reclaimthenet 4 months ago

California Social Media Age Verification Rules Face No Constitutional Ruling Until Finalized, Ninth Circuit Says

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California Social Media Age Verification Rules Face No Constitutional Ruling Until Finalized, Ninth Circuit Says

The fight over SB 976 now moves from the courtroom to the attorney general’s rulebook.

reclaimthenet 4 months ago

US Condemns Prosecution of Finnish Lawmaker Over Bible Verse Tweet

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US Condemns Prosecution of Finnish Lawmaker Over Bible Verse Tweet

The State Department’s intervention marks a new phase in America’s resistance to Europe’s creeping speech controls.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Bluesky Implements Age Verification in South Dakota and Wyoming

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Bluesky Implements Age Verification in South Dakota and Wyoming

Anonymous speech is being traded for compliance, one state law at a time.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

US Condemns Prosecution of Finnish Lawmaker Over Bible Verse Tweet

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US Condemns Prosecution of Finnish Lawmaker Over Bible Verse Tweet

The State Department’s intervention marks a new phase in America’s resistance to Europe’s creeping speech controls.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Mullvad Introduces QUIC-Based WireGuard Obfuscation to Bypass Censorship and VPN Blocks

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Mullvad Introduces QUIC-Based WireGuard Obfuscation to Bypass Censorship and VPN Blocks

Mullvad wraps WireGuard in QUIC to make VPN traffic blend in with normal internet traffic.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Von der Leyen Unveils New EU Censorship Push, Online Digital ID Plans, in 2025 State of the Union Speech

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Von der Leyen Unveils New EU Censorship Push, Online Digital ID Plans, in 2025 State of the Union Speech

Von der Leyen casts online "misinformation" as a contagion, folding speech regulation into the language of safety.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Pakistan Data Breach Exposes Risks of Biometric Digital ID Systems

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Pakistan Data Breach Exposes Risks of Biometric Digital ID Systems

The government keeps collecting what it can't protect.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Cybersecurity Experts Warn EU Against Chat Control 2.0 Regulation Ahead of Key Votes

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Cybersecurity Experts Warn EU Against Chat Control 2.0 Regulation Ahead of Key Votes

More than 500 scientists denounce EU's encrypted message scanning as "technically infeasible."

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Retired UK Police Superintendent Investigated for “Dead-Naming” Trans Activist Online

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Retired UK Police Superintendent Investigated for "Deadnaming" Trans Activist Online

A thirty-year police veteran finds herself on the wrong side of the badge for choosing the wrong name online.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Signal Introduces Encrypted Chat Backup with Paid Media Storage Option

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Signal Introduces Encrypted Chat Backup with Paid Media Storage Option

Daily encrypted backups now give users peace of mind without punching holes in Signal’s no-compromise encryption model.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

US Withdraws from Biden-Era Global “Disinformation” Agreements

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US Withdraws from Biden-Era Global "Disinformation" Agreements

The shutdown marks a rare admission that fighting "disinformation" too often meant silencing inconvenient truths.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood Revives Digital ID Plans

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UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood Revives Digital ID Plans

Digital IDs return to the table as Mahmood ties border security to everyday identity checks.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Australia Orders Tech Giants to Enforce Age Verification Digital ID by December 10

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Australia Orders Tech Giants to Enforce Age Verification Digital ID by December 10

A safety law that reads like a blueprint for a surveillance state.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Nepal Tried To Censor The Internet. The People Set Parliament on Fire.

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Nepal Tried To Censor The Internet. The People Set Parliament on Fire.

The government found itself answering to the voices it tried to erase.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

The Supreme Court Fight That Could Decide Who Gets to Stay Online

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The Supreme Court Fight That Could Decide Who Gets to Stay Online

Tech giants and civil liberties groups are urging the Court to reject a ruling that weaponizes copyright law against everyday internet users.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

EU Fines Google €2.95 Billion for Antitrust Violations in Ad-Tech; Trump Threatens Retaliation

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EU Fines Google €2.95 Billion for Antitrust Violations in Ad-Tech; Trump Threatens Retaliation

Privacy concerns and antitrust fines collide with trade threats in a standoff over tech regulation.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Nepal Blocks Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Other Major Platforms

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Nepal Blocks Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, and Other Major Platforms

A country of 30 million just pulled the plug on the internet’s biggest names in under a week.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Federal Tribunal in Yucatán Suspends Biometric Data Collection for Mexico’s National ID System

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Federal Tribunal in Yucatán Suspends Biometric Data Collection for Mexico’s National ID System

A digital ID meant to streamline the state is running headfirst into the country’s constitutional past.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Josh Hawley Proposes AI Regulations, Section 230 Repeal, and Digital ID Checks for Chatbots

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Josh Hawley Proposes AI Regulations, Section 230 Repeal, and Digital ID Checks for Chatbots

Age checks for chatbots might sound parental, but they flirt with surveillance-state mechanics.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

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.