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The House passed youth online safety legislation requiring age verification and identity checks, raising alarms among privacy advocates about government surveillance.
The House passed youth online safety legislation that requires age verification and identity checks for minors using online platforms. Privacy advocates raised alarms that the bill essentially creates a government-backed surveillance mechanism to verify identity and track age across the internet.
The law is framed as child safety, which is a hard position to oppose publicly. But the mechanics involve age-verification systems that require collecting and storing identity information at scale. That data becomes a target for hacks, government subpoenas, and mission creep. The bill passed despite those concerns, suggesting they weren't decisive in the vote.
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