Topic: South Dakota
South Dakota is advancing measures that raise significant concerns about privacy and free expression, including online digital ID laws and age verification requirements. These initiatives reflect a broader trend of government surveillance and control over personal data, undermining individual liberties. The implications of such policies extend beyond state lines, posing risks to privacy and free speech nationwide.
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The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users
Despite promises of privacy, the FTC’s new age verification remedy hinges on tracking users’ behavior across the web.
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Bluesky Implements Age Verification in South Dakota and Wyoming
Anonymous speech is being traded for compliance, one state law at a time.
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South Dakota Follows Texas with Broader Online Digital ID Law
Websites now face a murky standard that could chill far more speech than lawmakers admit.
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US States Advance Online Digital ID Laws with New Proposals from South Carolina, Utah, Wyoming, Missouri, Texas, and South Dakota
Sweeping online ID bills spark debates over digital privacy, enforcement, and government overreach.
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South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says it’s not “conservative” to ban vaccine passports
Noem refused to back legislation to protect citizens from the passports.