29/07/2024

Schumer calls on the House to pass KOSA and COPPA 2.0 in a floor speech ahead of a Senate vote that is expected to pass the measures tomorrow. www.senate.gov/legislative/...

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 17/07/2024

NetChoice once again getting called out for a bold approach with a "facial" challenge that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act is flatly unconstitutional. It's the same knock from the majority in their SCOTUS case, Moody v. NetChoice.

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 17/07/2024

“Seriously, I mean c’mon.” The NetChoice v. Bonta judges seem skeptical of the California Attorney General's Office argument the California Age-Appropriate Design Code doesn't require platforms to define and take action against "harmful content."

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 11/07/2024

When the ranking member calls a data privacy bill woke.

Closeup of Senator Maria Cantwell smirking

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John Perrino @johnperrino.com · 11/07/2024

Cruz pushes his bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act during an AI hearing. The bill would hold social media and similar online platforms criminally liable for publishing non-consensual intimate imagery. The legislation would require a notice and takedown process. He also knocked APRA for being woke...

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