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Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea
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Apple Expands Age Verification to Singapore & South Korea
Apple now requires adults in Singapore and South Korea to hand over government IDs or financial credentials just to download apps they've been...
Britain’s Free Speech Crisis and the Bill That Would Fix It
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Britain's Free Speech Crisis and the Bill That Would Fix It
After centuries of prosecuting people for what they say, Britain may be closer than it has ever been to making free speech an actual legal right.
The Free Speech Act: A Demolition Plan For Britain’s Speech Laws
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The Free Speech Act: A Demolition Plan For Britain's Speech Laws
A blueprint for a nation starving for a taste of freedom.
Hong Kong Criminalizes Refusal to Unlock Phones for Police
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Hong Kong Criminalizes Refusal to Unlock Phones for Police
The government says no new powers were added, which is a bold way to describe inventing a crime that didn't exist last week.
Supreme Court Blocks Music Industry’s Push to Cut Millions Off the Internet Over Piracy Claims
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Supreme Court Blocks Music Industry's Push to Cut Millions Off the Internet Over Piracy Claims
Supreme Court unanimously rules Cox Communications not liable for subscriber piracy in Sony Music Entertainment case.
The politicians want to make it look like they're fighting Big Tech. But lobbying disclosures reveal Big Tech is paying for the fight.
It's the political equivalent of a boxing match where both fighters split the purse, only the prize is a national identity database sold as child safety.
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The Age Verification Con
How Big Tech and politicians built a digital ID system for everyone while pretending to fight each other.
SCOTUS Rejects Citizen Journalist’s Case Against Officials Who Arrested Her for Asking Police Questions
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SCOTUS Rejects Citizen Journalist's Case Against Officials Who Arrested Her for Asking Police Questions
The Supreme Court's silence left standing a legal framework where asking a government official a question can land a journalist in handcuffs, ...
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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 ...