Yet another weird kid lol

Here a link to contact your MPs!

An Agentic Commerce Compliance Response by SmarterTariff

Date: May 19, 2026 Author: Chris Edwards, SmarterTariff / Renew EcoMe LLC Today at Google I/O 2026, Google officially declared the arrival of the Agentic AI Era. The keynote, the Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), the Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) — all of it confirms what we’ve been saying at SmarterTariff since before these names existed:

Agentic commerce is not coming. It’s here. And almost no one is compliant for it.

What Google Announced — And What They Didn’t Say Google’s UCP is genuinely impressive. An open standard — backed by Walmart, Target, Shopify, Mastercard, Visa, Stripe, and 60+ partners — that lets any AI agent (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) shop, checkout, and transact across merchants using a single protocol layer. Cart support, product catalogs, loyalty rewards, Google Pay integration. All live, all expanding globally in 2026. AP2 (Agent Payments Protocol) goes further: it creates “irrefutable proof of user authorization” for every agent-initiated transaction. Built on MCP and A2A foundations. Here’s what they didn’t announce: who verifies that merchants are actually ready to receive agents safely, legally, and compliantly.

UCP defines the language agents use to shop. It does not audit whether a merchant’s policies, data handling, accessibility, tariff obligations, and legal disclosures are in order before the agent arrives. That gap is real, growing, and consequential.

The Compliance Gap Is the Business Risk Nobody Is Solving When an AI agent completes a purchase on behalf of a consumer, the merchant assumes they have: • Machine-readable, accurate product data (Schema.org, UCP-compatible catalogs) • Accessible, agent-readable policies (returns, privacy, consent, data use) • Tariff and trade compliance for cross-border agent-initiated transactions • ADA / EAA accessibility standards so agents can interact at all • Audit trails that satisfy EU AI Act requirements for human oversight and explainability • Clear authorization records — who permitted the agent, what scope, when Most merchants have none of these fully in place. The result: agents will transact on their behalf, regulators will ask for records, and businesses will have no defensible answer.

That is not a hypothetical. The EU AI Act’s compliance deadlines are arriving in August 2026. NIST AI RMF is already shaping enterprise procurement requirements. And as agents begin transacting at scale — McKinsey forecasts up to $5 trillion in agentic commerce by 2030 — the liability exposure compounds with every unaudited transaction.

What SmarterTariff Does SmarterTariff is the compliance and readiness rail for agentic commerce. We built it before the protocols had names, and before the big platforms had launched their standards. Our GroundTruth engine maps merchant claims — across site content, APIs, policies, and transaction data — to verifiable, scored reality. The output is an Agentic Readiness Score: a structured, explainable picture of exactly where a merchant’s infrastructure is ready for agents, and where it creates legal, regulatory, or operational risk. We cover: • UCP / MCP / A2A readiness — can your catalog, checkout, and policies be consumed by agents? • Tariff and trade compliance — are agent-initiated cross-border transactions correctly classified? • EU AI Act + NIST AI RMF alignment — do you have the audit trails and control evidence regulators will require? • ADA / EAA accessibility — can agents actually interact with your storefront? • Authorization and consent records — is there irrefutable proof of what was authorized and by whom?

This is infrastructure — not a one-time audit. It runs continuously, integrates via API into your stack, and is designed to be embedded white-label into platforms, payments providers, and enterprise compliance tools.

The Moment Is Now Google just told every merchant, every platform, and every enterprise in the world that agents will be shopping, transacting, and acting on behalf of their customers — at scale, starting now. The window to get compliant before the first wave of agent-initiated disputes, regulatory inquiries, and failed transactions is narrow. The window for platforms and infra providers to build compliance into their agentic commerce stack before a competitor does it first is equally short. SmarterTariff exists to be that rail — globally, quietly, and under whatever brand it needs to be.

If you’re building on UCP, MCP, AP2, or any agentic commerce stack and need compliance infrastructure, we should talk.

→ smartertariff.com | [email protected]

SmarterTariff is a product of Renew EcoMe LLC. Built in Portland, Maine. Solo Founder LLC. First to name and build for agentic commerce compliance.

