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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.

reclaimthenet 5 days ago

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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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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Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe

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Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe

In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the fo...

reclaimthenet 2 weeks ago

NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing

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NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing

Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.

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Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments

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Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments

A federal appeal challenges whether Americans can still spend real dollars on their own public land—or must surrender privacy to do so.

reclaimthenet 2 weeks ago

The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users

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The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users

Despite promises of privacy, the FTC’s new age verification remedy hinges on tracking users’ behavior across the web.

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Washington Plans “Censorship Shield Law” to Block UK and EU Online Speech Restrictions

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Washington Plans “Censorship Shield Law” to Block UK and EU Online Speech Restrictions

Washington plans to draw a bright legal line, barring foreign governments from fining American platforms over online speech.

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The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain

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The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain

The quiet expansion of digital ID in 2026 shows how convenience is becoming the gateway to compliance, one app update at a time.

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EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

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EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

Another week, another threat from Brussels aimed squarely across the Atlantic.

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New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools

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New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools

A law meant to block untraceable weapons might instead erase the right to tinker with your own tools.

reclaimthenet 3 weeks ago

UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs

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UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs

The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.

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Ireland Moves to Legalize Spyware Use by Police

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Ireland Moves to Legalize Spyware Use by Police

The bill turns state hacking from a covert act into an accepted instrument of law.