If you're unaware of the growing spat of age verification laws across the country, several states in short order have begun passing laws at an alarming rate requiring websites to demand a user's government issued ID to access adult websites online, sacrificing the privacy rights of millions of Americans in exchange for shifting the burden of managing a child's internet access from the parent to everyone else.

I just called my state assembly rep. and senator voicing my strong opposition, and from the receptionists' reaction like seemed like mine was the very first time anyone has bothered to contact them about this bill.

The California state assembly has already voted with the bill having zero votes against it, and Newsom has recently approved a similar 'protect the children' law in AB 2273 Age-Appropriate Design Code Act.

If you care about free speech, privacy rights, support the EFF's position or are against this bill in general and live in California then I encourage you to find your representatives and give them a call (prioritize contacting senators, as it's already past assembly without opposition). Politicians know that it takes a lot to get the average person to call, so it's what makes the most difference to stopping these heavy-handed measures, and it only takes a minute. https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/.

Edit: Fixed link to EFF's position on a similar bill.