Anti-privacy legislation: Difference between revisions

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*The 4th 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 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |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''') and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services~~, therefore allowing~~ federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to 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 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |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 & 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 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>

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|[[UK Online Safety Act]]

|United Kingdom

|The UK Online Safety Act is a set of law's that pushes for [[Age verification]] in order to protect quote; "children and adults online". Said enforcement includes disapproving "Illegal Content", & forcing website and domain owners to utilize "highly effective age assurance" to prevent children from accessing potentially harmful content. This ~~law~~ also requires such platforms to " provide parents and children with clear and accessible ways to report problems online when they do arise."

|The UK Online Safety Act is a set of law's that pushes for [[Age verification]] in order to protect quote; "children and adults online". Said enforcement includes disapproving "Illegal Content", & forcing website and domain owners to utilize "highly effective age assurance" to prevent children from accessing potentially harmful content. This act also requires such platforms to " provide parents and children with clear and accessible ways to report problems online when they do arise."

|Age Verification

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

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

|Florida, U.S

|Florida's 253 House Bill disallows ones ability to, in their own words, utilize "license plate obscuring devices" to ~~avoid detection by alpr cameras(~~"escaping from or avoiding detection or arrest in connection with such crime").

|Florida's 253 House Bill disallows ones ability to, in their own words, utilize "license plate obscuring devices" to prevent criminals from "escaping from or avoiding detection or arrest in connection with such crime", which could be interpreted as being punished for avoiding [[Flock license plate readers|ALPR]] detection.

|[[Flock license plate readers|ALPR]] Jamming Circumvention

|ALPR Jamming Circumvention

|Approved (Signed on May 19th 2025, Active since Oct 1 2025)

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|[https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051 Colorado Senate Bill SB26-051]

|Colorado, U.S

|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 ~~says~~ as follows; "The bill requires application developers to receive user age information and use it to comply with any applicable law."

|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

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|Rejected

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|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2656/ Arizona HB 2656]

|

|Arizona, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80575 Arizona SB 1125]

|Arizona, U.S

|[TBA] (Identical to SB 1298, Arizona)

|Age Verification

|Rejected

|-

|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80575 Arizona SB 1298]

|Arizona, U.S

|[TBA] (Identical to SB 1125, Arizona)

|Age Verification

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82735 Arizona SB 1341]

|

|Arizona, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-avs-bill-2023/ Arizona SB 1503]

|

|Arizona, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arkansas-protection-of-minors-from-distribution-of-harmful-material-act-2023/ Arkansas SB 66]

|Arkansas, U.S

|[TBA] (Copycat of Louisiana's AVS law)

|Age Verification

|Approved (Active since July 31 2023)

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-sb-127-2023/ California AB 127]

|

|California, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Approved

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-avs-bill-2023/ California AB 1501]

|

|California, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-age-appropriate-design-code-act/ California AB 2273 (2022)]

|

|California, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification/Censorship

|Approved

|-

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-ab-3080/ California AB 3080]

|California, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/case-it-act-2023/ CASE–IT Act (2023)]

|

|U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|Age Verification/Censorship

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-201 Colorado SB 25-201]

|

|Colorado, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/delaware-hb-265/ Delaware HB 265]

|

|Delaware, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-hb-3-sb-1792/ Florida HB 3]

|

|Florida, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Approved (Active since Jan 1 2025)

|-

|

|Florida [https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=81550 HB 931]/[https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=81947 SB 1438]

|

|Florida, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-sb-1620-2023/ Florida SB 1620]

|

|Florida, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification/Censorship

|Rejected

|-

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-avs-bill-2023/ Florida SB 472]

|Florida, U.S

|[TBA] (Copycat of Louisiana's AVS law)

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-hb-910/ Georgia HB 910]

|

|Georgia, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Failed (Incorporated in SB 351)

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-sb-351/ Georgia SB 351]

|

|Georgia, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2025)

|-

|

|[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1198 Hawaii HB 1198]

|

|Hawaii, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Introduced

|-

|

|[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1212 Hawaii HB 1212]

|

|Hawaii, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Introduced

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/idaho-hb-448/ Idaho H 448]

|

|Idaho, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Rejected

|-

|

|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/idaho-h-498/ Idaho H 498]

|

|Idaho, U.S

|[TBA]

|Age Verification

|

|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)

|}

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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.

#'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.

#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that aims for the opposite affect.

#'''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.

