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The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737 , the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually explicit content. If this bill passes, it will force millions of adult internet users to give up their anonymity, privacy, and security before they access lawful speech. Unlike many state-age verification laws—which have been harmful in their own right—the SCREEN Act has no requirement that a signif

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Published: 31 July 2026
Source: EFF Deeplinks
Category: Field notes
Topics: Regulation · Privacy
Retrieved: 1 August 2026

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ethics.ai (31 July 2026), “The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites,” evidence record 15335, https://ethics.ai/record/15335 (originally published by EFF Deeplinks).

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