The KIDS Act Passes the House 267-117 — The Anonymity Tax Heads to the Senate
Last night the House passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act, the first time any version of KOSA has cleared the lower chamber. The duty of ca...
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The KIDS Act: How a Child-Safety Bill Became a Mandate to Card Every American Online
House leaders bundled KOSA, COPPA 2.0, and a dozen other bills into one giant package — the Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act. In the deal-making, ...
It's Law Now: Britain Bans Under-16s From Social Media — and Builds the Age-Check Machine to Enforce It
We've tracked the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill since it was a 'Trojan horse for mass surveillance.' On June 17, 2026, Keir Starmer confirmed ...
When the Escape Hatch Becomes the Target: Europe Declares War on the VPN
Age-verification laws drove millions of Europeans to download VPNs. Now Brussels has noticed — and the European Parliament's research arm is calling t...
Curfews, Kill-Switches and the Under-16 Ban: What Starmer's Social Media Crackdown Actually Does
Keir Starmer has announced that Britain will bar under-16s from TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and the rest — complete with overnight curfews, anti-doomsc...
The Domino Effect, 2026 Update: Five More Countries Mandate Age Checks for Social Media
Australia's under-16 ban came into force in December 2025. Six months later, Brazil, Greece, Turkey, and Malaysia have followed with their own age-che...
Bill C-34 and the 'Missing Piece' Theory: What Canada's Digital Bills Actually Say
A viral theory holds that four Liberal bills — C-8, C-9, C-22, and C-34 — are snapping together into a Canadian digital-ID surveillance grid, with C-3...
Two Minutes to Break a Child-Safety Promise: The EU's Age-Verification App Meets Reality
Brussels unveiled a privacy-preserving app to keep children safe online and prove age without exposing identity. Within roughly two minutes, a securit...
To Protect Kids Online, Congress Wants to ID Everyone. That's the Trade Nobody Voted For.
A House subcommittee just took up 19 federal digital-media bills, including a revised Kids Online Safety Act and an App Store Accountability Act that ...
Britain Built a Surveillance System and Called It Child Safety: The Online Safety Act's Age Verification Problem
On March 25, 2026, the UK's ICO and Ofcom published a joint statement formalizing age verification requirements under the Online Safety Act. Platforms...