If you've been following the debate over the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and the KIDS Act that just passed the House, you've heard the phrase "duty of care" repeatedly. It's the central point of contention between the House and Senate versions of the bill. Let's...
When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued its stay order on June 4, proponents of the App Store Accountability Act called it a major victory. This was an early victory lap for a case where the constitutional questions are far from resolved. The stay...
Background: What Was Filed and Why On June 1, 2026, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier filed a civil complaint against OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman in the Tenth Judicial Circuit, Highlands County. The action was brought exclusively under the Florida Deceptive...
It started as a convenient way to carry your driver's license. Eight years later it holds your medical records, your vaccine history, and your firearms permit and it's the infrastructure being pointed at for statewide age verification. Pay attention to what Louisiana...
For the last several months, we’ve been digging deep into the wave of “online safety” and “child protection” bills sweeping the country. Whether it’s Congress’s GUARD Act, Florida’s AI Bill of Rights, or Washington’s HB 2225, the pattern is unmistakable: lawmakers are...
Over the last several months, we’ve been digging deeply into the wave of age‑verification bills moving through state legislatures and Congress. What we’ve found is alarming, not because the goal is wrong, but because the infrastructure being built around these bills...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has repeatedly said he opposes digital ID systems. Yet the Florida Senate is now advancing SB 482, the so‑called “Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights”, which is a sweeping proposal that, while never using the phrase “digital ID,” would...
A growing number of states have quietly adopted broad, politically loaded definitions of antisemitism; definitions that don’t merely target violence or harassment, but extend to political speech, historical interpretation, and criticism of foreign policy. Florida,...
In the fight to protect children online, we’re told there are only two paths: government-mandated digital IDs and parental consent gates (like the App Store Accountability Act), or letting Big Tech run wild. But there’s a third option—one that actually works:...
Parents across America are exhausted from fighting schools, government agencies, and activist organizations just to access basic information about their own children. So when a proposal appears that claims to “protect parental rights” through a U.S. Constitutional...