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Electronic Frontier Foundation
@eff.org

The KIDS Act is not just some benign form of digital “carding.” If passed, the bouncer at the door is an online entity capturing and storing personal data from users who simply want to access legal, First Amendment-protected content on the internet, EFF’s @irmck.bsky.social wrote for @coindesk.com.

coindesk.comThe KIDS Act is way worse than digital carding — it is a mass surveillance systemThe fact that lawmakers are even contemplating a bill that would create a surveillance and censorship regime should be a wake-up call for everyone who values privacy and free expression, argues Electr...

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Stephen James
@stephenjamessv.bsky.social

Could you repost this op-ed from Silicon Valley family court reporter Susan Bassi? Over the years, EFF has advised her several times. She is routinely harassed by local government people. She just tuned 62. davisvanguard.org/2026/07/mino...

davisvanguard.orgOp-ed | A CHILD'S ATTORNEY IS OFF THE CASE. OUR REPORTING MATTERED. - Davis VanguardThe recent removal of minor's counsel Julie Levy from a child custody case underscores the ongoing necessity of journalistic oversight regarding alleged misconduct within California's family courts, a...
Hikari Mao
@hikari-mao.bsky.social

Offline you show your ID, then put your ID away and within 2 seconds or less the cashier/bouncer forgets your face. Online you're literally giving the card and it's information to a 3rd party to copy and do whatever they deem, including letting it sit in a hackable database, sell it, share it, etc.