New laws in Wyoming and South Dakota mandate age verification for any website hosting sexual content, however minimal. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) argues these laws are unconstitutional and far broader than a recent Supreme Court ruling concerning a Texas law. Wyoming’s law is highlighted as particularly extreme because it empowers any parent to sue websites they deem non-compliant, creating a “heckler’s veto” and turning citizens into content police. This “bounty” system is seen as a way to bypass constitutional challenges and will likely lead to over-censorship, privacy invasions, and restricted internet access for everyone as platforms try to avoid litigation. The EFF frames this as part of a larger political movement to censor content online and offline, urging public pushback to protect a free and open internet.