Anti-privacy legislation - Revision history

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	\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 Mar 2026 \|title=SIM Card Registration \|url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|url-status=live \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bischoff \|first=Paul \|date=2025-04-23 \|title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? \|url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref>		\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 Mar 2026 \|title=SIM Card Registration \|url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208124027/https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|archive-date=2025-12-08 \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bischoff \|first=Paul \|date=2025-04-23 \|title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? \|url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/ShIek \|archive-date=2026-01-17 \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref>
	\|Many countries.		\|Many countries.
	\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.		\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.

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	\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SIM Card Registration \|url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bischoff \|first=Paul \|title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? \|url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=Comparitech}}</ref>		\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=6 Mar 2026 \|title=SIM Card Registration \|url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|url-status=live \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Privacy International]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bischoff \|first=Paul \|date=2025-04-23 \|title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? \|url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ \|url-status=live \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=[[Comparitech]]}}</ref>
	\|Many countries.		\|Many countries.
	\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.		\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.

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	==How it works==		==How it works==
	The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=The Legislative Process \|url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|archive-date=19 Jan 2026 \|access-date=23 Feb 2026 \|website=~~house.gov~~}}</ref>		The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|date=23 Feb 2026 \|title=The Legislative Process \|url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|archive-date=19 Jan 2026 \|access-date=23 Feb 2026 \|website=[[United States House of Representatives]]}}</ref>

	#A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''		#A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''
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	*The 1st amendment states:		*The 1st amendment states:
	<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment \|url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>		<blockquote>Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or '''prohibiting''' the free exercise thereof; or '''abridging''' the '''freedom of speech''', or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=28 Feb 2026 \|title=U.S Constitution - First Amendment \|url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260307171826/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-1/ \|archive-date=2026-03-07 \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=[[Constitution Annotated]]}}</ref></blockquote>

	If '''Anti-privacy legislation''' were to be implemented, that gives anyone with access to data on someone the ability to '''restrict freedom of speech''' or oppose those with unwanted views of the world, thus infringing the 1st amendment.{{Citation needed\|date=28 Feb 2026}}		If '''Anti-privacy legislation''' were to be implemented, that gives anyone with access to data on someone the ability to '''restrict freedom of speech''' or oppose those with unwanted views of the world, thus infringing the 1st amendment.{{Citation needed\|date=28 Feb 2026}}
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	*The 4th amendment reads as follows:		*The 4th amendment reads as follows:

	<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment \|url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since It may require/force citizens to show proof of age('''selfies, id's, credit cards''') without real probable cause and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed\|date=28 Feb 2026}}		<blockquote>The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against '''unreasonable searches and seizures''', shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=28 Feb 2026 \|title=U.S Constitution - Fourth Amendment \|url=https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260224165919/https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-4/ \|archive-date=2026-02-24 \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=Constitution Annotated}}</ref></blockquote>'''Anti-privacy legislation''' infringes on a citizen's right to avoid "'''unreasonable searches and seizures'''" since It may require/force citizens to show proof of age('''selfies, id's, credit cards''') without real probable cause and since It may also force said citizen to use less secure services that allow federal agencies to gain higher access to said services and retrieve to whatever data is "needed".{{Citation needed\|date=28 Feb 2026}}

	*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other & more extreme anti-privacy measures, & such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sherwinter \|first=Daniel \|title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights \|url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>		*'''Anti-privacy legislation''' can also build the framework and foundation for other & more extreme anti-privacy measures, & such anti-privacy measures can lead to the slow development of a '''''surveillance state.'''''<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sherwinter \|first=Daniel \|date=28 Feb 2026 \|title=Surveillance's Slippery Slope; Using Encryption to Recapture Privacy Rights \|url=http://www.jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240730145810/http://jthtl.org/content/articles/V5I2/JTHTLv5i2_Sherwinter.PDF \|archive-date=2024-07-30 \|access-date=28 Feb 2026 \|website=Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law}}</ref>

