KOSA. The SCREEN Act. The CHATBOT Act. The Youth AI Privacy Act. Four different bills, with the same flawed approach: more surveillance, more data collection, and less privacy online. Tell the Senate to reject all four. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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By creating special rules only for minors, this bill pushes AI companies toward age verification—meaning more data collection, not less. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features,”

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The Senate Commerce Committee is about to vote on four bills that could put much of the Internet behind privacy-invasive age gates. We need your help to stop them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Tomorrow’s U.S. Senate Vote: Four Internet Bills, One Wrong Direction

The Senate Commerce Committee will vote this week on several censorious and privacy invasive bills: KOSA, the SCREEN Act, Youth AI Privacy Act, and CHATBOT Act. While we appreciate that the Committee

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Four bills up for a Senate vote on Wednesday would push websites and apps to collect more personal information, putting privacy and anonymous access to lawful speech at risk. Tell your Senators to reject them today: www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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Millions of people rely on anonymous access to lawful online speech. This week, the Senate is looking at four bills that could vastly expand age verification and make anonymous internet use much harder. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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Got burning questions for EFF? Our lawyers, activists, and technologists have answers! Stop by our Ask EFF panel today at 2:00 pm PT at #BSidesLV in Florentine F, Common Ground 🖤 www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

KOSA doesn't just threaten free speech—it threatens privacy. It will push more online services to age verification, requiring people to hand over more personal information just to read the internet. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act, the CHATBOT Act, and

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Just because you're missing this year's Las Vegas security conferences doesn't mean you can't keep your EFF wardrobe up to date! For a limited time you can grab our latest #DEFCON t-shirt: Many Hands Make Light Work. eff.org/vv

ICYMI, EFF now has a suite of podcasts, including EFFector and EFFecting Change! You can subscribe to stay on top of digital rights issues 🎙️ eff.org/podcast

Keep Up on Digital Rights with EFF Podcasts

As the organization that saved podcasting from a patent troll, of course we have a few podcasts of our own! They're the perfect way to stay up-to-date on the fight for privacy and free speech online.

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‼️ACTION ALERT: The Senate Commerce Committee is holding “kids safety” circus again, this time considering both KOSA (the Kids Online Safety Act) & SCREEN Act, two of the most dangerous censorship & age verification bills on the table! CALL YOUR LAWMAKERS & TELL THEM TO OPPOSE 📲 248-331-8665

Come play poker for digital rights at DEF CON this Friday. The @eff.org Benefit Poker Tournament is Aug 7, noon, Horseshoe Poker Room, Vegas. Total novices are especially welcome; the room is safe, respectful, and the dealers teach. Bring one curious friend. eff.org/poker

Betting on Your Digital Rights: EFF Benefit Poker Tournament at DEF CON 34

The EFF Benefit Poker Tournament is back for DEF CON 34! Your buy-in is paired with a donation to support EFF’s mission to protect online privacy and free expression for all. Play for glory. Play for ...

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Hacker Summer Camp is almost here... and with it comes the Fifth Annual EFF Benefit Poker Tournament @defcon.bsky.social hosted by security expert @tarah.org. Join us on August 7 at the Horseshoe Poker Room and take home new prizes, including bug bounty pins! eff.org/poker

Showing your ID to a bartender isn’t the same as uploading your ID online and having it saved in a database. If the SCREEN Act passes, that’s what many adults will have to do to see lawful content online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually

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Despite being a "privacy-friendly" and child safety bill, S. 5090 (aka the Digital Age Assurance Act) is STILLDISGUISED AS SURVEILLANCE AND CENSORSHIP, VIOLATING THE FIRST AND FOURTH AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTON! 😡 #NOS5090 #Privacy #FirstAmendment #FourthAmendment #DigitalFreedom #DigitalRights

Even if you agree with the LA City Council's decision to ban words at public meetings today, you might not agree with it wielding this power in the future. Must-read @latimes.com op-ed from @thefireorg.bsky.social. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Censorship never stops with just two words

The Los Angeles City Council is claiming ultimate authority to ban the use of any terms officials deem offensive during public meetings. It won't end there.

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This week, the Senate Commerce Committee is considering a package of internet bills that would expand age verification and restrict online speech. The Youth AI Privacy Act is no exception. Congress should reject it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

The Senate Commerce Committee is poised to consider the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would require AI companies to create kids-only privacy rules and implement so-called “safe design features,”

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On Wednesday, the Senate Commerce Committee will vote on four bills that would expand age verification, increase online surveillance, and make it harder to access lawful speech online. Take one minute to tell your senators to vote NO. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...

Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint

Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification

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EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter on Monday encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to veto Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

EFF Joins 18 Civil Rights Organizations Calling on Governor Hochul to

EFF joined a group of 18 civil society organizations to send a letter encouraging New York Governor Kathy Hochul to Senate Bill 9934A, the New York Stealth Crawler Prohibition Act. The letter

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Should you have to prove your age before you can read or speak online? KOSA would pressure online services to build age verification systems that put everyone's privacy at risk. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The Senate Should Reject KOSA's Privacy Risks

The Senate Commerce Committee is once again considering legislation that would dramatically expand age verification, and undermine privacy for everyone. Alongside the SCREEN Act, the CHATBOT Act, and

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🚨 URGENT!! 🚨 Last Friday, IL Gov. JB Fritzker has signed the OS-level #AgeVerification bill known as the Children's Social Media Safety Act (HB 5511) into law. Open source OSes will be damned if this law is about to take effect. So we better call on a statewide veto referendum or form a protest.

Gov. Pritzker Signs Nation-Leading Legislation to Protect Illinois Children on Social Media

HB5511 restricts the use of addictive algorithmic features on children and strengthens safety protections

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Gov. JB Pritzker, how could you sign this awful OS-level bill into law? Remember what @eff.org has sent you to veto it? @epic.org, you try to betray us all if you applaud him for signing this into law! We better call for a statewide veto referendum on this to protect #DigitalFreedom.

EPIC@epic.org · 2d ago

EPIC applauds Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker for signing the Children's Social Media Safety Act into law on Friday, marking a significant step forward in the fight to protect minors against harmful platform design, such as addictive feeds and overnight push notifications.

Parents should decide the right level of tech oversight for their family. Congress shouldn’t mandate one model for everyone. But that’s the model of the CHATBOT Act. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The CHATBOT Act Forces One Parenting Model On Every Family

Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing education, and the way people search for information. Parents, teenagers, teachers, and schools are struggling with tough questions about when AI should,

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Hey @evangreer.bsky.social @fightforthefuture.org how come when I click on links to badinternetbills.com and stopkosa.com it redirects to the Fight for the Future page? Just curious, are they broken?

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Who are we? We are a group of artists, engineers, activists, and technologists who have been behind the largest online protests in human history, channeling Internet outrage into political power to wi...

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TODAY - 11 am PT @ #BSidesLV in Florentine F, Common Ground: "Privacy's Defenders: How Hackers Helped and Can Do So Again" featuring former EFF Executive Director Cindy Cohn. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

No age verification at the operating system level. 🖥️ No age verification at the app store level. 📱 No age verification for apps. 🚫 No age verification for websites. 🌐 No age verification anywhere online. Period. ✋ Not now. Not ever. 🔥

I created the change.org petition to block or reform the Digital Age Assurance Act of 2026 (S. 5090), introduced in #Congress, for those who want to protect #Privacy and #DigitalFreedom from #AgeVerification laws like this. #DigitalRights #StopOSSpies #StopKillingTheInternet #PrivacyFirst

Sign the Petition

Block or Reform the Digital Age Assurance Act of 2026 (S. 5090)

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With the Senate Commerce Committee has a markup of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and the CHATBOT Act on Wednesday. @fightforthefuture.org's https://www.badinternetbills.com/ is the easiest way to contact your Senator, but there are lots of other options too!

Tips for contacting Congress about bad internet bills

Phone, web forms, meetings ... there are lots of options!

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The SCREEN Act isn't just about adult websites. It could require invasive age verification for nearly any online service that hosts a single piece of content deemed “harmful to minors.” www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually

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California lawmakers have amended A.B. 1709, but the core problem remains: the bill is still a ban on social media access for youth under 16, and it still threatens the privacy and First Amendment rights of all Californians. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Amending AB 1709 Doesn’t Fix It: California’s Social Media Ban Still

California lawmakers have amended A.B. 1709, but the core problem remains: the bill is still a ban on social media access for youth under 16, and it still threatens the privacy and First Amendment

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AI can help or harm people, and EFF was created to make sure it helps. Join EFF live in conversation with Cory Doctorow on August 12. eff.org/livestream-sai

Colin is right: We must exercise our power to change the course of history. For his lifetime achievements advocating for racial justice and empowering youth, we are proud to recognize Colin Kaepernick with our new Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.