Opinion
The plan to blow up the Internet, ostensibly to protect kids online
Illustration of online security and Los Angeles at night. (Image: OPINION: The California legislature is aggressively pursuing several wide-sweeping and radical proposals to regulate the Internet. One especially problematic bill is AB 2273, the California Age Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC). Framed as a protect-kids-online bill, the AADC would radically reshape the Internet—and harm both kids and adults alike.