Dylan Collins

45 attorneys general have written to Congress demanding it quickly pass the Senate’s Kids Online Safety Act, with the "duty of care" intact. That clause makes platforms liable for content a regulator decides is harmful, so sites will delete lawful speech to stay out of court. The AGs openly describe their $17 billion Meta settlement as a stepping stone. That deal forces Meta to age-check every Facebook and Instagram user with ID or a face scan, and both sides agreed never to challenge it as unconstitutional. They also want KOSA to leave their own state powers untouched, so they can keep adding rules on top. They want one federal standard and fifty extra ones as well. Every version ends with an ID check. reclaimthenet.org/attorneys-…

Texas' new attorney general Nathan Johnson has revealed that he composed the score for 67 episodes of ‘DRAGON BALL Z’ as well as 5 of the Dragon Ball movies. (Source: variety.com/2026/artisans/ne…)

An FEC complaint has been filed against US Senator Mark Kelly for Smurfing. Totaling a stunning $41,300,637.00 Smurfing is criminal money laundering into political campaigns, using "Smurfs" = straw men. Political Committee C00706861, MARK KELLY VICTORY FUND has accepted 961. Smurfed donor transactions totaling $2,054,634 from 581 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 27.2% of the 3,536 available committee transactions and also being 24.6% of the $8,355,160 full committee transaction valuation Political Committee C00696526, MARK KELLY FOR SENATE has accepted 790,641. Smurfed donor transactions totaling $39,246,003 from 46,697 unique Smurfing donors. That these transactions encompass 68.3% of the 1,157,117 available committee transactions and also being 36.6% of the $107,149,771 full committee transaction valuation. Statutory Violations: 52 U.S.C. §§ 30122, 30116(f), 30102, 30104, and 30121. Not sure if there is a more wayward, anti-American than this guy. He is NOT a US Senator as he cheated big time in his election(s).

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a novel policy proposal to introduce a per-minute play tax on 'GTA 6'! Insider reports claim revenue generated from the tax would be directly redistributed as relief funds for low-income, hard-working families. The proposed US play-tax inspired by France's recent digital internet data tax. Via @FlashRave_

Texas is making every social media user prove their age before they can open an account. That means adults too, not just kids. The full Fifth Circuit is now rehearing the case against the SCOPE Act, and the age checks aren’t even up for debate. The only question left is whether Texas also gets to filter what teenagers see. reclaimthenet.org/fifth-circ…

Alabama passed a law, 138 votes to nothing, that makes every phone user in the state prove their age before downloading a single app. A 45-year-old who wants a news app has to hand ID to Google first. Existing accounts get no pass either. Every one of them must be verified by October 2027. Teenagers will need a parent’s sign-off to install Wikipedia, Duolingo or a Bible app, and kids without a parent to ask get locked out completely. Apple, Google and Amazon’s lobby group has now sued to block it on First Amendment grounds. reclaimthenet.org/alabama-is…

Xbox leader Asha Sharma says there's "more demand than consoles available" as Xbox hardware sales dip by 14% eurogamer.net/xbox-financial…

I love Gears Loved E-Day. But even with max optimism a 1% attach rate is bad. I said it before launch: Can Gears and Halo still move the needle for Xbox? It would seem not, and that's a damn shame. Even with Alinea estimating 1.7M Game Pass players, how does this math?

Six years into its lifecycle, Microsoft says it still can't make enough Xbox Series X/S consoles to meet demand as total hardware sales drop again kotaku.com/xbox-says-theres-…