SAFE for Kids Act
The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet
If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint for killing anonymous speech.
New York Bill Would Force Age ID Checks at the Device Level
The bill’s child safety framing is doing a lot of work to normalize what is, in practice, a government-linked identity layer baked into every device you own before you open a single app.
Hillary Clinton, Kathy Hochul Back Controversial Internet Laws Promoting Digital ID
Critics warn that New York’s SAFE Act may open the door to sweeping surveillance, even as Clinton and Hochul champion it as a national model.