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Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems

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Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems

An age-check system built to shield minors ends up exposing adults in granular digital detail.

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Macron’s Global Censorship Push Exposed: Leaked Files Reveal France’s Covert Speech Control Campaign

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Macron's Global Censorship Push Exposed: Leaked Files Reveal France's Covert Speech Control Campaign

France used lawsuits, NGOs, and private outreach to pressure Twitter into global censorship beyond French law.

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X Fights Irish Ruling on Content Censorship, Flags Conflict With EU Digital Laws

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X Fights Irish Ruling on Content Censorship, Flags Conflict With EU Digital Laws

Ireland's tiny regulator is punching way above its weight and every platform in Europe is feeling it.

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England Trials Smartphone Rail Payment System with Real-Time Phone Location Tracking

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England Trials Smartphone Rail Payment System with Real-Time Phone Location Tracking

A rail upgrade in name, a surveillance system in practice, logging movements with every mile.

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Germany’s 2024 Report Finds 48% CSAM Scan Error Rate Amid EU Push for Private Message Scanning

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Germany's 2024 Report Finds 48% CSAM Scan Error Rate Amid EU Push for Private Message Scanning

False positives flood the system, but the EU still wants to make the scan permanent and mandatory.

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Nigel Farage Warns US Congress: UK Censorship Law Threatens American Free Speech, Encryption, and Tech Innovation

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Nigel Farage Warns US Congress: UK Censorship Law Threatens American Free Speech, Encryption, and Tech Innovation

Farage turned a Congressional hearing into a warning shot against Britain’s digital authoritarianism.

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Graham Linehan to Sue Metropolitan Police Over Heathrow Arrest and Online Speech Dispute

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Graham Linehan to Sue Metropolitan Police Over Heathrow Arrest and Online Speech Dispute

A surreal airport takedown over public tweets now threatens to put the Met itself on trial.

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Lorcán Price of ADF International lays out the free speech crisis happening in Europe: MPs on trial for Bible verses, grandmothers arrested, veterans prosecuted for silent prayer, comedians detained for tweets. The Digital Services Act is an attempt to crush dissent.

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Judge Imposes Curbs on Google Search Deals, Rejects DOJ’s Push for Breakup in Landmark Antitrust Ruling

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Judge Imposes Curbs on Google Search Deals, Rejects DOJ's Push for Breakup in Landmark Antitrust Ruling

A partial reckoning lands as Google sidesteps a breakup and keeps its search crown intact.

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Mississippi’s Digital ID Law Hits a Wall with Mastodon

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Mississippi’s Digital ID Law Hits a Wall with Mastodon

A state law is now testing the very structure of decentralized internet.

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Coleman: Ofcom Can’t Export Censorship to the United States

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Coleman: Ofcom Can't Export Censorship to the United States

Ofcom’s reach, Coleman argues, ends where the First Amendment begins.

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Graham Linehan Arrested by Armed Police Over X Posts as UK Free Speech Crisis Deepens

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Graham Linehan Arrested by Armed Police Over X Posts as UK Free Speech Crisis Deepens

A comedian once celebrated for absurdity is now caught in Britain’s most absurd reality.

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Thierry Breton Refuses US Hearing, Defends EU Digital Speech Controls Under DSA

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Thierry Breton Refuses US Hearing, Defends EU Digital Speech Controls Under DSA

He skipped the hearing but sent a manifesto, because when you control the narrative, you don’t take questions.

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Macron Urges EU Response to Trump’s Tariff Threats Over Censorship Law, Targets US Tech Firms

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Macron Urges EU Response to Trump’s Tariff Threats Over Censorship Law, Targets US Tech Firms

Macron is betting that defending EU censorship rules will win him leverage, not isolation.

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Germany: Economist Thomas Vierhaus Fined €16,100 for Sarcastic X Posts

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Germany: Economist Thomas Vierhaus Fined €16,100 for Sarcastic X Posts

A €16,100 fine for sarcasm reveals how Germany’s legal code now moonlights as a mood ring for the powerful.

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Microsoft Word To Save New Files to the Cloud by Default

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Microsoft Word To Save New Files to the Cloud by Default

Local saves become legacy as Microsoft nudges Word users into the cloud with every new document.

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Shopify Reimposes Content Restrictions Through Shop App, Reviving Ban on “Hateful” Content

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Shopify Reimposes Content Restrictions Through Shop App, Reviving Ban on “Hateful” Content

The company enforces limits on speech without officially changing its main policy.

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Google to Require ID Verification for All Android Developers

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Google to Require ID Verification for All Android Developers

Android’s last big selling point, the freedom to install whatever you want from who you want, may soon run through a single Google checkpoint.

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Apple Removes iTorrent From Third-Party App Store AltStore PAL Without Warning

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Apple Removes iTorrent From Third-Party App Store AltStore PAL Without Warning

Apple quietly pulled the plug on iTorrent, exposing how fragile the “freedom” of third-party app stores really are.

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Michigan Supreme Court Rules Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment

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Michigan Supreme Court Rules Unrestricted Phone Searches Violate Fourth Amendment

The justices drew a bright line through the data stream, declaring that your pocket-sized diary deserves more respect than a rummaged junk drawer.