Roblox Loses 12M Daily Users After Age ID Check Rollout
Half the user base is now living on a degraded version of the platform until they hand over biometric data. The post Roblox Loses 12M Daily Users After Age ID Check Rollout
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Senate Panel Backs GUARD Act, AI Age Verification Bill
Every American who wants to ask a chatbot for help would need to upload a government ID, scan their face, or hand over a financial record first. The post Senate Panel Backs GUARD Act, AI Age
Congress Extends Section 702 Spy Program 45 Days
The 45-day extension passed without anyone being allowed to read the secret court ruling that found constitutional violations in how the program operates. The post Congress Extends Section 702 Spy
Close the Shades: The Supreme Court, Google Location History, and the Reach of the Fourth Amendment
The justices seem ready to decide that mass surveillance is fine if you could have turned it off. The post Close the Shades: The Supreme Court, Google Location History, and the Reach of the Fourth
The Subpoena as Speech Suppressor: Supreme Court Sides with First Choice
The unanimous decision revives a fight over donor lists that the Court has been losing patience with since 1958. The post The Subpoena as Speech Suppressor: Supreme Court Sides with First Choice
Tumbler Ridge Lawsuits Seek to Force OpenAI Into ID Verification, Police Referrals for ChatGPT Users
The remedies sought would end pseudonymous AI use and wire every ChatGPT conversation to a permanent law enforcement pipeline. The post Tumbler Ridge Lawsuits Seek to Force OpenAI Into ID
House Renews FISA Section 702, Rejects Warrant Requirement
The reforms add paperwork and prison time for misuse, but they leave the part everyone has fought about for two decades exactly where it was. The post House Renews FISA Section 702, Rejects Warrant
EU Pushes Age Verification App for All States
Brussels wants every member state shipping its age verification app by year's end, three months after a security researcher cracked it in under two minutes. The post EU Pushes Age Verification App
Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else. The post Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media
Australia Wants To Force Big Tech to Pay Legacy Media
The planned law privileges the biggest publishers. The post Australia Wants To Force Big Tech to Pay Legacy Media (https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-wants-to-force-big-tech-to-pay-legacy-media)
Brussels Wants Google’s Search Data
Brussels wants the data shared at the same speed Google reads it itself, to recipients the proposal hasn't finished naming. The post Brussels Wants Google’s Search Data
Apple Adds Age Verification to Digital ID in Wallet, Moves Beyond TSA Airport Checkpoints
Apple's age verification rollout arrives without fanfare for a reason. The post Apple Adds Age Verification to Digital ID in Wallet, Moves Beyond TSA Airport Checkpoints
Lawton Police Deploy Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech
Lawton, OK, just gave twenty-six officers the keys to a database its residents never agreed to join. The post Lawton Police Deploy Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech
Putin Defends Russia Mobile Internet Blackouts as Security Move
Putin's defense of internet blackouts confirms what Russians already suspected: the off switch belongs to the security services now. The post Putin Defends Russia Mobile Internet Blackouts as
Amazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead
The lesson Amazon keeps relearning is that nothing sells a novel quite like declaring it unsellable. The post Amazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead
DOJ Backs Musk’s xAI in First Amendment Fight Over Colorado AI Law
Colorado's AI law tells developers which kinds of discrimination the state likes and which it doesn't, and the First Amendment may have something to say about that. The post DOJ Backs Musk’s xAI
UK Biobank Failures Expose the Permanent Cost of Sharing Genetic and Medical Records
The promise of secure custodianship has failed 198 times in eleven months, and the volunteers who signed up in 2006 cannot take their DNA back. The post UK Biobank Failures Expose the Permanent Cost
Court Forces German Chancellor Merz to Open Files on 300 “Insult the Chancellor” Cases
The Chancellor who calls himself a defender of democratic norms now has roughly 300 prosecutors working to protect his feelings. The post Court Forces German Chancellor Merz to Open Files on 300
When a Train Ticket Costs Your Passport: The Eurail Breach and the Digital ID Problem
The stolen files include everything an identity thief would want and nothing Eurail ever needed to sell a rail ticket. The post When a Train Ticket Costs Your Passport: The Eurail Breach and the
The Surveillance Accountability Act Demands Warrants for Data
The silent handoff from your bank, your carrier, and your ISP to the federal government would finally stop happening behind your back. The post The Surveillance Accountability Act Demands Warrants
