Apple Hit with New Antitrust Lawsuit by Proton Over iOS Monopoly

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Apple Hit with New Antitrust Lawsuit by Proton Over iOS Monopoly

Proton’s lawsuit paints Apple’s App Store as a tollbooth where privacy comes at a premium.

Google Criticized for Blocking Windscribe VPN Chrome Extension

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Google Criticized for Blocking Windscribe VPN Chrome Extension

Every extra extension Google demands risks creating more cracks in users’ digital defenses.

Fired Over a Meme: The Free Speech Fight the Justices Passed Up

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Fired Over a Meme: The Free Speech Fight the Justices Passed Up

The decision leaves unresolved how far public employers can reach into employees’ private lives.

The Supreme Court just declined to hear Children’s Health Defense’s case accusing Meta of working with the government to silence dissent on vaccines and COVID. No review, no comment. CHD said this was about free speech, not just their speech. It was about the right of the public to hear views the government doesn’t like. They argued Meta didn’t act independently but as a tool of government pressure. The 9th Circuit disagreed, calling it private policy. The Supreme Court won’t weigh in. The timing is wild. The day after CHD petitioned SCOTUS, Zuckerberg killed Meta’s fact-checking program. That was the same tool used to justify censoring CHD...

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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Children’s Health Defense Case Alleging Meta-Government Collusion to Censor Vaccine Speech

The Court’s silence leaves a tangled web of speech, power, and platforms untouched.

Thumbs Up Lands Woman in Hot Water as Germany Cracks Down on Emoji Speech

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Thumbs Up Lands Woman in Hot Water as Germany Cracks Down on Emoji Speech

A simple emoji reply has become a symbol of how far German prosecutors will go to police intent online.

Denmark is about to set fire to digital free expression. A sweeping new law is on the way to outlaw sharing deepfakes, AI-generated images, videos or audio that mimic real people. The government claims it is a safeguard against misinformation but a heavy-handed crackdown could threaten parody, satire, art and political speech...

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Denmark Plans Sweeping Ban on Online Deepfakes to Combat "Misinformation"

The idea leaves creators guessing where parody ends and prohibition begins.

Big Tech’s dance with the EU’s “anti-disinformation” rules is entering dangerous territory. A new report from the European Digital Media Observatory slams Google, Meta, Microsoft, and TikTok for not doing enough to police speech, demanding more censorship disguised as transparency.

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Europe’s "Disinformation" Enforcers Pressure Platforms to Tighten Speech Controls

The EU’s crackdown on disinformation edges closer to turning platforms into gatekeepers of acceptable thought.

Brave just did something great for anyone fed up with Big Tech’s grip on their phone. You can now install Brave’s Android browser straight from their own F-Droid repo, no Google Play, no hidden tracking, no unnecessary gatekeepers.

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Brave Launches Official F-Droid Repository for Android Browser to Bypass Google Play

A self-hosted F-Droid repo lets Brave sidestep gatekeepers while keeping updates firmly in its grip.

A bombshell House Judiciary report just dropped: and it lays bare a quiet, coordinated assault on American speech. The story: GARM, a group of mega-advertisers controlling ~90% of global ad spend, didn’t only police ads. They acted as a censorship cartel, colluding with foreign governments (yes, including the EU and Australia) to choke lawful speech they didn’t like. GARM’s leaders called President Trump’s speech a “contagion” to be contained...

Kenyan Government Blocks Telegram, Shuts Down TV Broadcasters Amid Anti-Finance Bill Protests

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Kenyan Government Blocks Telegram, Shuts Down TV Broadcasters Amid Anti-Finance Bill Protests

Telegram goes dark and TV stations vanish as Kenya's protest blackout clashes with digital resistance.

🚨 The Supreme Court just greenlit Texas’s online digital ID law; a 6-3 ruling that will shape the future of speech and privacy online.

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Supreme Court Greenlights Online Digital ID Checks

The endorsement of digital ID laws that could quietly redraw the boundaries of privacy and speech.

