TikTok Says Privacy Makes Users Less Safe
TikTok built a surveillance-ready messaging system and called it a safety feature. The post TikTok Says Privacy Makes Users Less Safe
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UAE Threatens Residents With Prison for Sharing Unverified News During Missile Strikes
The law was written before the missiles arrived, but its timing couldn't be more useful for a government that would prefer its residents experience a war only through official channels. The post UAE
Google Opens Android App Distribution, Cuts Play Store Fees After Epic Antitrust Loss
Google lost in court, lost on appeal, lost at the Supreme Court, and is now describing the result as something it chose to do. The post Google Opens Android App Distribution, Cuts Play Store Fees
UK Consults on Social Media Age Verification While Directing Parents to Report “Hate Speech” to Big Tech
The consultation closes in May, but Parliament already handed ministers the power to act in February. The post UK Consults on Social Media Age Verification While Directing Parents to Report “Hate
Replit CEO Sues Rep. Fine Over X Block
A sarcastic joke is now the centerpiece of a First Amendment case that could add to precedent about how members of Congress use their official social media accounts. The post Replit CEO Sues Rep.
Security Researchers Warn Age Verification Laws Are Building a Global Surveillance System
The people who spent their careers building the security systems governments want to exploit for age verification have finally had enough. The post Security Researchers Warn Age Verification Laws
Samsung Bakes Perplexity AI Into Galaxy S26 OS, Raising Privacy Concerns
The AI era's defining feature isn't intelligence; it's installation without asking. The post Samsung Bakes Perplexity AI Into Galaxy S26 OS, Raising Privacy Concerns
Judge Blocks Virginia’s One-Hour Social Media Limit for Minors as Unconstitutional
Virginia set the government as the default gatekeeper of how long children can read, watch, and talk online, and a federal judge found that unconstitutional before the law ever took effect. The post
The Government Wants to Scan Your Face. It’s Not Waiting for Permission.
The US DHS is building a surveillance system vast enough to identify anyone on any street and is doing so without a legal framework to govern when, why, or whether it should. The post The Government
California Law Forces Age-Tracking Into Every Operating System by 2027
In a different timeline, wiring an age-surveillance layer into the boot sequence of every computing device in California is an idea that would have died in committee. The post California Law Forces
UK Government Secretly Tracked 25 Million People as Potential EV Owners
Two years of surveillance, £600,000 spent, and the program ended not because anyone asked if it was wrong, but because the data was garbage. The post UK Government Secretly Tracked 25 Million
Mexico Mandates Biometric SIM Registration for All Phone Numbers
Mexico is six months away from building a surveillance system that knows the face behind every phone call in the country. The post Mexico Mandates Biometric SIM Registration for All Phone Numbers
A UK Labour Minister Just Resigned Over a Secret Plot to Silence Journalists Using a Spy Agency
Simons was accused of running a thinktank dedicated to fighting "disinformation," then used a government intelligence body to spread it. The post A UK Labour Minister Just Resigned Over a Secret
FTC Says Companies Can Collect Kids’ Personal Data, As Long As It’s Called “Age Verification”
The agency charged with enforcing the law that restricts children's data collection just carved out an exception large enough to swallow the law itself. The post FTC Says Companies Can Collect
US Republican Lawmakers Demand Answers on UK’s iCloud Encryption Backdoor Order
Britain's demand that Apple build a backdoor for everyone on earth, then quietly reframe it as a domestic matter after Washington pushed back, is the kind of legal gymnastics that makes intelligence
Rumble Shorts Is Everywhere Now, and It’s Coming for TikTok
The launch puts a swipeable, short-form feed on every major platform just as TikTok's year of turbulence has left creators actively looking for somewhere else to go. The post Rumble Shorts Is
The $750,000 Opinion: How a B.C. Tribunal Silenced a School Trustee
The man who called gender ideology education "child abuse" now owes $750,000 for saying so; not in a courtroom, but in a quasi-judicial hearing where no jury decided and no criminal standard applied.
Privacy Groups Revolt Against Google’s Demand to Register Every Android Developer
Google is turning sideloading from a right into a permission slip, and the open-source community has until September to convince it otherwise. The post Privacy Groups Revolt Against Google’s
The Revolt Brewing Over Discord’s Digital ID Future
Every concession Discord offered this week is a reason to stay distracted while the architecture of permanent surveillance gets bolted into place. The post The Revolt Brewing Over Discord’s
Twitch Forces Partners to Show ID To Persona to Collect Earnings
Twitch is asking streamers to hand over a government ID and selfie to a controversial third-party service to collect money they've already earned. The post Twitch Forces Partners to Show ID To