	==List of Legislation==		==List of Legislation==

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	==How it works==		==How it works==
	The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=The Legislative Process \|url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|~~access~~-~~date~~=~~23 Feb 2026 \|website=house.gov~~ \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|archive-date=19 Jan 2026}}</ref>		The US legislative process is as follows:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web \|title=The Legislative Process \|url=https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260119083226/https://www.house.gov/the-house-explained/the-legislative-process \|archive-date=19 Jan 2026 \|access-date=23 Feb 2026 \|website=house.gov}}</ref>

	#A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''		#A representative '''needs to sponsor a bill'''

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	\|Anti-Encryption/Censorship		\|Anti-Encryption/Censorship
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			\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=SIM Card Registration \|url=https://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=Privacy International}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=Bischoff \|first=Paul \|title=Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? \|url=https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ \|access-date=6 Mar 2026 \|website=Comparitech}}</ref>
			\|Many countries.
			\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.
			\|Identity disclosure
			\|Approved in many countries over time.
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	\|[https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0073.html Utah S.B. 73]		\|[https://le.utah.gov/~2026/bills/static/SB0073.html Utah S.B. 73]
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	\|Age Verification		\|Age Verification
	\|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)		\|Approved (Active since Jul 1 2024)
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	\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>[http://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration SIM Card Registration \| Privacy International]</ref><ref>[https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? - Comparitech]</ref>
	~~\|Many countries.~~
	\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.
	~~\|Identity disclosure~~
	~~\|Approved in many countries over time.~~
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	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==

			*[[:Category:Common license terms]]
	*[[:Category:Legislation]]		*[[:Category:Legislation]]

JodyBruchonFan: /* List of Legislation */ Mandatory real-life identity disclosure to activate SIM cards.

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List of Legislation: Mandatory real-life identity disclosure to activate SIM cards.

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	\|Age Verification		\|Age Verification
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			\|Real-life identity disclosure required to activate SIM cards.<ref>[http://privacyinternational.org/learn/sim-card-registration SIM Card Registration \| Privacy International]</ref><ref>[https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/sim-card-registration-laws/ Which governments impose SIM-card registration laws to collect data on their citizens? - Comparitech]</ref>
			\|Many countries.
			\|People are required to associate their real-life identity with their SIM cards, making "burner phones" impossible, and making it impossible to access the cellular Internet without being tracked by the government. Additionally, this can be used to exclude political dissidents from accessing the Internet.
			\|Identity disclosure
			\|Approved in many countries over time.
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	\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/737/text S.737 - Screen Act]		\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/737/text S.737 - Screen Act]
	\|U.S		\|U.S
	\|~~[TBA]~~		\|Senate bill S. 737(also known as the '''Screen Act''') is a bill that pushes for Age verification. The Technology Verification measures listed in section 4 state that a covered platform should adopt and utilize age verification measures, and that such measures must ensure that 1; '''users of the covered platform are not minors''' and 2; '''minors are prevented from accessing any content on the covered platform that is harmful to minors.'''
	\|Age Verification		\|Age Verification
	\|Introduced		\|Introduced
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	\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1207 S.1207 - Earn It Act]		\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1207 S.1207 - Earn It Act]
	\|U.S		\|U.S
	\|~~[TBA]~~		\|The Earn It Act quote "revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children" by limiting the "liability protections of interactive computer service providers(Encryption)", essentially making the Earn it Act an "anti-encryption", which is (for the most part) necessary to protect ones own important documents & maintain a level of privacy in the digital age.
	\|Anti-Encryption		\|Anti-Encryption
	\|Introduced		\|Introduced
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	~~\|[https://le.utah.gov/~2024/bills/static/HB0464.html Utah Bill H.B. 464]~~
	~~\|Utah, U.S~~
	~~\|[TBA]~~
	~~\|Age-Gating/Verification~~
	~~\|Passed House committee~~
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	\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Act]		\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1748/text S.1748 - Kids Online Safety Act]
	\|U.S		\|U.S
	\|~~[TBA]~~		\|The Kids Online Safety Act is one that quote "requires covered online platforms, including social media platforms, to implement tools and safeguards to protect users and visitors under the age of 17. ''Covered platforms'' are online platforms, video games, messaging applications, or video streaming services used or likely to be used by individuals under the age of 17, with specified exceptions."
	\|Censorship/Age-Gating		\|Censorship/Age-Gating
	\|Introduced		\|Introduced
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	\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act]		\|[https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/146 S.146 - TAKE IT DOWN Act]
	\|U.S		\|U.S
	\|~~[TBA]~~		\|The Take It Down Act(stands for '''Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act''') is a law that prohibits the publication of "non-consensual" intimate visual depictions of individuals, both real or '''computer-generated''', and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.", and such covered platforms are; public websites, online services, or applications that allows for user generated content on forums. Such a law could be & shouldn't be used as an excuse for censorship or otherwise prevention of free speech.
	\|Anti-Encryption/Censorship		\|Anti-Encryption/Censorship
	\|Approved		\|Approved
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	\|Age Verification		\|Age Verification
	\|Rejected		\|Rejected
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			\|[https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1289498 Louisiana HB Bill/Act No. 440]
			\|Louisiana, U.S
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			\|Age Verification
			\|Approve (Active since
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	\|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-hb-910/ Georgia HB 910]		\|[https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/georgia-hb-910/ Georgia HB 910]

