A misguided bill that would have required many people to show ID to get online has died without getting a floor vote in the California legislature, where key deadlines for bill passage passed this weekend. Thank you to our supporters for helping us to kill this wrongheaded bill, especially those of you who took the time to reach out to your legislators.
We’re celebrating too soon.
Looks like a law (SB 976) requiring ID verification for social media is heading to Newsom to be signed into law (but hopefully will get shut down?).
The exact kind of verification required isn’t explicitly stated in the bill and would be up to Rob Bonta (CA Attorney General) to decide.
Of course Bonta uses the classic “think of the children, approach”:
Bonta, on the other hand, encourages the public to think of the welfare of children at risk from social media addiction.