===Tools & Resources===

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 *The 4th 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 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |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''') and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services, therefore allowing federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to 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 |title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment |url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ |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 & 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 |title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights |url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF |access-date=28 Feb 2026 |website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>
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 |[[UK Online Safety Act]]
 |United Kingdom
-|The UK Online Safety Act is a set of law's that pushes for [[Age verification]] in order to protect quote; "children and adults online". Said enforcement includes disapproving "Illegal Content", & forcing website and domain owners to utilize "highly effective age assurance" to prevent children from accessing potentially harmful content. This law also requires such platforms to " provide parents and children with clear and accessible ways to report problems online when they do arise."
+|The UK Online Safety Act is a set of law's that pushes for [[Age verification]] in order to protect quote; "children and adults online". Said enforcement includes disapproving "Illegal Content", & forcing website and domain owners to utilize "highly effective age assurance" to prevent children from accessing potentially harmful content. This act also requires such platforms to " provide parents and children with clear and accessible ways to report problems online when they do arise."
 |Age Verification
 |Approved (Signed on Oct 26, 2023, Active since Jul 25 2025)
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 |[https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/253 Florida HB 253]
 |Florida, U.S
-|Florida's 253 House Bill disallows ones ability to, in their own words, utilize "license plate obscuring devices" to avoid detection by alpr cameras("escaping from or avoiding detection or arrest in connection with such crime").
+|Florida's 253 House Bill disallows ones ability to, in their own words, utilize "license plate obscuring devices" to prevent criminals from "escaping from or avoiding detection or arrest in connection with such crime", which could be interpreted as being punished for avoiding [[Flock license plate readers|ALPR]] detection.
-|[[Flock license plate readers|ALPR]] Jamming Circumvention
+|ALPR Jamming Circumvention
 |Approved (Signed on May 19th 2025, Active since Oct 1 2025)
 |-
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 |[https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-051 Colorado Senate Bill SB26-051]
 |Colorado, U.S
-|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 says as follows; "The bill requires application developers to receive user age information and use it to comply with any applicable law."
+|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
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 |Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2656/ Arizona HB 2656]
-|
+|Arizona, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
+|-
+|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80575 Arizona SB 1125]
+|Arizona, U.S
+|[TBA] (Identical to SB 1298, Arizona)
+|Age Verification
+|Rejected
+|-
+|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/80575 Arizona SB 1298]
+|Arizona, U.S
+|[TBA] (Identical to SB 1125, Arizona)
+|Age Verification
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/82735 Arizona SB 1341]
-|
+|Arizona, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-avs-bill-2023/ Arizona SB 1503]
-|
+|Arizona, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
+|-
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arkansas-protection-of-minors-from-distribution-of-harmful-material-act-2023/ Arkansas SB 66]
+|Arkansas, U.S
+|[TBA] (Copycat of Louisiana's AVS law)
+|Age Verification
+|Approved (Active since July 31 2023)
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-sb-127-2023/ California AB 127]
-|
+|California, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Approved
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-avs-bill-2023/ California AB 1501]
-|
+|California, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-age-appropriate-design-code-act/ California AB 2273 (2022)]
-|
+|California, U.S
+|[TBA]
+|Age Verification/Censorship
+|Approved
+|-
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/california-ab-3080/ California AB 3080]
+|California, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/case-it-act-2023/ CASE–IT Act (2023)]
-|
+|U.S
 |[TBA]
-|Age Verification
+|Age Verification/Censorship
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb25-201 Colorado SB 25-201]
-|
+|Colorado, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/delaware-hb-265/ Delaware HB 265]
-|
+|Delaware, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-hb-3-sb-1792/ Florida HB 3]
-|
+|Florida, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Approved (Active since Jan 1 2025)
 |-
-|
+|Florida [https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=81550 HB 931]/[https://flhouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=81947 SB 1438]
-|
+|Florida, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-sb-1620-2023/ Florida SB 1620]
-|
+|Florida, U.S
 |[TBA]
+|Age Verification/Censorship
+|Rejected
+|-
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/florida-avs-bill-2023/ Florida SB 472]
+|Florida, U.S
+|[TBA] (Copycat of Louisiana's AVS law)
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-hb-910/ Georgia HB 910]
-|
+|Georgia, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Failed (Incorporated in SB 351)
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-sb-351/ Georgia SB 351]
-|
+|Georgia, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2025)
 |-
-|
+|[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1198 Hawaii HB 1198]
-|
+|Hawaii, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Introduced
 |-
-|
+|[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1212 Hawaii HB 1212]
-|
+|Hawaii, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Introduced
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/idaho-hb-448/ Idaho H 448]
-|
+|Idaho, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Rejected
 |-
-|
+|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/idaho-h-498/ Idaho H 498]
-|
+|Idaho, U.S
 |[TBA]
 |Age Verification
-|
+|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)
 |}
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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.
 #'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.
-#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that aims for the opposite affect.
+#'''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.
 ===Tools & Resources===