This was my only mental image of this

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=4qhZooG46bQ

❗ Formal Petition for Congressional and/ or Foreign Diplomatic Intervention ❗

call 202-224-3121! Tell them to OPPOSE age verification AND digital ID laws!! And tell them to PROTECT section 230! If you don't want an Orwellian nightmare to come true.

Also, this form emails and calls your reps for you!!

And if you're too shy to call, you can FAX THEM!!!!

—NO to KOSA

—NO to Section 230 reform

—NO to age verification laws

—NO to the SCREEN Act

—NO to digital ID laws (ASAA)

If they really wanted to protect children, they would pass comprehensive digital privacy legislation limiting what information companies are allowed to collect. INSTEAD, they're enabling companies to collect MORE information.

Today, the Senate Commerce Committee marked up the Kids Off Social Media Act (KOSMA). KOSMA creates serious cybersecurity risks, undermines parental rights and autonomy and violates the Constitution. Lawmakers should reject this flawed approach and instead focus on real, effective solutions to online safety.

Congress has long lamented that Americans don’t have adequate privacy protections online, especially for their most sensitive and important information—and they are right. But KOSMA would make the situation a whole lot worse. The bill effectively requires every internet user—regardless of age—to submit personal documentation, such as a driving license, to access social media. This means websites would need to collect and store sensitive information, creating massive databases that will inevitably become targets for hackers.

Government databases are already under constant attack, with breaches at both state and federal levels exposing sensitive personal data. Children, in particular, are prime targets for identity theft, and by mandating widespread data collection, KOSMA would make minors more vulnerable to cyber criminals looking to exploit them and their data.

By in-effect forcing online services to process and even store sensitive data like driving licenses and birth certificates, the government would turn these services into data “honeypots,” treasure chests of information for  predators and hackers that put the data of all American users at risk of a serious breach. Last summer, a leading ID verification service used by major companies exposed sensitive and private user information to hackers for over a year. KOSMA stands to make these situations more common.

KOSMA also strips parents of the ability to decide what online tools they feel are appropriate for their families. The bill bans minors under 13 from social media entirely and imposes sweeping restrictions on content for users under 17. Blanket bans and burdensome restrictions to online tools for teens are Washington saying it knows better than parents when it comes to raising a family.

In reality, every family has different needs. Some parents may allow their child to use YouTube Kids for educational videos, and others may choose to let their teen join a moderated online community to discuss their hobbies or interests. These are choices that parents and guardians should have the right to make depending on their own child’s needs—rather than Congress mandating how every family in America uses the internet.

Many platforms provide comprehensive parental controls that allow families to set screen time limits, monitor activity and restrict certain types of content. Instead of banning access outright, Congress should focus on expanding educational initiatives and ensuring families have the tools they need to navigate the digital world safely.

Like other mandates that in-effect require age verification, KOSMA conflicts with the First Amendment and is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court has repeatedly affirmed that minors have constitutional rights to lawful speech, including in the 2011 case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association. KOSMA, however, conditions access to protected speech and information on submitting personal documentation for all Americans, adults and minors alike, which raises serious First Amendment concerns.

By imposing strict limits on content, KOSMA restricts how young people discover and engage with information online, making it harder for them to access news, civic discourse and other lawful speech. Lawmakers should avoid government overreach that places unlawful barriers between Americans and the information they choose to consume.

Instead of pushing KOSMA forward, Congress should focus on meaningful solutions that would make the internet safer for children while respecting privacy, free speech and the fundamental right of parents to raise their children as they see fit. NetChoice’s SHIELD framework offers a better way forward. Lawmakers should work to secure data privacy for all Americans with a strong federal privacy law, hold child abusers accountable by ensuring law enforcement has the resources to prosecute online predators and invest in child safety initiatives that truly protect kids. Parents should be empowered with educational resources and easy-to-use safety tools, and children should be given the digital literacy education they need to navigate the modern internet responsibly.

The goal of keeping kids safe online is one we all share. But KOSMA takes the wrong approach—one that sidelines parents, puts Americans at risk and limits access to essential online resources. Congress should reject this misguided bill and instead work toward effective solutions that protect both kids and the rights of families.

CALL YOUR REPS! (House AND SENATE)

TELL THEM TO VOTE NO ON THE PARENTS DECIDE ACT!!!

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