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[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. ~~In the last decade~~, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.

[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is a legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. More recently, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.

==How it works==

The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 Feb 2026 |title=The Legislative Process |url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |archive-date=19 Jan 2026 |access-date=23 Feb 2026 |website=[[United States House of Representatives]]}}</ref>

The legislative process might vary from country or region, but the US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 Feb 2026 |title=The Legislative Process |url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |archive-date=19 Jan 2026 |access-date=23 Feb 2026 |website=[[United States House of Representatives]]}}</ref>

#A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''

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Now that such anti-privacy legislation has been approved, it can be enforced by federal agencies via penalties.

Anti-privacy legislation enforce companies, products or services to collect user's sensitive data in order to comply with purposes that are usually tagged as "safety".

==Why it is a problem==

Anti-privacy legislation is frequently incompatible with already established legislation or constitutions from countries or regions, that have even been enforced no matter if these legislation are violating the country/region's constitution or legislation protecting online privacy, anonymity or freedom of speech.

===Anti-privacy legislation is a direct infringement of the ~~1st & 4th amendments~~ found in the ~~bill~~ of ~~rights~~(U.S)===

===Anti-privacy legislation is a direct infringement of the First and Fourth Amendments found in the Bill of Rights (U.S.A.)===

*The First amendment states:

*The ~~1st~~ amendment states:

<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307171826/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |archive-date=2026-03-07 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307171826/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |archive-date=2026-03-07 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=[[Constitution Annotated]]}}</ref></blockquote>

If '''Anti-privacy legislation''' were to be implemented, that gives anyone with access to data on someone the ability to '''restrict freedom of speech''' or oppose those with unwanted views of the world, thus infringing the 1st amendment.{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}

*The ~~4th~~ amendment reads as follows:

*The Fourth amendment reads as follows:

<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224165919/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |archive-date=2026-02-24 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since it may require/force citizens to show proof of age ('''selfies, IDs, credit cards''') without real probable cause. It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}

<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224165919/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |archive-date=2026-02-24 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since It may require/force citizens to show proof of age('''selfies, id's, credit cards''') without real probable cause and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}

*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other and more extreme anti-privacy measures, and such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwinter |first=Daniel |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145810/http://jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>

*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other & more extreme anti-privacy measures, & such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwinter |first=Daniel |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145810/http://jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>

==List of Legislation==

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!Method of Eroding Privacy

!Status

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|[https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H7757_SUS_xml_4b1ac8f00f.pdf The KIDS Act]

|U.S

|[TBA]

|Identity disclosure/Censorship/Anti-Encryption

|Passed House

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|[[UK Online Safety Act]]

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|Age Verification

|Approved (Signed on Oct 26, 2023, Active since Jul 25 2025)

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|[https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ56/PLAW-107publ56.pdf USA PATRIOT ACT]

|U.S

|Placeholder: This law strengthened a policing type agency's ability to surveil & investigate things related to devices, along with other things.(Found under Title II)

|Enhanced Technological & Real Life Surveillance

|Approved (Signed on Oct 26, 2001)

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|[https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/253 Florida HB 253]

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|The Colorado Senate Bill "SB26-051" is a "copycat bill" of California's own "Assembly Bill No. 1043" which requires operating systems of any kind(open source or not), to utilize an interface on account setup to gain an age signal for developers to use in the main app store. Overview of said bill reads as follows; "The bill requires application developers to receive user age information and use it to comply with any applicable law."

|Device-Based Age Indication

|~~Under Consideration~~

|Approved (Active Jan 1, 2028)

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|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/737/text S.737 - Screen Act]

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|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1207 S.1207 - Earn It Act]

|U.S

|The Earn It Act quote "revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children" by limiting the "liability protections of interactive computer service providers(Encryption)", essentially making the Earn it Act an "anti-encryption", ~~which is (~~for the most part) necessary to protect ones own important documents & maintain a level of privacy in the digital age.

