Stop the KIDS Act — It's Internet Censorship, Not Child Safety
The Issue
On June 29, 2026, the House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act — H.R. 7757 — by a vote of 267–117. It now heads to the Senate. We are calling on every U.S. Senator to vote NO.
We support protecting children online. What we oppose is using children as a shield to dismantle the free, open, and private internet for every American adult.
What the KIDS Act actually does:
- Mandates de facto age verification for all users. The EFF warns the bill pushes platforms to verify all users' ages — meaning government ID or biometric scans just to go online. This ends anonymous and pseudonymous speech, which the Supreme Court has long protected.
- Requires government-directed content moderation. Platforms must act against a broad, vague list of "harms." The ACLU states this "would incentivize platforms to remove online content that the government may deem inappropriate." Over-moderation is the inevitable result.
- Creates new rules on encrypted private communications. The bill reaches into private direct messages — a clear Fourth Amendment concern.
- Preempts stronger state protections. It overrides state-level data privacy laws, leaving Americans with fewer rights than before.
The ACLU, EFF, and legal experts across the political spectrum have flagged this bill as a First and Fourth Amendment threat. Similar laws in Indiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah have already been struck down as unconstitutional by state courts.
Critics of this legislation — including researchers and content creators like MadamSavvy and ChibiReviews — have asked legitimate policy questions, only to be publicly smeared by bill advocates. When former FTC advisor Jon Schweppe was asked why existing parental tools weren't being promoted first, he responded by calling MadamSavvy a predator and dismissing all critics as "freaks." This is not child safety advocacy. It is the silencing of dissent.
The KIDS Act follows a global pattern: the UK's Online Safety Act, Australia's social media ban, and the EU's Digital Identity Wallet all use identical "protect the children" language to build government-controlled identity-check systems. We will not let that happen here.
We call on the U.S. Senate to:
- Vote NO on the KIDS Act in its current form
- Reject any version that mandates age verification, directs platform content moderation, or threatens encrypted communications
- Pursue genuine, constitutional approaches to child online safety that do not surveil or censor all Americans
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The Issue
On June 29, 2026, the House of Representatives passed the Kids Internet and Digital Safety (KIDS) Act — H.R. 7757 — by a vote of 267–117. It now heads to the Senate. We are calling on every U.S. Senator to vote NO.
We support protecting children online. What we oppose is using children as a shield to dismantle the free, open, and private internet for every American adult.
What the KIDS Act actually does:
- Mandates de facto age verification for all users. The EFF warns the bill pushes platforms to verify all users' ages — meaning government ID or biometric scans just to go online. This ends anonymous and pseudonymous speech, which the Supreme Court has long protected.
- Requires government-directed content moderation. Platforms must act against a broad, vague list of "harms." The ACLU states this "would incentivize platforms to remove online content that the government may deem inappropriate." Over-moderation is the inevitable result.
- Creates new rules on encrypted private communications. The bill reaches into private direct messages — a clear Fourth Amendment concern.
- Preempts stronger state protections. It overrides state-level data privacy laws, leaving Americans with fewer rights than before.
The ACLU, EFF, and legal experts across the political spectrum have flagged this bill as a First and Fourth Amendment threat. Similar laws in Indiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Utah have already been struck down as unconstitutional by state courts.
Critics of this legislation — including researchers and content creators like MadamSavvy and ChibiReviews — have asked legitimate policy questions, only to be publicly smeared by bill advocates. When former FTC advisor Jon Schweppe was asked why existing parental tools weren't being promoted first, he responded by calling MadamSavvy a predator and dismissing all critics as "freaks." This is not child safety advocacy. It is the silencing of dissent.
The KIDS Act follows a global pattern: the UK's Online Safety Act, Australia's social media ban, and the EU's Digital Identity Wallet all use identical "protect the children" language to build government-controlled identity-check systems. We will not let that happen here.
We call on the U.S. Senate to:
- Vote NO on the KIDS Act in its current form
- Reject any version that mandates age verification, directs platform content moderation, or threatens encrypted communications
- Pursue genuine, constitutional approaches to child online safety that do not surveil or censor all Americans
---SIGH THE PETITION TO SPREAD THE WORD---
📞 Call the Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
Find your Senators at senate.gov/senators/contact
The Senate Vote is Pending.
SHARE THIS PETITION TO SPREAD THE WORD AND CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW.
---THE WINDOW TO STOP THIS BILL IS OPEN.---
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Petition created on June 30, 2026