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	\|[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 California Assembly Bill No. 1043]		\|[https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1043 California Assembly Bill No. 1043]
	\|California, U.S		\|California, U.S
	\|The California Assembly Bill No. "1043" requires operating system owners, publishers/providers, & developers & maintainers to implement system level age verification via an "accessible interface at account setup", which then is used as an "age signal" for "applications available in a covered application store". Any person that violates this proposed bill (~~perhaps soon to be~~ law) will face a fine of 2,500$ per unintentional violation or 7,500$ per intentional violation.		\|The California Assembly Bill No. "1043" requires operating system owners, publishers/providers, & developers & maintainers to implement system level age verification via an "accessible interface at account setup", which then is used as an "age signal" for "applications available in a covered application store". Any person that violates this proposed bill(now law) will face a fine of 2,500$ per unintentional violation or 7,500$ per intentional violation.
	\|Age Indication		\|Age Indication
	\|Approved (Active Jan 1, 2027)		\|Approved (Active Jan 1, 2027)

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	In order to oppose/dispute '''Anti-privacy legislation''' created by legislators, you can:		In order to oppose/dispute '''Anti-privacy legislation''' created by legislators, you can:

	#'''Spread the word'''; not everyone knows about these bills or the mere existence of these types of bills and therefore wont even fight back		#'''Spread the word'''; not everyone knows about these bills or the mere existence of these types of bills and therefore wont even fight back{{Citation needed\|date=1 Mar 2026}}
	#'''Contact local legislators & representatives;''' If enough people oppose a proposed bill, local legislators may delay the bill or back off on their decision entirely. If enough citizens instead urge a representative to vote against a bill, said representatives could potentially follow up on the citizen's behalf.		#'''Contact local legislators & representatives;''' If enough people oppose a proposed bill, local legislators may delay the bill or back off on their decision entirely. If enough citizens instead urge a representative to vote against a bill, said representatives could potentially follow up on the citizen's behalf.{{Citation needed\|date=1 Mar 2026}}
	#'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.		#'''Sign Petitions'''; Signing petitions is another way to the message across to both legislators & other people alike.{{Citation needed\|date=1 Mar 2026}}
	#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that aims for the opposite affect.		#'''Support Pro Consumer/Privacy Bills'''; Supporting bills/would-be laws that protect consumer privacy & ownership helps circumvent future bills that aims for the opposite affect.{{Citation needed\|date=1 Mar 2026}}

	===Tools & Resources===		===Tools & Resources===

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	[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. In the last decade, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.		[[Anti-privacy legislation]] simply put is legislation that may be created with malicious intent or not that invoke ones right to privacy. In the last decade, governments across the world have introduced various pieces of such legislation, which has caused damage to the privacy consumers have with their technology.