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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Rumor has it there's a last-ditch effort in the Senate to move KOSA - the Kids Online Safety Act. This is online surveillance. It does not protect children.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Digital Parenting Tip: Collect the phones at the door. Charge them where you can see them. Use is a privilege, not a default. Parents are the firewall. Not the government. Not Big Tech.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

You don’t need a new law to protect kids online. Charge devices outside the bedroom. Parents first. Then the kids. That’s when a lot of the harm happens — late at night, in private rooms. Free. Simple. No digital ID required. #DigitalID #ProtectingKidsOnline #parenting #parentingtips

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Discord’s new age‑assurance system isn’t a “safety upgrade.” It’s the result of state policies pushing platforms toward digital‑ID frameworks. This is the direction lawmakers are taking the internet. Read the full breakdown and join PKO to push back. vrl.link/aL

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“This is Flock in your pocket.” Kansas Rep. Rebecca Schmoe: app-store “child safety” bills don’t just touch kids. They age-gate everyone and build a family registry inside Big Tech. #protectingkidsonline #digitalID #parenting #surveillance #Flock

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happening TONIGHT! Join us for the virtual launch of Protecting Kids Online Register: streamyard.com/watch/PapprUfZBXgb Parents are the firewall. Not the government and not Big Tech!

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Australia just released the first real data on nationwide age‑verification laws and it’s not what lawmakers promised. 🚫 Kids weren’t protected. 🚫 Parents weren’t empowered. ✅ Surveillance expanded. 1/2

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Florida’s school AI rule includes real parent protections. It also requires students’ AI interactions to be recorded for at least 30 days and permits district review. Parental access isn’t the same as data minimization. Child safety must not normalize student surveillance.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rep. Rebecca Schmoe didn’t vote “against kids.” She voted against turning child safety into a data-collection statute. Kansas Senate passed the App Store bill. She blocked it because “parental consent” still required verifying every adult. Sept 22 • 7PM ET streamyard.com/watch/PapprU...

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ben Gillenwater spent 30 years securing systems. Then he tried to secure his own kid’s iPad. That’s how the Family IT Guy started. Next Tuesday he walks through what parents can set up now before anyone in D.C. “fixes” it for you. LIVE Sept 22 • 7PM ET Register: streamyard.com/watch/Pappr

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

☝️ One week out. Tuesday, Sept 22 • 7PM ET — we go live with the Protecting Kids Online launch. ✅ Subscribe to the YouTube channel now so you get the reminder when we start www.youtube.com/@protectingkidsonli…

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The 16 & Up Act is out. Press release: bright line at 16, kids get their childhoods back. The statute: platforms may not keep an account if they know, or should have known, the user is under 16. 🧵

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🚨California’s new "child safety" laws build the foundation for identity verification, AI monitoring, and expanded digital control...for kids and adults. Full breakdown in our latest Substack: protectingkidsonline.substack.com/p…

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A massive breach at an identity‑verification vendor leaked 153M+ driver’s licenses, proving what many have been warning: age‑verification laws don’t protect kids. They expose their identities to permanent risk. Details: vrl.link/ah

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Jury selection had started. Trial was underway. And then...settlement. Zuckerberg has never been a good witness in front of Congress. This settlement was damage control before discovery could expose more.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Surgeon General’s September 1 “Live Real Life” symposium isn’t just another event — it’s the moment the federal narrative on kids and screens goes public. PKO breaks down what to watch and why it matters. Read the full post on Substack: vrl.link/9r

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

🚨 LIVE TONIGHT!! Join us at 7PM to discuss the Meta settlement - digital ID or child safety? - with Ben Gillenwater, the Family IT Guy Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/rzqNBVqJPv4?si…

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Meta trial remedies include multi-layered age verification, underage-user classifiers, and mandatory parent account linking for under-18s. These “fixes” build more identity systems and data collection. Parents are the firewall. vrl.link/9h

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As the Meta trial moves forward, states are pushing for age checks, parental verification, and identity‑tracking systems that would apply to millions of users. Parents deserve to understand what’s actually being asked for and what it means for digital life.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

🏫School is back in full swing. Before the data footprint grows any larger: ☑️Request the full list of required apps + their privacy policies. ☑️Ask whether monitoring runs off-campus. ☑️Note retention periods for behavioral or activity data. ✅You are the firewall. 🚫Not another student database

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

States aren’t backing away from age‑verification laws, they’re quietly rewriting them to survive court challenges. Virginia’s App Store Accountability Act study shows the new model: identity checks, mandatory parental controls, & platform‑level surveillance built to look “legally safer.” 1/2

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

New Reuters polling shows Americans want social media reform, but the “solutions” being pushed require identity binding, biometrics, and surveillance systems for kids. People aren’t asking for that. They’re asking for help. 1/2

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Headlines: “Massive win for kids vs Meta.” $567M abatement fund + $375M penalties + sweeping changes to FB/IG. Reality: More surveillance. More data collection on kids. More algorithmic control. More reports to government. Parents? Nowhere in this picture. 🧵

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Age verification is, by definition, fundamentally censorship. KOSA, App Store Accountability Act, and other "child protection" tech policies create a government censorship system. ✅Parents are the firewall 🚫Not the state 🚫Not Big Tech #ProtectingKidsOnline #AgeVerification #Privacy #FreeSpeech

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today the Senate Commerce Committee advanced KOSA and three other bills from the "Surveillance Slate". We continue to oppose this legislation. These measures expand data collection, create new compliance burdens, and push age-verification infrastructure under the banner of child safety.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

KOSA sounds like it protects kids. But the actual bill text delivers paperwork protections for platforms, mandates new data collection on minors, and builds surveillance infrastructure and calls it child safety. Parents should stay in control. Not government mandates. You are the firewall.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

🚨 Today the Senate Commerce Committee is marking up KOSA and the rest of the “Surveillance Slate.” This is NOT a final vote. KOSA will not become law today. But these bills expand age verification, data collection, and control, while failing to actually protect kids. 1/2

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The Nexus of Privacy @thenexusofprivacy.net · 05/08/2026

Great point. And if you've got Republican Senators, remind them that Taxpayers Protection Alliance, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and Conservative Ladies of America all oppose these bills. @protectingkids.bsky.social has some good talking points at www.protectingkids.online/kidsonlinesa...

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Kids Online Safety Act | Protecting Kids Online

KOSA sounds like a bill that forces platforms to protect children. It does not. At its core, the bill requires platforms to exercise “reasonable care” in how they design their products. That means doc...

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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

CALL YOUR CONGRESS PERSON NOW!!!!!! Tell them: — NO to KOSA — NO to Section 230 reform — NO to the SCREEN Act — NO to the App Store Accountability Act —NO age verification laws —NO to digital ID systems

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

🚨Senate Commerce marks up KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and other “kids safety” bills this Wednesday at 10 AM ET. ⚠️These bills are sold as child protection. ⚠️Most create new data-collection points and shift power away from parents. 1/2

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Child safety bills that require age verification for every American aren’t protecting kids. They’re building the infrastructure for Digital ID and calling it safety. ➡️You are the firewall. 🚫Not the state. 🚫Not Big Tech. Join the parent voice → protectingkids.online

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

You already have the tools to protect your kids online. You don’t need age-verification mandates or government databases. ☑️Time limits. ☑️App restrictions. ☑️Content filters. ☑️Purchase approvals. These already exist...parents just need to use them. You are the firewall.

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Protecting Kids Online @protectingkids.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

The most powerful protection a child has is an engaged parent. Technology changes. Platforms change. Childhood changes. But a parent’s presence, guidance, and involvement remain a child’s strongest foundation.

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