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Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy Reform

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Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy Reform Push

Every two years, Congress gets a chance to add a warrant requirement to Section 702, and every two years, it finds a reason not to.

reclaimthenet 3 weeks ago

Missouri v. Biden Consent Decree: US Government Admits Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Censor Protected Speech

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Missouri v. Biden Consent Decree: US Government Admits Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Censor Protected Speech

The administration that inherited the lawsuit just signed away its predecessor's censorship playbook in a binding legal document.

reclaimthenet 3 weeks ago

The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet

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The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet

If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint...

reclaimthenet 3 weeks ago

Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4

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Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4

Every iPhone in Britain is now a checkpoint, and the price of entry for many is their ID or credit card.

reclaimthenet 3 weeks ago

FC Barcelona Fined for Privacy Violations Over Biometric Data Collection

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FC Barcelona Fined for Privacy Violations Over Biometric Data Collection

The Barcelona fine is a speed bump on a highway where banks, stadiums, and retailers are all quietly building permanent records of your face.

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Angela Lipps Spent 108 Days in Jail Because a Facial Recognition Algorithm Was Wrong

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Angela Lipps Spent 108 Days in Jail Because a Facial Recognition Algorithm Was Wrong

The software was wrong, but Angela Lipps still had to spend 108 days in a Tennessee jail proving it.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

White House AI Framework Pushes Age Verification ID Mandate

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White House AI Framework Pushes Age Verification ID Mandate

Calling age verification requirements "privacy protective," is a bit like calling a honeypot "security infrastructure."

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Sweden Breach Shows the Security Risks of National Digital ID Systems

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Sweden Breach Shows the Security Risks of National Digital ID Systems

Sweden built the world's most seamless digital identity system, and someone just walked off with the blueprints.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Cloudflare Appeals €14 Million AGCOM Fine, Challenges Italy’s Piracy Shield as Illegal Censorship System

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Cloudflare Fights Italy's Piracy Shield Censorship

Blocking a Ukrainian education portal and killing Google Drive for 12 hours is what happens when private media companies get to shut down the inter...

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

UK Regulator Ofcom Has Fined 4chan £520,000 Under a Law That Doesn’t Apply in the US

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Ofcom Has Fined 4chan £520,000 Under a Law That Doesn't Apply in the US

The regulator issued a £520,000 fine; the lawyer replied with a picture of a hamster.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Brazil Launches Mandatory Age Verification Law for Online Platforms

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Brazil Launches Mandatory Age Verification Law for Online Platforms

Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

The FISA Surveillance Tool Is Up for Renewal, and the SAVE Act Is Riding Shotgun

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The FISA Surveillance Tool Is Up for Renewal, and the SAVE Act Is Riding Shotgun

Modest but meaningful surveillance reforms, warrant requirements, parallel construction limits, may die on the vine if they stay hitched to a bill ...

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Britain’s Business Registry Left Director Data Wide Open — Yet the Government Is Still Building a National Digital ID

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Britain's Business Registry Left Director Data Wide Open — Yet the Government Is Still Building a National Digital ID

The system that just leaked directors' home addresses through a back button is also the one the UK government plans to store biometric data in.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption

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Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption

Starting May 8, every Instagram DM becomes readable by the same company that sells ads against everything else you do on the platform.

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Spain’s HODIO Program to Monitor and Rank Social Media Platforms on “Hate Speech”

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Spain's HODIO Program to Monitor and Rank Social Media Platforms on "Hate Speech"

Spain's government will now grade tech companies on speech removal twice a year, with the same officials defining what counts as hate setting ...

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UK Speech Regulator Chief Melanie Dawes Says US Free Speech Lawsuits Are “a Sign That We’re Having the Impact We Want”

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UK Speech Regulator Chief Melanie Dawes Says US Free Speech Lawsuits Are "a Sign That We're Having the Impact We Want"

The woman tasked with policing the internet has decided that getting sued across the Atlantic isn't a setback, it's a performance review.

reclaimthenet 1 month ago

Australia VPN Boom as “Age Verification” Law Takes Effect

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Australia VPN Boom as "Age Verification" Law Takes Effect

The law successfully drove millions of Australians to VPNs and unregulated sites.

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UK Government’s Digital ID System Could Grant Police Access to Facial Recognition Database

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UK Government's Digital ID System Could Grant Police Access to Facial Recognition Database

A system the government is describing as a digital convenience tool could, under legislation its own consultation proposed, become searchable by po...

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BC Tribunal Clears Student of “Hate Speech” Charge Over COVID-19 Video

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BC Tribunal Clears Student of "Hate Speech" Charge Over COVID-19 Video

A student who shared a pandemic video in a private chat walked away cleared, with a tribunal drawing a line that offended feelings and illegal disc...

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New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Recommends Social Media Ban for Under-16s

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New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Recommends Social Media Ban for Under-16s

Another country is moving toward getting in line with the agenda.