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A proposed Republican bill would mandate ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block foreign piracy sites to combat copyright infringement, raising concerns about censorship and small business impacts.
The 5th Circuit blocked a Texas law requiring websites to filter harmful speech, ruling that the monitoring and filtering requirement is preempted by Section 230, while allowing other parts like age verification to stand.
The KIDS Act package includes age verification requirements that would push online platforms to verify all users' ages, endangering privacy and free expression. Critics argue the bill's vague 'should have known' standard will force companies to adopt invasive age-checking measures.
Colorado amended its age verification bill SB051 to exclude open source projects, providing relief for the open source community.