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Democrat Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) has launched a sweeping new Internet regulation agenda that would push Americans toward mandatory digital ID checks before they can use social media or other online platforms.

Markey rolled out a series of bills as part of what he calls an “AI Accountability Agenda.”

The package includes close to a dozen bills under the slogan “Taking Power Back from Big Tech.”

Markey says the goal is to “take back unchecked power from Big Tech and put it into the hands of the American people.”

However, Markey’s bills would move the Internet in the opposite direction.

Instead of taking power away from tech giants, the proposals could force ordinary Americans to prove their name, address, and age before reading, posting, or speaking online.

The result would be a major step toward an Internet controlled through digital identification.

COPPA 2.0 Raises Red Flags

The clearest threat comes from the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act, which Markey has branded COPPA 2.0.

The bill would raise the age of a protected user from under 13 to under 17.

It would also rewrite the legal standard that determines when an online service is liable for dealing with a minor.

Current law applies when a service has actual knowledge that it is dealing with a child.

Markey’s bill replaces that standard with “knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances.”

The bill defines that as “whether a reasonable and prudent person under the circumstances would have known that the user is a child or teen.”

That change could have massive consequences for ordinary websites, social media platforms, forums, comment sections, video services, and other online spaces.

A general-audience service would have to decide whether a hypothetical “reasonable and prudent person” should have known that a user was under 17.

If the platform guesses wrong, the Federal Trade Commission could come after it.

For many companies, the cheapest and safest answer would be to stop guessing and start checking everyone.

That means age gates.

And age gates mean digital ID.

Digital ID Becomes the Default

Supporters of the bill can argue that it does not explicitly order companies to build age verification systems.

That is technically true.

But the liability structure pushes platforms in that direction.

If a website faces punishment for failing to know whether a user is under 17, it has a strong incentive to demand proof from every user before allowing access.

That proof does not come from nowhere.

It means uploading a driver’s license, passport, government document, facial scan, or other identifying information.

A third-party verification vendor then processes that data.

In many cases, a copy or record is stored somewhere.

Every stored ID becomes a target.

Every database becomes a breach waiting to happen.

Every age verification system becomes a phishing lure with a government seal on it.

The bigger issue is speech.

Age gates do not merely “protect children.”

They stand between Americans and the public square.

They turn reading, posting, commenting, and debating into activities that require identity verification.

That changes the nature of the Internet.

Instead of anonymous or casual participation, users are pushed into a system where speech is tied to identity documents.

That is not freedom from Big Tech.

That is a digital checkpoint.

Youth AI Bill Repeats the Same Problem

A second bill in Markey’s agenda, the Youth AI Privacy Act, contains the same contradiction.

The bill says nothing in it requires an operator to “implement an age gating or age verification functionality.”

It also says platforms are not required to “affirmatively collect any personal information with respect to the age of a child or teen that an operator is not already collecting in the normal course of business.”

But the same bill imports the same “knowledge fairly implied on the basis of objective circumstances” standard used in COPPA 2.0.

That creates the same incentive.

The disclaimer says platforms do not need to verify age.

The liability standard tells them they had better find a way to know.

That means the age gate comes back through the side door.

The bill governs chatbots and also regulates what the software is allowed to do.

It targets “addictive design features,” a broad category that includes “high-frequency push notifications” and “typing bubble indicators.”

Under Markey’s proposal, the small animated dots showing that someone is typing could be treated by federal law as a design threat to children.

The bill would also require a chatbot to announce that it is not human at the start of a session and every 30 minutes after that.

Regulators Gain More Power

Markey’s slogan says he is taking power from Big Tech and giving it to the American people.

The mechanics of the bills tell a different story.

Adults who want to read, comment, or participate online may first have to identify themselves to a database.

Many users will simply choose not to engage.

That means self-censorship before a complaint is ever filed.

The proposal also gives regulators broad power after the fact.

The key question would be whether a “reasonable and prudent person” should have known a user’s age.

That decision would be made by regulators later, with the benefit of hindsight.

For platforms, the safest move would be more data collection, more user verification, and more aggressive policing of access.

For Americans, the result would be less privacy and less speech.

Platforms would not be the only ones under pressure.

Users would be forced to prove who they are before they can participate in online life.

Internet Freedom at Risk

Markey has framed his agenda as a fight against Big Tech.

On some issues, such as data centers and workplace rules, he may be positioning himself against the industry.

But on digital ID and age-verification mandates, ordinary users would bear the cost.

Big platforms can absorb compliance burdens.

Smaller websites and independent publishers often cannot.

The largest tech companies can build verification systems, hire lawyers, and manage federal enforcement risk.

Small forums, independent media outlets, comment sections, and alternative platforms may be forced to lock down, remove features, or shut users out.

That would consolidate more power in the hands of the same tech giants Markey claims to be fighting.

The warning is clear.

A bill sold as child protection can become a digital ID regime.

A bill sold as privacy can force Americans to surrender more personal information.

A bill sold as accountability can give regulators more power over who gets to speak online.

Markey says he wants to take power back from Big Tech.

But his plan risks creating a new Internet where Americans must show their papers before they are allowed to speak.

Follow the link for the source… https://slaynews.com/democrat-senator-pushes-digital-id-mandate-social-media-users/

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