Topic: COPPA 2.0
COPPA 2.0 refers to proposed legislation aimed at enhancing online safety for children, but it raises significant concerns about privacy and surveillance. The push for age verification and increased monitoring by tech companies threatens to infringe on individual liberties and could lead to broader surveillance practices affecting all users. Advocates for digital rights warn that these measures could pave the way for censorship and undermine the privacy of both children and adults.
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House Committee Passes Child “Safety” Bills That Push National Age Verification Surveillance
The bills arrive dressed as child protection but leave behind a mandate to build the largest ID grab in American…
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House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy
Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the…
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As Expected, a Hearing on Kids Online Safety Becomes a Blueprint for Digital ID
The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.
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COPPA 2.0: The Age Check Trap That Means Surveillance for Everyone
What begins as a fix for teen privacy risks becoming a blueprint for mass surveillance by design.
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Lawmakers Clash Over KOSA and TAKE IT DOWN Act as Digital Rights Advocates Warn of Censorship
Lawmakers push child safety laws that could gut online anonymity.
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Lawmakers Say KOSA Doesn’t Mandate Online Age Verification. It Effectively Does.
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) uses online safety as a pretext for increased control, paving the way for digital…
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Biden Endorses Legislation That Would Require Online Platforms To Check Age (and Therefore ID) Of Users
The march towards digital ID.
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Bipartisan bill aimed at protecting kids online would require Big Tech to spy on them
More kids’ data collection.