|The Earn It Act quote "revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children" by limiting the "liability protections of interactive computer service providers(Encryption)", essentially making the Earn it Act an "anti-encryption" bill. (Which is, for the most part, necessary to protect ones own important documents & maintain a level of privacy in the digital age)

|Anti-Encryption

|Introduced

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|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act]

|U.S

|The Take It Down Act(stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be & shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.

|The Take It Down Act (stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be and shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.<ref>{{Cite web

|last=Kelley

|first=Jason

|title=Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws

|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws

|website=Electronic Frontier Foundation

|date=28 Apr 2026

|access-date=22 May 2026

|url-status=live

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260501063231/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws

|archive-date=1 May 2026

}}</ref>

|Anti-Encryption/Censorship

|Approved

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|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref>

|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208124027/https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |archive-date=2025-12-08 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ShIek |archive-date=2026-01-17 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Comparitech}}</ref>

|Many countries.

|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.

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|[https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289498 Louisiana HB Bill/Act No. 440]

|Louisiana, U.S

|

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|Approve (Active since

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|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)

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|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info Congress H.R.8250]

|U.S

|[TBA]

|Device-Based Age Verification

|Introduced

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|[[Safe Digital Environments Law]] (Ley de Entornos Digitales Seguros)

|Chile

|This project looks to follow practices as the ones that have been taking effect in Europe and Australia, to ban users under 16 from social media. It mandates to add age verification methods using Chilean digital ID (Clave Única) for social media sites to prevent underage users to access them

|Age Verification/Censorship

|Proposed

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|[https://tramitacion.senado.cl/appsenado/templates/tramitacion/index.php?boletin_ini=16431-15 Bill 16431-15]

|Chile

|Modifies Law N° 18,168 to mandate network providers to add age verification methods to prevent minors to access to explicit sexual content

|Age Verification/Censorship

|Introduced on November 21st, 2023

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|Anti-Terror-Paket (Anti terrorism package)

|Germany

|Telcos are required to verify identity of the buyer when selling and activating SIM cards. Reason given is fight against terrorism. Introduced by a coalition of christian conservative parties (CDU/CSU) and social democrats (SPD).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milosevic |first=Josefine |date=2017-06-30 |title=Prepaid-Karten: Ausweispflicht ab dem 1. Juli |url=https://www.connect.de/ratgeber/prepaid-karten-ausweispflicht-identifizierung-1-juli-2017-3197406.html |access-date=2026-07-02 |website=Connect}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Briegleb |first=Volker |date=2016-06-01 |title=Ausweispflicht bei Prepaid-SIMs: Kabinett bringt Anti-Terror-Paket auf den Weg |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Ausweispflicht-bei-Prepaid-SIMs-Kabinett-bringt-Anti-Terror-Paket-auf-den-Weg-3224166.html |access-date=2026-07-02 |website=Heise Online}}</ref>

|ID verification

|Introduced effective July 1st 2017

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|Chat Control

|EU

|Messengers have to have a built-in backdoor to allow scanning of messages. If suspicious content is found (likely by means of a proprietary software), the content is sent to an institution which is not under court oversight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fight Chat Control |url=https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ |access-date=2026-06-02 |website=Fight Chat Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Chat Control |url=https://stopchatcontrol.eu/}}</ref> Introduced based on lobbying by a U.S. non-profit called Thorn, a vendor of such scanning software. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Krempl |first=Stefan |date=2023-08-27 |title=Lobbygeflecht bei Chatkontrolle: "Schlimmste Befürchtungen bestätigt" (Lobby Entanglements around Chat Control: "Worst Suspicions Confirmed") |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Lobbygeflecht-bei-Chatkontrolle-Schlimmste-Befuerchtungen-bestaetigt-9318337.html |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Heise Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breyer |first=Patrick |date=2025-02-25 |title=Chat control: EU Ombudsman criticises revolving door between Europol and chat control tech lobbyist Thorn |url=https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-ombudsman-criticises-revolving-door-between-europol-and-chat-control-tech-lobbyist-thorn/ |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Patrick Breyer - Digitaler Freiheitskämpfer}}</ref>

|Anti-Encryption, Surveillance

|Rejected by EU parlament on multiple occasions, but keeps getting re-introduced

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#'''Contact local legislators & representatives;''' If enough people oppose a proposed bill, local legislators may delay the bill or back off on their decision entirely. If enough citizens instead urge a representative to vote against a bill, said representatives could potentially follow up on the citizen's behalf.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}

#'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}

#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that ~~aims~~ for the opposite affect.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}

#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps to circumvent future bills that aim for the opposite affect.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}

===Tools & Resources===

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*[https://www.badinternetbills.com/ Bad Internet Bills] is a website listing quote "bad internet bills" in a easily accessible manner.

