thank you. I'll be pining this to my account. All credit goes to @JustAniceCat (there was an error with the other one.)

there's no privacy preserving methods

Dude, we know the end game

To anyone who is against the direction the world is going with age verification, privacy invasions, and so-called App Store Accountability Act bills/laws: look into GrapheneOS. GrapheneOS is an alternative mobile operating system built around privacy, security, and user control. Instead of relying on the normal Google-heavy Android experience, GrapheneOS removes a lot of the default Google-based services and gives users a cleaner, more private OS environment. This matters because many age verification proposals are moving toward the app store and operating system level. That means instead of every website checking your ID, governments and companies may try to push age checks through Apple, Google, Microsoft, or app store accounts. Your device, OS, or app store account could become the gatekeeper for what you are allowed to access. GrapheneOS offers a different path. It is designed to reduce dependence on centralized app stores and Google services, giving users more control over what apps they install, what permissions apps get, and how much personal data is tied to their device. For people concerned about privacy, account-based tracking, and forced identity checks, that makes it worth paying attention to. This does not mean GrapheneOS magically makes every law disappear. Websites, apps, payment processors, and governments can still create their own restrictions. But compared to a locked-down mainstream OS tied tightly to an app store account, GrapheneOS gives users more separation, more privacy, and more control. The bigger point is this: if age verification keeps moving to the OS and app store level, then the operating system you use will matter more than ever. A private OS is not just a tech preference anymore. It may become one of the most important tools for resisting forced digital ID, mass tracking, and overreaching age-gate systems. Privacy is going to depend on the choices people make now. GrapheneOS is one of the strongest options for people who want more control over their phone instead of handing everything to Apple, Google, app stores, or governments.

This is The US State Department explaining our national policy with regards to AI, Privacy, Liberty, Child Safety, and Innovation. The Trump Administration has released three different documents outlining our policy with regards to AI and Privacy: 1. The White House AI Framework whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up… 2. The Cyber Strategy for America whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up… 3. The Surgeon General’s Advisory hhs.gov/sites/default/files/… No one needs to speculate on whether The White House will support Identity Verification Laws and the Data Harvesting of Americans, they have already told the world what their guiding principles are on these issues multiple times.

That's an interesting fantasy. Anyways, keep contacting your representatives and tell them to oppose the KIDS Act.

DO NOT LET KOSA PASS! This is like a cancer that keeps coming back. KOSA needs to stay dead and stop coming back for good. It needs to stop! Now!

I don’t trust the act, especially since it’s part of a pro AI bill package that Marsha and the White House are putting together

The biggest legacy of KOSA won't be safer kids online. It will be a larger system for verifying identities and collecting personal information across the internet.

Here's where it gets interesting... The Farnsworth amendments adopted on HB 2311 change the playing field for other age verification/digital ID bills that will most certainly pop up again next session. AZ legislature just went on the record that "responsible" child safety legislation should include warrant requirements, data minimization, no OS-level mandates, no use as a digital ID predicate. When the app store bill comes back next session legislators will be pressed to meet the same privacy-protection standards they included in HB 2311. The legislature has set the precedent. *To reiterate, these are good changes and I like them, but it's still not a "good" bill. But I would say it's a big success this session the changes that were made from the complete dumpster fire that was HB 2311 when it passed out of the House. /end

Last night the House concurred on the Senate changes, with only 2 Republicans voting NO: Rep Kolodin and Rep Reim, otherwise mostly a party line vote. The Senate passed this 28-0-2(not voting) 4/

The carve-outs for customer service bots, commerce AI, and developer tools narrowed the bill, but the bill is still quite broad. Claude. ChatGPT. Gemini. Character.AI, Perplexity...general-purpose conversational AI tools that are widely used are still captured under this bill. The "reasonable certainty" standard in the bill applies to all of them. 3/

⚠️The "reasonable certainty" standard for identifying minors is still there: operators facing liability for getting it wrong will still over-identify, over-collect, and over-monitor. ⚠️The parental tools requirement still depends on knowing who is a minor - it's the same identification problem, different door. ⚠️The $500,000 AG penalty cap is still significant enough to drive compliance behavior well beyond what the bill explicitly requires. 2/

‼️UPDATES on UPDATES AZ HB 2311 passed the senate on June 9th. THEN...on June 11th the bill was amended in the Senate to include some significant privacy protections and guardrails. 🔴 No conditioning access on a digital ID system 🔴 Data minimization: must delete after compliance purpose is satisfied 🔴 Warrant required before government can access compliance data 🔴 No transferring data to government through third parties 🔴 Cannot be used as a predicate for broader digital ID mandates 🔴 Explicitly prohibits OS/app store/device-level age-assurance implementation 🔴 Prohibits tracking any account holder online activity 🔴 Annual certification under penalty of perjury that data was destroyed These are GOOD and they are significant. ☝️BUT HB 2311 is still not a "good" bill and concerns remain. 🧵

Are we even reading the same case? What Moody actually said: consider the law's ENTIRE scope. Not just how it punishes the guilty, by age-gating adult apps or apps that are inappropriate for kids. But also how it punishes the innocent, age-gating Bible apps and the Substack app.

Florida’s HB3 is not a child safety law; it is an internet rationing law. By singling out certain websites, restricting minors’ access to #LawfulSpeech, and replacing parental judgment with government mandates, HB3 raises serious #FirstAmendment concerns. Courts have already recognized the law’s sweeping restrictions as an “extraordinarily blunt instrument.” Read more: buff.ly/sJUPf6b

For what it's worth, the provision of the Texas SCOPE Act requiring age verification for social media remains blocked even after the FSC vs Paxton ruling, and av laws in other states aimed at social media have also been blocked. Florida's HB3 is the exception, not the baseline.

Do not let KOSA pass, KOSA needs to stay dead and stop coming back

💯 KOSA may feel like a convenient solution right now, but age verification treads dangerously close to violating “Need to Know” & “Principle of Least Privilege” which have been core tenets of cybersecurity. While well intended, mission creep can easily slide into real threat.

This is actually a perfect example of "what's the difference between a bouncer checking your ID and a website doing it?" Identity theft.