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Spanish Court Orders NordVPN and Proton VPN to Block Piracy Streams

The same blocking system that once took down Amazon, GitHub, and Cloudflare is now targeting the tools Spaniards used to get back online.

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US Plans freedom.gov Website to Host Content Banned by EU and UK Censorship Laws

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US Plans freedom.gov Website to Host Content Banned by EU and UK Censorship Laws

The portal is Washington's opening move in a direct confrontation with European governments over who gets to decide what their citizens can read.

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Arizona Bill Would Require ID Checks to Use a Weather App

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Arizona Bill Would Require ID Checks to Use a Weather App

The bill would require parental permission or ID checks to open the calculator app that came with your phone.

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Meta Considers Timed Face Recognition Launch to Exploit Distracted Society

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Meta Considers Timed Face Recognition Launch to Exploit Distracted Society

Meta's own document treats the civil liberties backlash not as a reason to reconsider, but as a calendar event to schedule around.

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Germany’s CDU Pushes Real-Name Social Media Mandate and ID Checks

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Germany's CDU Pushes Real-Name Social Media Mandate and ID Checks

The party could ask Germans to show their papers before they can post a tweet.

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Australian States Expand Facial Recognition and Biometric Digital ID Systems

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Australian States Expand Facial Recognition and Biometric Digital ID Systems

The framing obscures the architecture underneath: a permanent biometric database that expands with every new service it touches.

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Keir Starmer Considers VPN ID Checks as UK Expands Online Safety Act Powers

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Keir Starmer Considers VPN ID Checks as UK Expands Online Safety Act Powers

Britain may soon require ID to access the very tool designed to protect you from ID tracking.

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Meta Considers Timed Face Recognition Launch to Exploit Distracted Society

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Meta Considers Timed Face Recognition Launch to Exploit Distracted Society

Meta's own document treats the civil liberties backlash not as a reason to reconsider, but as a calendar event to schedule around.

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Victoria Launches Digital Birth Certificate Trial, Linking Newborns to Australia’s National Digital ID System

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Victoria Launches Digital Birth Certificate Trial, Linking Newborns to Australia's National Digital ID System

Victoria calls it a paperwork fix for kindergarten, but the state just gave newborns a digital identity before they can say their own names.

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UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan

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UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan

Ofcom is pressing ahead with enforcement against a US platform over speech rules controversial even in Britain, as the platform argues in US federa...

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Brazil Charges Woman for 2020 Social Media Posts Under Court-Defined “Transphobia”

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Brazil Charges Woman for 2020 Social Media Posts Under Court-Defined “Transphobia”

The country's Supreme Court created the crime she's accused of without asking Congress, and now a veterinary student faces a decade in pr...

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Alabama Moves to Put a Gatekeeper on the App Store

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Alabama Moves to Put a Gatekeeper on the App Store

The Legislature waved it through, but HB161 locks mandatory age checks and parent-linked accounts into the foundation of Alabama’s app ecosystem.

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California Wants Gun Blueprints Treated Like Weapons

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California Wants Gun Blueprints Treated Like Weapons

California is betting that code and blueprints can be treated as contraband by not calling it speech.

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The Lost Dog That Made Constant Surveillance Feel Like a Favor

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The Lost Dog That Made Constant Surveillance Feel Like a Favor

Ring’s lost-dog story worked because it framed a live, neighborhood-scale surveillance network as an act of kindness rather than a system already...

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Gab Refuses to Pay Germany’s Fine, Challenges Cross-Border Online Censorship

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Gab Refuses to Pay Germany’s Fine, Challenges Cross-Border Online Censorship

Berlin treats the internet as annexed territory, asserting control wherever Germans can read a post.

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New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers

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New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers

A proposal framed as a fix for ghost guns changes how general-purpose machines are allowed to function in New York.

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EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand

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EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand

European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.

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Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection

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Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection

The new European coalition could make national internet laws a shared tool of control.

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Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional

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Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional

By voiding Hawaii’s law, the court signaled that the fear of deepfakes cannot outweigh the freedom to mock those in power.

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Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide

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Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide

Starmer’s government faces an unprecedented rebuke from Washington over digital laws once hailed as a model for safety.