*[https://iapp.org/resources/article/us-state-privacy-legislation-tracker US State Privacy Legislation Tracker] is a sub site of the domain [https://iapp.org/ Iapp] that tracks many but not all pro-privacy or consumer '''U.S''' bills that have passed or not. This includes bills that support consumer rights & bills that businesses are obligated to comply with. (Click [https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt76d030a1054f612a/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker.pdf here] to view the chart & [https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt8134a824fbb924de/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker_map.jpg here] to view the map in the '''U.S''')

==Further Reading==

*[[:Category:Common license terms]]

*[[:Category:Legislation]]

==References==

==External Links==

*https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/

*https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/

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*https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt76d030a1054f612a/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker.pdf

*https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt8134a824fbb924de/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker_map.jpg

~~==Further Reading==~~

*[[:Category:Common license terms]]

*[[:Category:Legislation]]

~~==References==~~

~~{{reflist}}~~

[[Category:Common terms]]

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 {{Incomplete|issue 1=needs general improvement of quality and quantity of information}}
-[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. In the last decade, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.
+[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is a legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. More recently, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.
 ==How it works==
-The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 Feb 2026 |title=The Legislative Process |url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |archive-date=19 Jan 2026 |access-date=23 Feb 2026 |website=[[United States House of Representatives]]}}</ref>
+The legislative process might vary from country or region, but the US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=23 Feb 2026 |title=The Legislative Process |url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process |archive-date=19 Jan 2026 |access-date=23 Feb 2026 |website=[[United States House of Representatives]]}}</ref>
 #A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''
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 Now that such anti-privacy legislation has been approved, it can be enforced by federal agencies via penalties.
+Anti-privacy legislation enforce companies, products or services to collect user's sensitive data in order to comply with purposes that are usually tagged as "safety".
 ==Why it is a problem==
+Anti-privacy legislation is frequently incompatible with already established legislation or constitutions from countries or regions, that have even been enforced no matter if these legislation are violating the country/region's constitution or legislation protecting online privacy, anonymity or freedom of speech.
-===Anti-privacy legislation is a direct infringement of the 1st & 4th amendments found in the bill of rights(U.S)===
+===Anti-privacy legislation is a direct infringement of the First and Fourth Amendments found in the Bill of Rights (U.S.A.)===
+*The First amendment states:
-*The 1st amendment states:
+<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307171826/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |archive-date=2026-03-07 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>
-<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307171826/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ |archive-date=2026-03-07 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=[[Constitution Annotated]]}}</ref></blockquote>
 If '''Anti-privacy legislation''' were to be implemented, that gives anyone with access to data on someone the ability to '''restrict freedom of speech''' or oppose those with unwanted views of the world, thus infringing the 1st amendment.{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}
-*The 4th amendment reads as follows:
+*The Fourth amendment reads as follows:
+<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224165919/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |archive-date=2026-02-24 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since it may require/force citizens to show proof of age ('''selfies, IDs, credit cards''') without real probable cause. It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}
-<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224165919/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |archive-date=2026-02-24 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since It may require/force citizens to show proof of age('''selfies, id's, credit cards''') without real probable cause and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed|date=28 Feb 2026}}
+*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other and more extreme anti-privacy measures, and such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwinter |first=Daniel |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145810/http://jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>
