[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-eff-urges-newsom-to-veto-california-age-verification-bill":10,"sections":41},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":30,"tags":31,"sources":36,"feedback":40,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":40,"total_tokens":40},5985,"eff-urges-newsom-to-veto-california-age-verification-bill","EFF Urges Newsom to Veto California Age Verification Bill","The digital rights group says AB 1709 would push platforms toward invasive ID and biometric checks while doing little to protect teens.","California's push to verify social media users' ages just hit a privacy watchdog's veto request.\n\nThe bill, A.B. 1709, would require social networks operating in California to check users' ages before granting access, though the text leaves the method up to each company. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent Governor Gavin Newsom an open letter urging a veto, arguing the law's vague design points toward government ID uploads or biometric scans as the practical compliance path. The bill also restricts algorithmic feeds, autoplay, endless scroll, and push notifications for users under 16, provisions the EFF says are written broadly enough to ban standard product features outright. If Newsom signs it, the law takes effect January 1, 2027.\n\nAge verification means centralizing more sensitive data with platforms that have historically failed to protect it - see Target, Equifax, and UnitedHealth Group, all breached with millions of records exposed. The EFF also notes that research on whether social media helps or harms teens is inconclusive, undercutting the bill's premise, and warns the restrictions could infringe on minors' First Amendment rights to participate in online communities.\n\nNone of this happens in a vacuum: California already has two related laws on the books, A.B. 1043 and S.B. 976, and the EFF says A.B. 1709's requirements are likely to conflict with both - which is its own argument for why this bill, more than most, is headed straight for a courtroom.","[\"age-verification\",\"eff\",\"california\",\"social-media\"]","2026-09-02T11:20:00.000Z","2026-09-02T11:44:33.233Z","2026-09-02T11:44:45.155Z","published",null,[24],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"The closing line claims California has a 'recent track record of getting sued over speech-adjacent tech rules' — this specific claim isn't supported by the source material and no examples are cited, so either cite concrete past cases or cut the unsupported generalization.","resolved","policy",[32,33,34,35],"age-verification","eff","california","social-media",[37],{"name":38,"url":39},"Tom's Hardware","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tomshardware.com\u002Ftech-industry\u002Feff-asks-california-governor-to-veto-bill-that-would-require-online-age-verification-electronic-frontier-foundation-argues-bill-would-result-in-privacy-invasive-checks-and-step-on-first-amendment",0,{"sections":42},[43,48,53,57,62,67,72,77,82,87,92,97,102,107],{"name":44,"slug":45,"count":46,"latest_published_at":47},"AI","ai",3385,"2026-09-04T22:17:36.000Z",{"name":49,"slug":50,"count":51,"latest_published_at":52},"Security","security",565,"2026-09-05T00:03:08.000Z",{"name":54,"slug":30,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Policy",300,"2026-09-04T22:18:34.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Deals","deals",179,"2026-06-29T20:02:07.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":64,"count":65,"latest_published_at":66},"Hardware","hardware",152,"2026-09-03T09:26:48.000Z",{"name":68,"slug":69,"count":70,"latest_published_at":71},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",97,"2026-09-04T15:29:18.000Z",{"name":73,"slug":74,"count":75,"latest_published_at":76},"Science","science",96,"2026-09-03T22:30:00.000Z",{"name":78,"slug":79,"count":80,"latest_published_at":81},"Software","software",73,"2026-08-18T07:51:50.000Z",{"name":83,"slug":84,"count":85,"latest_published_at":86},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",69,"2026-08-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":88,"slug":89,"count":90,"latest_published_at":91},"Startups","startups",54,"2026-09-04T23:36:14.000Z",{"name":93,"slug":94,"count":95,"latest_published_at":96},"Gaming","gaming",41,"2026-07-09T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":98,"slug":99,"count":100,"latest_published_at":101},"General","general",37,"2026-09-04T20:22:41.000Z",{"name":103,"slug":104,"count":105,"latest_published_at":106},"Reviews","reviews",20,"2026-06-24T12:00:01.000Z",{"name":108,"slug":109,"count":110,"latest_published_at":111},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]