House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy

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House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy

Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.

EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps

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EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps

A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.

Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future

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Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future

As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly ...

Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers

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Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers

The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.

UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For

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UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For

A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.

Australians now face digital ID checks and biometric scans to login to online platforms, all under the premise of protecting under-16s. Kids are now banned from select social media platforms but adults are the ones handing over their faces, IDs, and biometrics to prove they're not kids. Mission accomplished: they've turned "protecting children" into a universal surveillance upgrade for everyone. The UK, the EU, and various US states are also looking to implement online ID verification.

The Encryption Double Life of Canberra

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The Encryption Double Life of Canberra

Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.

Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats

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Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats

A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.

The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.

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The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.

Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak.

Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System

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Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System

The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.

Macron’s Proposed Seal of Truth Meets a Wall of Criticism

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Macron’s Proposed Seal of Truth Meets a Wall of Criticism

Macron’s seal of reliability may prove less about journalism and more about obedience.

EU Fines Elon Musk’s X $140 Million Amid Free Speech Clash

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EU Fines Elon Musk’s X $140 Million Amid Free Speech Clash

Brussels just added another American platform to its list of speech offenders.

As Expected, a Hearing on Kids Online Safety Becomes a Blueprint for Digital ID

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As Expected, a Hearing on Kids Online Safety Becomes a Blueprint for Digital ID

The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.

Australia’s Top Censor Warns of Surveillance While Hypocritically Expanding It

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Australia's Top Censor Warns of Surveillance While Hypocritically Expanding It

Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.

Congress Goes Parental on Social Media and Your Privacy

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Congress Goes Parental on Social Media and Your Privacy

A campaign to protect kids online turns into a blueprint for government-approved speech and surveillance.

India Orders Smartphone Makers to Pre-Install Non-Removable App

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India Orders Smartphone Makers to Pre-Install Non-Removable App

Apple’s next move in India may redefine how far global tech firms will bend to government demands.

Australian Court Questions eSafety’s Power in X Free Speech Appeal

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Australian Court Questions eSafety’s Power in X Free Speech Appeal

The judges’ skepticism hints at a broader unease with invisible forms of online censorship.

EU Push to Make Message Scanning Permanent Despite Evidence of Failure and Privacy Risks

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EU Push to Make Message Scanning Permanent Despite Evidence of Failure and Privacy Risks

A policy designed to test its own limits now pretends those limits don’t exist.

British Man Arrested in UK Over Florida Vacation Gun Photo

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British Man Arrested in UK Over Florida Vacation Gun Photo

A country once famed for its stiff upper lip now trembles at the sight of a gun on a foreign porch.

British Transport Police Launch Facial Recognition Trials in London Stations

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British Transport Police Launch Facial Recognition Trials in London Stations

Britain’s railways are turning into laboratories for algorithmic policing, where every commuter’s face becomes just another line of data in the...