Don’t let Congress undermine parents’ rights & child privacy
Under the App Store Accountability Act, major app stores would be forced to collect government IDs from users simply to access apps and content – threatening families’ data privacy and trampling free speech.
The Facts about the ASAA
Creates a Data Honeypot
ASAA would build a sprawling, vulnerable data pipeline practically designed for exploitation by bad actors and cybercriminals. A coalition of 419 cybersecurity and privacy scholars across 30 nations has declared that mass age verification poses “dangerous and socially unacceptable” threats to individual security and privacy.
Censors Protected Free Speech
Federal judges have already struck down efforts to treat every app like an adult content platform. A Texas court recently ruled that imposing age checks on everyday apps – from news readers to sports trackers – is as constitutionally indefensible as demanding identification from every person who walks into a bookstore, effectively barring young Americans from lawful online expression.
Forces Stores to Collect Sensitive Information About Our Children
The bill’s strict liability framework all but guarantees that app stores will need to collect government-issued identification. Additionally, its parental consent provisions could force families to submit birth certificates to verify a parent-child relationship.
Age Verification is Flawed
Imposing age checks across the entire internet is a wildly disproportionate measure. As the 419 international scholars cautioned, it would compel every user – adults and children alike – to verify their age simply to message loved ones, browse headlines, or look up basic information.
There are better alternatives to protect families & empower parents.