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Microsoft Shifts All Activations to Online Accounts

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Microsoft Shifts All Activations to Online Accounts

A simple software setup has become another checkpoint in Microsoft’s expanding web of identity and control.

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EU Veterans Rally to Recast the Digital Services Act as Accountability Not Control

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EU Veterans Rally to Recast the Digital Services Act as Accountability Not Control

Europe’s digital guardians recast control as care, wrapping power in the language of protection.

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Albanese Backs Top Censor, Vows Stronger “Hate” Laws

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Albanese Backs Top Censor, Vows Stronger "Hate" Laws

Albanese’s full-throated defense of Australia’s eSafety chief suggests a government doubling down on its vision of a tightly policed digital fr...

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UK Terrorism Watchdog Calls for Under-16 Social Media Ban, Despite Digital ID Concerns

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UK Terrorism Watchdog Calls for Under-16 Social Media Ban, Despite Digital ID Concerns

A ban meant to shield children from extremism could instead redefine the very idea of privacy in a connected world.

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Are Newborns Next in Line for Britain’s Digital ID Push?

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Are Newborns Next in Line for Britain’s Digital ID Push?

Behind closed doors, officials are discussing baby barcodes.

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Shlomo Kramer Urges Limits on First Amendment to Protect Democracy

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Shlomo Kramer Urges Limits on First Amendment to Protect Democracy

Kramer’s call to limit free speech recast the fight against "misinformation" as a struggle over who gets to define truth in a digital democracy.

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Jim Jordan Turns Up the Heat on Australia’s Online Speech Regulator

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Jim Jordan Turns Up the Heat on Australia’s Online Speech Regulator

A direct challenge to the expanding reach of foreign regulators over American digital freedoms.

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Polish Deputy Minister Urges EU Investigation Into TikTok Over Videos Promoting “Polexit”

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Polish Deputy Minister Urges EU Investigation Into TikTok Over Videos Promoting "Polexit"

The push to investigate TikTok over anti-EU videos turns algorithmic oversight into Europe’s new battleground for political speech.

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Australia Enforces Age ID Checks for Search Engine Users

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Australia Enforces Age ID Checks for Search Engine Users

Australia’s bid for digital safety inches closer to a license-to-browse internet.

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Texas Meme Case Crumbles as Satire Beats the State

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Texas Meme Case Crumbles as Satire Beats the State

The collapse of the case marks a sharp rebuke of local authorities’ attempt to criminalize political satire in small-town Texas.

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US Under Secretary of State Slams UK and EU Over Online Speech Regulation, Announces Release of Files on Past Censorship Efforts

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US Under Secretary of State Slams UK and EU Over Online Speech Regulation, Announces Release of Files on Past Censorship Efforts

Sarah Rogers' comments draw a new line in the sand between America’s First Amendment and Europe’s tightening grip on online speech.

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NSW Premier Admits New “Security” Bill Restricts Civil Liberties, Promises More “Hate Speech” Laws Ahead

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NSW Premier Admits New "Security" Bill Restricts Civil Liberties, Promises More “Hate Speech” Laws Ahead

By design or by speed, the legislation trims civil liberties into administrative details.

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US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Warns of Declining Free Speech in UK

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US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Warns of Declining Free Speech in UK

Barrett’s comments cast the First Amendment as a safeguard against the moral fragility she sees in modern democracies.

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Federal Judge Blocks Texas App Store Digital ID Age Verification Law, Citing First Amendment Violations

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Federal Judge Blocks Texas App Store Digital ID Age Verification Law, Citing First Amendment Violations

The court’s ruling pauses Texas’s attempt to turn app stores into gatekeepers of digital speech.

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Dallas Police Propose Expanding AI Facial Recognition to Minor Crimes

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Dallas Police Propose Expanding AI Facial Recognition to Minor Crimes

Dallas weighs turning a crime-fighting shortcut into a citywide surveillance habit.

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Indian Supreme Court Judge Says Those With Nothing to Hide Shouldn’t Fear Surveillance

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Indian Supreme Court Judge Says Those With Nothing to Hide Shouldn’t Fear Surveillance

In defending the ordinary citizen’s right to privacy, the courtroom moment revealed how fragile that right has become.

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Victoria Moves to Force Online Platforms to ID Users and Expand State Powers to Curb “Hate Speech”

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Victoria Moves to Force Online Platforms to ID Users and Expand State Powers to Curb "Hate Speech"

Victoria’s push to unmask online users marks a turning point where the rhetoric of safety begins to eclipse the right to speak without fear.

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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Repeal Section 230, Endangering Online Free Speech

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Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Repeal Section 230, Endangering Online Free Speech

Repealing Section 230 wouldn’t tame Big Tech; it would hand the keys of online speech to the few companies wealthy enough to survive the lawsuits.

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Pennsylvania High Court Rules Police Can Access Google Searches Without Warrant

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Pennsylvania High Court Rules Police Can Access Google Searches Without Warrant

The court’s ruling suggests that using the internet now means agreeing to be searched.

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Google and Substack Warn Britain Is Building a Censorship Machine

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Google and Substack Warn Britain Is Building a Censorship Machine

US companies say the UK’s Online Safety Act forces platforms to police lawful speech under the guise of protecting users.