-*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other & more extreme anti-privacy measures, & such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sherwinter |first=Daniel |date=28 Feb 2026 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145810/http://jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |archive-date=2024-07-30 |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>
 ==List of Legislation==
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 !Method of Eroding Privacy
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+|[https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/H7757_SUS_xml_4b1ac8f00f.pdf The KIDS Act]
+|U.S
+|[TBA]
+|Identity disclosure/Censorship/Anti-Encryption
+|Passed House
 |-
 |[[UK Online Safety Act]]
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 |Age Verification
 |Approved (Signed on Oct 26, 2023, Active since Jul 25 2025)
+|-
+|[https://www.congress.gov/107/plaws/publ56/PLAW-107publ56.pdf USA PATRIOT ACT]
+|U.S
+|Placeholder: This law strengthened a policing type agency's ability to surveil & investigate things related to devices, along with other things.(Found under Title II)
+|Enhanced Technological & Real Life Surveillance
+|Approved (Signed on Oct 26, 2001)
 |-
 |[https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/253 Florida HB 253]
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 |The Colorado Senate Bill "SB26-051" is a "copycat bill" of California's own "Assembly Bill No. 1043" which requires operating systems of any kind(open source or not), to utilize an interface on account setup to gain an age signal for developers to use in the main app store. Overview of said bill reads as follows; "The bill requires application developers to receive user age information and use it to comply with any applicable law."
 |Device-Based Age Indication
-|Under Consideration
+|Approved (Active Jan 1, 2028)
 |-
 |[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/737/text S.737 - Screen Act]
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 |[https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1207 S.1207 - Earn It Act]
 |U.S
-|The Earn It Act quote "revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children" by limiting the "liability protections of interactive computer service providers(Encryption)", essentially making the Earn it Act an "anti-encryption", which is (for the most part) necessary to protect ones own important documents & maintain a level of privacy in the digital age.
+|The Earn It Act quote "revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children" by limiting the "liability protections of interactive computer service providers(Encryption)", essentially making the Earn it Act an "anti-encryption" bill. (Which is, for the most part, necessary to protect ones own important documents & maintain a level of privacy in the digital age)
 |Anti-Encryption
 |Introduced
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 |[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act]
 |U.S
-|The Take It Down Act(stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be & shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.
+|The Take It Down Act (stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be and shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.<ref>{{Cite web
+|last=Kelley
+|first=Jason
+|title=Congress Passes TAKE IT DOWN Act Despite Major Flaws
+|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws
+|website=Electronic Frontier Foundation
+|date=28 Apr 2026
+|access-date=22 May 2026
+|url-status=live
+|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260501063231/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws
+|archive-date=1 May 2026
+}}</ref>
 |Anti-Encryption/Censorship
 |Approved
 |-
-|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref>
+|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 Mar 2026 |title=SIM Card Registration |url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208124027/https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration |archive-date=2025-12-08 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bischoff |first=Paul |date=2025-04-23 |title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? |url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ShIek |archive-date=2026-01-17 |access-date=6 Mar 2026 |website=Comparitech}}</ref>
 |Many countries.
 |People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.
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 |[https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289498 Louisiana HB Bill/Act No. 440]
 |Louisiana, U.S
-|
+|[TBA]
 |Age Verification
 |Approve (Active since
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 |Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)
 |-
+|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info Congress H.R.8250]
+|U.S
+|[TBA]
+|Device-Based Age Verification
+|Introduced
+|-
+|[[Safe Digital Environments Law]] (Ley de Entornos Digitales Seguros)
+|Chile
+|This project looks to follow practices as the ones that have been taking effect in Europe and Australia, to ban users under 16 from social media. It mandates to add age verification methods using Chilean digital ID (Clave Única) for social media sites to prevent underage users to access them
+|Age Verification/Censorship
+|Proposed
+|-
+|[https://tramitacion.senado.cl/appsenado/templates/tramitacion/index.php?boletin_ini=16431-15 Bill 16431-15]
