u/zachomara

The House in all it's tyrannical wisdom snuck this in under our noses when we weren't looking. The summary is it would try to mandate identity verification through age verification (don't call it age verification, it's BS.)

Roll call vote results:

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026184

Senate Bill (not passed yet)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/all-actions

House Bill (Passed)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7757/cosponsors

Additional sources detailing why this is a horrible idea:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/kids-act-would-require-age-checks-get-online

https://cdt.org/insights/op-ed-online-age-verification-law-could-kill-whistleblowing/

https://www.fire.org/news/kids-act-would-put-washington-charge-how-we-can-communicate-online

https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1ugpf01/the_kids_act_would_require_age_checks_to_get/

Edited a correction.

I saw the email, but I thought it was just the one from Woodbrook before. I didn't realize there was another one.

https://www.cbs19news.com/news/another-acps-staff-member-charged-with-sex-crimes-involving-children/article_0e7c149b-f308-4c02-9c72-d959469f40ad.html