Stop Online ID Checks

On Tuesday, the House Energy and Commerce Committee will consider 19 “kids safety” bills ranging from requiring online IDs to complete censorship for kids under a certain age. Everyone wants to keep kids safe, but these bills always do more harm than good. They especially harm marginalized communities, because people can no longer surf the web with anonymity. It puts everyone at risk, because your IDs are going to be stored all over the place making them easy targets for hackers. It makes government surveillance and private companies tracking you much easier. Online IDs are not a solution.

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