+|Chile
+|Modifies Law N° 18,168 to mandate network providers to add age verification methods to prevent minors to access to explicit sexual content
+|Age Verification/Censorship
+|Introduced on November 21st, 2023
+|-
+|Anti-Terror-Paket (Anti terrorism package)
+|Germany
+|Telcos are required to verify identity of the buyer when selling and activating SIM cards. Reason given is fight against terrorism. Introduced by a coalition of christian conservative parties (CDU/CSU) and social democrats (SPD).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Milosevic |first=Josefine |date=2017-06-30 |title=Prepaid-Karten: Ausweispflicht ab dem 1. Juli |url=https://www.connect.de/ratgeber/prepaid-karten-ausweispflicht-identifizierung-1-juli-2017-3197406.html |access-date=2026-07-02 |website=Connect}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Briegleb |first=Volker |date=2016-06-01 |title=Ausweispflicht bei Prepaid-SIMs: Kabinett bringt Anti-Terror-Paket auf den Weg |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Ausweispflicht-bei-Prepaid-SIMs-Kabinett-bringt-Anti-Terror-Paket-auf-den-Weg-3224166.html |access-date=2026-07-02 |website=Heise Online}}</ref>
+|ID verification
+|Introduced effective July 1st 2017
+|-
+|Chat Control
+|EU
+|Messengers have to have a built-in backdoor to allow scanning of messages. If suspicious content is found (likely by means of a proprietary software), the content is sent to an institution which is not under court oversight.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fight Chat Control |url=https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ |access-date=2026-06-02 |website=Fight Chat Control}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Stop Chat Control |url=https://stopchatcontrol.eu/}}</ref> Introduced based on lobbying by a U.S. non-profit called Thorn, a vendor of such scanning software. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Krempl |first=Stefan |date=2023-08-27 |title=Lobbygeflecht bei Chatkontrolle: "Schlimmste Befürchtungen bestätigt" (Lobby Entanglements around Chat Control: "Worst Suspicions Confirmed") |url=https://www.heise.de/news/Lobbygeflecht-bei-Chatkontrolle-Schlimmste-Befuerchtungen-bestaetigt-9318337.html |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Heise Online}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Breyer |first=Patrick |date=2025-02-25 |title=Chat control: EU Ombudsman criticises revolving door between Europol and chat control tech lobbyist Thorn |url=https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-ombudsman-criticises-revolving-door-between-europol-and-chat-control-tech-lobbyist-thorn/ |access-date=2026-07-03 |website=Patrick Breyer - Digitaler Freiheitskämpfer}}</ref>
+|Anti-Encryption, Surveillance
+|Rejected by EU parlament on multiple occasions, but keeps getting re-introduced
 |}
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 #'''Contact local legislators & representatives;''' If enough people oppose a proposed bill, local legislators may delay the bill or back off on their decision entirely. If enough citizens instead urge a representative to vote against a bill, said representatives could potentially follow up on the citizen's behalf.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}
 #'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}
-#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that aims for the opposite affect.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}
+#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps to circumvent future bills that aim for the opposite affect.{{Citation needed|date=1 Mar 2026}}
 ===Tools & Resources===
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 *[https://www.badinternetbills.com/ Bad Internet Bills] is a website listing quote "bad internet bills" in a easily accessible manner.
 *[https://iapp.org/resources/article/us-state-privacy-legislation-tracker US State Privacy Legislation Tracker] is a sub site of the domain [https://iapp.org/ Iapp] that tracks many but not all pro-privacy or consumer '''U.S''' bills that have passed or not. This includes bills that support consumer rights & bills that businesses are obligated to comply with. (Click [https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt76d030a1054f612a/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker.pdf here] to view the chart & [https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt8134a824fbb924de/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker_map.jpg here] to view the map in the '''U.S''')
+==Further Reading==
+*[[:Category:Common license terms]]
+*[[:Category:Legislation]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 ==External Links==
 *https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/age-verification-bills/
 *https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/
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 *https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt76d030a1054f612a/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker.pdf
 *https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltd4dd5b2d705252bc/blt8134a824fbb924de/us_state_privacy_legislation_tracker_map.jpg
-==Further Reading==
-*[[:Category:Common license terms]]
-*[[:Category:Legislation]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
 [[Category:Common terms]]
 [[Category:Anti-privacy legislation]]