Macron and the head of the WHO just put out a joint statement calling for online age verification to protect kids. Here is the part they skip over: to check a child's age, a platform has to check everyone's identity. The age gate logs the adults too. The WHO and France warn that data profiling threatens your privacy, then in the same statement they demand age verification systems that collect even more of your identity.

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France and WHO Push Social Media ID Checks

The pitch is protecting kids from algorithms. The mechanism is a permanent identity checkpoint over the entire internet.

Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses

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Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses

The feature you pay Apple to keep your address secret has been handing it out for more than a year, and the company keeps insisting it's almos...

A 35-page federal memo shows Canada's Industry Department weighed suing individual Canadians over what they post on Facebook, X and LinkedIn.

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Ottawa Memo Considered Suing Canadians Over Posts

A 35-page memo, most of it blacked out, and the part they left visible is the part that should worry you.

The EU Parliament rejected mass scanning of private messages in March. Yesterday, it approved an urgent procedure to revive the measure, setting up a decisive vote on Thursday, the last sitting day before summer recess. At second reading, the text passes automatically unless 361 MEPs vote against it, and some MEPs have already left for the Summer break...

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EU Parliament Revives Chat Surveillance for Thursday Vote

Killing the regime needs an absolute majority and depends on who bothers to stay through the final sitting before the summer break.

The UK Government just admitted its so-called independent Digital Identity watchdog will operate in total secrecy. No published minutes, costs hidden, members chosen in the dark. They are building a national identity system for every adult in Britain but people are not allowed to see how it's coming together. Oversight you cannot observe is not oversight.

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Britain's Digital ID Watchdog Will Do Its Watching in Secret

The advisory group will help decide what data gets collected, how long it's kept, and who can reach in and take it.

Sony is killing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting January 2028. From now on, every fresh release will be digital only. That means no more owning a real copy you can lend, resell, or keep on your shelf for years. You’re just renting a license tied to Sony’s account and servers. They can take it away anytime. Just look at the 551 movies (including Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Apocalypse Now) they’re deleting from people’s libraries this September with zero refunds. The “Buy” button is a lie.

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Sony Kills the PlayStation Disc

Sony just decided that "owning" a PlayStation game is a privilege it can revoke.

Democrats have chosen the global digital ID agenda as a keystone of their 2028 campaign. Project 2029’s “Kids Over Clicks” plan: ban under-16s, force age verification, gut Section 230. It's all sold as child protection. The reality is: passports, face scans, and government ID wallets just to post online. Australia, UK, EU, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are embracing it. It kills anonymous speech for everyone.

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Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029

A bid to end online anonymity under the premise of child safety.

EU governments lost the fight over mass surveillance of private chats and now they want a rematch on their own terms. Ambassadors pushed Friday to revive temporary scanning of WhatsApp, Messenger, and more for "CSAM." This is after Parliament voted it down 311 against in March and the legal basis already expired. The Council wants to override Parliament and scan 450 million people's messages, treating everyone as suspects. Error rates hit 13-50%. This clears the path for next week's big "Chat Control" push into end-to-end encryption.

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Brussels Could Reopen the Fight to Scan Your Private Chats

Lawmakers killed this in March but Brussels is back four months later asking for a do-over.

The British government just said they don't trust you to scroll your own phone. They want to force YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to shove BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to the top of Britons' feed whether they asked for it or not. "Trusted news sources" they call it. Creators getting buried, real voices pushed down, all so the BBC can sit at the top like it earned it.

NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never

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NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never

Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.

The UAE just approved a ban on social media for under-15s. To enforce it, every adult has to verify their age too, by ID or face scan. Companies have 12 months to comply.

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To Keep Kids Off Social Media, the UAE Will ID Every User

The under-15 ban is how the UAE signs on to a worldwide push for verified digital identity.

Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.

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Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver's Licenses and Passports

The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can't guard the identity documents it already holds.

Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome

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Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome

The world's largest advertising company also writes the rules governing what ad blockers can do inside its browser.

India blocked Telegram for 150 million Indians because one "NEET" exam paper leaked. The leak came from insiders inside the exam system, not Telegram. Yet they shut down the whole app until June 22...

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India Shut Down Telegram for 150 Million Users Over One Exam Leak

For the second year running, India's answer to a leak at the source is cutting off 150 million people who had nothing to do with it.

Step 1. Introduce censorship laws to make platforms "protect kids" Step 2. Ban kids Step 3. Leave adults with heavily censored, neutered, state-controlled platforms

Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media

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Canada's Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media

Canada becomes the latest country to try to end online anonymity under the banner of protecting children.

The White House’s AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID

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The White House's AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID

Silicon Valley gets the regulatory shield it's been lobbying for and all it costs is the end of the anonymous internet.

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.

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.