German Court Overrules Ban on Right-Leaning Magazine

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German Court Slams Ban on Right-Leaning Magazine

Court ruling defangs Faeser’s crackdown but leaves the architecture of state censorship untouched.

🚨 A Senate bill meant to protect teens’ privacy online could erode privacy for everyone. The new COPPA 2.0 (S.836) expands protections for kids under 17: but to enforce it, platforms will need to identify who’s underage. The standard shifts from “actual knowledge” to “knowledge fairly implied,” a foggy legal phrase that pressures platforms into preemptive surveillance of all users. To play it safe, websites will likely roll out sweeping age checks: facial scans, ID uploads, behavioral profiling. These systems will target teens, but catch everyone. Expect more uploads of government IDs, more biometric scans, more data hoarding with zero national guardrails. And still no federal privacy law.

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The Age Check Trap That Means Surveillance for Everyone

What begins as a fix for teen privacy risks becoming a blueprint for mass surveillance by design.

A new push for public power to challenge court sentences is gaining steam in UK Parliament, sparked by the case of Lucy Connolly, jailed for a social media post. Reform UK’s Richard Tice is championing "Lucy’s Bill," which would allow citizens to petition the Criminal Cases Review Commission if they believe a punishment is unjust. After 500 signatures, the case could be reviewed and even sent to the Court of Appeal.

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UK Free Speech Flashpoint: "Lucy’s Bill" Lets Public Challenge Harsh Sentences After Connolly Case

A grassroots blueprint to shake the foundations of unjust British sentencing.

Millions trusted California’s state health exchange with deeply personal info: pregnancy, domestic abuse, prescriptions, and it quietly funneled that data to LinkedIn for over a year...

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Congress Probes California for Sharing Sensitive Health Data with LinkedIn

Even the digital front door to public health is leaking like a sieve.

The UK government is quietly pushing a major expansion of state surveillance powers, and almost no one is paying attention. Buried in new amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill is a proposal (NC63) that would let senior officers access online accounts, email, cloud storage, social media, without a warrant, so long as the device used to access them has been lawfully seized. No judge. No independent oversight. Just internal sign-off.

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UK: New Proposed Powers Let Police Raid Suspects' Digital Lives

A senior officer’s nod is now all it takes to open your inbox from a seized phone.

Media Matters is suing the FTC, claiming the agency’s investigation into its role in the X advertiser boycott is political retaliation. In 2023, Media Matters ran a campaign highlighting that ads from major brands were appearing next to neo-Nazi content on X. The result was a flood of advertiser exits, and lawsuits from Musk accusing the group of deliberately misleading the public to tank the platform's revenue. Now the FTC wants to know: was this just reporting, or did Media Matters coordinate behind the scenes, like others did, with other advocacy groups to orchestrate an economic hit job? Media Matters denies any wrongdoing.

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Media Matters Sues FTC, Claims Probe Over X Advertiser Boycott Is Politically Motivated

Media Matters asks a judge to shut down an FTC probe that could expose the alleged mechanics behind its advertiser pressure campaign on X.

Canada’s Bill C‑2, the "Strong Borders Act," is a privacy demolition job wrapped in national security branding. If passed, the bill would give police, intelligence, and federal enforcers the power to demand detailed personal info from any service provider; hotels, clinics, internet companies, your dry cleaner, without a warrant. Officials wouldn’t need evidence, just a vague suspicion of a federal law violation. And providers can’t tell you they were asked. They have five days to challenge the order, or they’re legally gagged...

Canada’s Bill C‑2 Sparks Outcry Over Warrantless Data Access and Privacy Erosion

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Canada's Bill C‑2 Sparks Outcry Over Warrantless Data Access and Privacy Erosion

Canada’s Strong Borders Act opens the door for warrantless surveillance across every corner of public life, from haircuts to hospital visits.

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Blasts EU’s Digital Services Act as Gateway to Censorship and Centralized Control

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Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Blasts EU’s Digital Services Act as Gateway to Censorship and Centralized Control

The Digital Services Act is a velvet glove over a closed fist.