Reads: NOT YOUR ID, NOT YOUR INTERNET
Bitcoin Well Podcast
- Published
- July 14, 2026
- Duration
- 17:48
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 14, 2026
Discusses society, culture.
Summary
Bitcoin Well Reads: The KIDS Act Was Never About Kids. It's About Control. On June 29th, 2026 the House passed the Kids Act — an omnibus bill sold as protecting children online. Almost nobody covered the part that actually matters: the slow construction of an internet where the price of admission is your government ID. Zach reads his original piece connec…
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Bitcoin Well Reads: The KIDS Act Was Never About Kids. It's About Control. On June 29th, 2026 the House passed the Kids Act — an omnibus bill sold as protecting children online. Almost nobody covered the part that actually matters: the slow construction of an internet where the price of admission is your government ID. Zach reads his original piece connecting the Kids Act to KYC, the UK Online Safety Act, Texas's ID for Content Law, the EU's cracked age verification app, and why this is ultimate
Themes
- society
- culture