California’s New Age-Verification Bill Frees Linux But Expands Age Tracking to the Open Web

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California Wants an Age Tracker for the Whole Web

California fixed the most obvious problem with its age-tracking law but replaced it with a version that follows you across the entire internet.

Texas Sues Discord, Seeks Mandatory Age Verification

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Texas Sues Discord, Seeks Mandatory Age Verification

Texas is using a child safety lawsuit to try to end anonymous access to Discord entirely.

Germany is considering what is being described as a state-controlled “Ministry of Truth” for social media. State media regulators plan to force X, Facebook, Instagram & TikTok to algorithmically boost content from government-approved “public value” outlets, decided by politically appointed bodies. A leaked document reveals the plan: politicians → state regulators → “reliable” media label → mandatory visibility quotas in people's feeds.

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Germany Considers Law to Force Social Media Algorithm Boost for State-Approved News

The regulators who would decide what counts as "reliable" news are appointed through a chain that starts with the same politicians whose coverage t...

Even Google warns Canada’s Bill C-22 would build a “surveillance infrastructure” that weakens cybersecurity for everyone. It joins Apple, Meta, Proton, Signal, and more in opposition. The bill forces companies to enable mass surveillance, store metadata on millions of innocent users for a year, and create backdoors that break end-to-end encryption.

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Even Google Warns Canada Bill C-22 Creates Surveillance Backdoors

The bill is in real trouble when even Google, a company that built its empire on knowing everything about you, thinks a government's surveilla...

Florida federal court summons Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to face Rumble + Truth Social’s anti-censorship lawsuit. He has 21 days to respond or risk default judgment. Moraes tried to force US platforms to censor American users and hand over their data. One foreign judge can’t dictate what Americans can say online.

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US Court Summons Pro-Censorship Brazil Judge Moraes in Rumble Lawsuit

A Brazilian judge who ordered an American platform shut down for refusing to censor his own critics now has 21 days to explain himself to a Florida...

Big Tech just voluntarily handed UK speech regulator Ofcom preview access to new features before they launch. Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Snap & YouTube all agreed. TikTok refused. Meta is now rolling out AI to scan Instagram DMs under the premise of detecting “sexualized conversations," right after quietly killing E2EE. This is how free speech and privacy die: companies willingly building the surveillance state for the regulator. All for “safety.”

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5 Tech Giants Let UK Speech Regulator Preview New Features

Five tech giants just agreed to show a government regulator their homework before turning it in, even though the law never said they had to.

South Carolina just passed a law requiring platforms to estimate your age every 100 hours of use, or any time they run their algorithms on you. 80% confidence minimum, $10k fine per wrong guess. The incentive is to collect more data about everyone, including kids.

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South Carolina's New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance

A bill sold as child protection builds the legal framework for surveilling every user in the state.

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.

Spanish Court Orders NordVPN and Proton VPN to Block Piracy Streams

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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.