The Youth AI Privacy Act’s Privacy Paradox

The Senate Commerce Committee is considering the Youth AI Privacy Act, designed to protect minors from AI company data collection. But per the EFF Deeplinks, it's built on a paradox: to know which users deserve protection, services would need to verify everyone's age—collecting more data, not less. The bill also mandates 'safe design features' restricting features like push notifications, rules the EFF says likely violate First Amendment rights and mirror state laws already blocked in court. The group argues universal privacy protections—applying equally to all users—would actually deliver the privacy the bill intends.

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