Resharing this This video explains what bills like KOSA, ASAA, and SCREEN actually do. Resources in the desc. as well: youtu.be/GZskRh4ET8c?si=W4hD…

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.

Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media reclaimthenet.org/bill-c-34-…

Find them at congress.gov/members

Age-gating social media is one of those things that sounds good on paper, but then you actually start thinking about how it would actually work in reality and you realize it would do nothing to actually stop anyone and would only make everything worse.

KOSA is sold as a way to protect kids online. But protecting kids starts with stopping predators—not burdening free speech and creating new risks for law-abiding users. Kids deserve real solutions. Parents deserve real tools. Congress should reject KOSA.

why did you put quotations around "serious"

now this one is interesting...

North Carolina banned under-16s from social media. The Supreme Court already ruled this unconstitutional. The bill passed 106 to 6.

The White House will reportedly block states from making their own AI laws and, in exchange, it's indirectly backing a national age verification push. So to post online you'd upload a government ID or do a face scan through the Kids Online Safety Act and the NO FAKES Act...

alr guys if you haven’t already time to lock the frick in on calling your sens/reps to oppose this stuff

not to be that person, but companies are 100% going to abuse yoinking sensitive data from users in the name of “age verification. They will implement the ID verification method or AI face scanning before any “privacy safe” options. This is an opportunity for them

Whole house mad

Oh this is NOT good if you value your privacy at ALL DO NOT update your iPhone youtu.be/DgdAv-4v-uI?si=uQJu…

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Bill C-34 creates a social media ban for Canadians under 16 at the expense of all Canadians' privacy. Sections 26, 27(1), and 27(2) of Bill C-34 require that affected social media platforms “implement age-verification and age-estimation measures designed to prevent a person under the age of 16 from being able to have an account with, or be otherwise registered with,” those social media platforms. Bill C-34 requires that such measures must provide for the “protection” and eventual “destruction” of “personal information that is collected for age-verification or age-estimation purposes.” It is not yet clear how this will be accomplished. What is clear is that these measures must be “effective.” Users commonly verify their age by submitting government-issued identification documents, such as driver’s licenses or passports. And, the technology exists for social media platforms to estimate the ages of users through biometric data, e.g., facial geometry, eye shape, skin elasticity, hairline, etcetera. This age-verification and age-estimation monitoring will not be limited to Canadians under age 16. For social media platforms to determine access eligibility for any user, platforms will have to evaluate the access eligibility of every user. The goal of Bill C-34 is not merely to remove Canadians under age 16 from affected social media platforms but to keep them off those platforms. To achieve this goal, social media platforms may be compelled to adopt ongoing age-verification/estimation measures to ensure continued compliance. However affected social media platforms satisfy these requirements, Bill C-34 fundamentally reimagines how all Canadians access social media. This Bill deputizes affected social media platforms into forcing Canadians to surrender more data as a precondition of participation in the digital public square. This, in turn, raises serious concerns about Canadians' privacy rights and may engage constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure - guaranteed by section 8 of the Charter. Read the full text of the bill here: parl.ca/documentviewer/en/45…

Blackburn is full of it…CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES/CONGRESS!! #crushthescreenact #crushthekosabill #stopIDagechecksUSA #saynotoappstoreaccountabilty #dontrepealsection230 #Kosma

Some oppose the House's KIDS Act because it lacks a broad "duty of care" incentive. Others oppose the Senate's KOSA because it lacks explicit age verification mandates. You should oppose both for being invasive nanny state bills.

Facts, so tired of hearing Roblox trying to take the high ground by saying “oh, we’re just protecting the kids!” As they harvest the biometric data of little kids. Roblox is rotten to the core

This part no one talks about. I want to make this clear. KIDS act will screw over online gaming. Way it's worded will push gaming devs into doing age verification. It pushes games into doing age checks.) knows that such user is a minor.) How do you do that? Age verification

🚨KOSA update: To make a long story short, the White House is pushing for a package on Capitol Hill that bans AI regulation in exchange to pass #KOSA and other age verification laws. R's working with White House on this while D's are also negotiating. A deal could come in weeks.