{"id":19340,"date":"2026-11-05T10:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=19340"},"modified":"2026-11-05T10:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T17:53:47","slug":"45-attorneys-general-urgently-want-congress-to-push-platforms-toward-age-checks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/45-attorneys-general-urgently-want-congress-to-push-platforms-toward-age-checks\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Attorneys General Urgently Want Congress to Push Platforms Toward Age Checks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This doesn’t betray an OCGFC plan to identify every internet user at all. And this Kids Act is in the Senate. People need to realize the social media platforms were instituted to get you there for tracking, censoring and controlling you. The CIA’s investment arm, In-Q-Tel, was involved along with sending spooks into management, so these tech megacorps were always an arm of the federal government. And as they institute identifying everyone with what they post, next comes enforcement with jail time for wrong think as witnessed in the UK, and France is trying to pass a law with prison for just discussing the Great Replacement<\/a>. And ending up before a federal corrupt judge with corrupt government prosecutors is a recipe for a guaranteed conviction regardless of what the law states, as a federal judge can deny your ability to present a lawful defense as prosecutors just stretch how laws apply with no regard for reason… Throw in the right cyber false flags and you’d be surprised what people will accept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reclaimthenet.org\/attorneys-general-push-kosa-age-checks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Washington is being asked to referee the internet\u2019s most persistent identity check.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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By Ken Macon<\/strong><\/a>November 5, 2026Share<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bipartisan group of 45 attorneys general from 42 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, and the US Virgin Islands have asked Congress to pass the Senate\u2019s Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) censorship law, and make sure the bill\u2019s duty of care provision is included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter, sent on November 3<\/u><\/a> and announced by Hawaii<\/u><\/a> on November 4, was signed by the attorneys general of these 45 US jurisdictions, led by Hawaii\u2019s Anne Lopez, Ohio\u2019s Andy Wilson, Tennessee\u2019s Jonathan Skrmetti, and Connecticut\u2019s William Tong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same group, although smaller by five at the time, sent a similar letter<\/u><\/a> to Congress in February, when 40 attorneys general urged Congress to pass the Senate version of KOSA, again, with its duty of care in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have been tracking the progress of KOSA<\/u><\/a>, and explained that the duty of care makes social media platforms responsible for shielding minors from content that a regulator decides is harmful, which in reality pressures sites to censor lawful speech to avoid legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the House version, it makes everyone, regardless of age, prove it to social media companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter now makes the case for the bill, S. 1748, as a way to protect children from online harm by imposing \u201cminimum safety standards on all social media and gaming platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the attorneys general are promoting KOSA as a way to future-proof these standards, as they say the bill\u2019s duty of care provision would \u201cestablish a lasting standard that extends beyond the term of the settlement and adapts as technologies and design features evolve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter also reveals that the attorneys general view the bill as a way to cement the impact of a huge settlement reached with Meta<\/u><\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Meta settlement, worth $17 billion, was reached in August, and the attorneys general now say that the protections it provides should not be seen as a standalone solution, but rather as a stepping stone towards more regulation. The deal imposes on Meta a number of restrictions, such as daily time limits, \u201cproductive pauses,\u201d and \u201cnighttime blocks\u201d between midnight and 6 a.m., as well as limits on push notifications during school hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the settlement also makes Meta age-check every Facebook and Instagram user in the states that signed on to the deal, either by ID verification or facial age estimation, and both sides waived any right to argue its terms are unconstitutional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attorneys general\u2019s letter doesn\u2019t go into these details, instead using the settlement to build a case for KOSA, by suggesting that the protections the deal provides are not enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA settlement with one company cannot establish consistent protections for children across the entire technology industry,\u201d the letter says, adding that the safeguards \u201cshould not be viewed as a conclusion but rather as evidence that further action is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attorneys general also want to make sure that KOSA doesn\u2019t preempt their own powers, and that they are able to continue enforcing their own laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKOSA preserves the ability of states to innovate through legislation and enforcement,\u201d the letter says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, the attorneys general rejected the House companion to KOSA, H.R. 6484, because it contained \u201cexpansive preemption language\u201d that would \u201cexpressly limit the states\u2019 ability to address evolving online harms in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also didn\u2019t like the bill\u2019s \u201creasonable policies, practices, and procedures\u201d \u2013 the alternative to the duty of care \u2013 saying it \u201cwill not deliver meaningful change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House has since incorporated KOSA into the KIDS Act<\/u><\/a>, which passed that chamber on June 29 with a 267-117 vote, and is now in the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lopez, who is leading the group, said that \u201cchildren deserve meaningful protections regardless of which social media platform they use\u201d and that Congress should \u201cact now to establish lasting protections that put the safety and well-being of children first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter mentions \u201cthe nascent deluge of AI products inundating our kids\u201d as another reason for Congress to act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the attorneys general are asking for is to have it both ways: a federal liability standard that will be the same everywhere \u2013 and their own powers to add to that standard in any way they see fit. Either way, the end result will be platforms checking everyone\u2019s age, and removing lawful speech to avoid liability \u2013 and the Meta settlement, which they hold up as a model, already shows that this is exactly where this is all going: an ID check for every adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This doesn’t betray an OCGFC plan to identify every internet user at all. And this Kids Act is in the Senate. People need to realize the social media platforms were instituted to get you there for tracking, censoring and controlling you. The CIA’s investment arm, In-Q-Tel, was involved along with sending spooks into management, so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19341,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19340\/revisions\/19341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}