调查报道揭示，五家英国非政府组织正与其美国关联机构协调行动，试图影响美国立法者通过数字身份和年龄验证法律[1]。这些组织以儿童安全为名义推动限制成人网络匿名性的立法，该法案在英国已成功立法并被用于监控和拘捕政治异议人士[1]。
5Rights基金会是推进该议程的关键行动者，在美国18个州参与了42项法案的游说活动，其中11项已成为法律[1]。该基金会向Capitol Connection支付了5万美元用于游说加州AB 2273法案[1]。Institute for Strategic Dialogue与美国国务院、欧盟及英国政府的合同总额超过1700万美元[1]。Reset Tech Action从2024年至2026年第二季度支出135.28万美元进行国会和州立法游说[1]。
这些组织正在美国21个州和美国国会推行类似法案[1]。5Rights基金会创始人为英国上议院议员Baroness Kidron[1]，而Center for Countering Digital Hate由英国工党顾问Imran Ahmed和Morgan McSweeney创立[1]。
An investigation has revealed that five British non-governmental organizations and their American affiliates are coordinating efforts to influence U.S. legislators to pass digital identity legislation [1]. These organizations are promoting laws that restrict adult online anonymity under the guise of child safety—legislation that has already been enacted in the United Kingdom and subsequently used to monitor and arrest political dissenters [1].
The 5Rights Foundation has emerged as a leading force in this campaign, participating in 42 bills across 18 American states, with 11 already becoming law [1]. The foundation paid Capitol Connection $50,000 to lobby for California's AB 2273 bill [1]. The organizations collectively are pushing similar measures across 21 U.S. states and in Congress [1]. The 5Rights Foundation was established by Baroness Kidron, who simultaneously serves as a member of the British House of Lords [1].
Beyond the 5Rights Foundation, other participants in this coordinated effort include the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which was founded by British Labour Party advisors Imran Ahmed and Morgan McSweeney [1]. The Institute for Strategic Dialogue has secured government contracts totaling over $17 million with the U.S. State Department, the European Union, and the British government [1]. Meanwhile, Reset Tech Action has spent $1,352,800 from 2024 through the second quarter of 2026 on congressional and state-level legislative lobbying [1].