A 67-year-old retired teacher who's owned Apple products since 2009 now has her web browsing filtered because she pays for everything with a debit card. The post Apple UK Age Verification Chaos:
The FTC just told the four companies that move America's money to stop picking sides, without actually doing anything about it yet. The post FTC Warns Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe Over Political
The government says no new powers were added, which is a bold way to describe inventing a crime that didn't exist last week. The post Hong Kong Criminalizes Refusal to Unlock Phones for Police
How Big Tech and politicians built a digital ID system for everyone while pretending to fight each other. The post The Age Verification Con (https://reclaimthenet.org/the-age-verification-con)
The EU's own data showed the scanning system failed to produce a single measurable link between mass surveillance and actual convictions. The post European Parliament Rejects Mass “Chat Control”
Government-built surveillance tools keep ending up in criminal hands, and the people who build them keep acting surprised. The post When Government Hacks Go Wandering
Supreme Court unanimously rules Cox Communications not liable for subscriber piracy in Sony Music Entertainment case. The post Supreme Court Blocks Recording Industry’s Push to Cut Millions Off
Every two years, Congress gets a chance to add a warrant requirement to Section 702, and every two years, it finds a reason not to. The post Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy
The Supreme Court's silence left standing a legal framework where asking a government official a question can land a journalist in handcuffs, with no one responsible for putting them there. The post
If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint for killing anonymous speech. The post The Verdict
Every iPhone in Britain is now a checkpoint, and the price of entry for many is their ID or credit card. The post Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4
The administration that inherited the lawsuit just signed away its predecessor's censorship playbook in a binding legal document. The post Missouri v. Biden Consent Decree: US Government Admits
GrapheneOS is doing what Apple and Google won't: treating market access as a worthwhile price for not building a government ID layer into your phone. The post GrapheneOS Defies Age Verification
The state has spent years closing every legal loophole standing between Ohio and a world where adults must show ID to use the internet. The post Ohio’s Second Attempt at Adult Website Age ID
The Barcelona fine is a speed bump on a highway where banks, stadiums, and retailers are all quietly building permanent records of your face. The post FC Barcelona Fined for Privacy Violations Over
The minister insists the bill targeting every Canadian's location data, movement patterns, and daily routines isn't a surveillance bill. The post Canada’s Public Safety Minister Defends Mass
The throwaway account you made years ago is sitting in a database, waiting for a system that costs less than a tank of gas to read it. The post The $4 Tool That Can Unmask Anonymous Accounts, and
The bill is framed as pro-innovation, but its actual architecture makes self-censorship and digital ID the only rational business decision for any platform that wants to survive. The post
Moscow is the fifty-eighth region to lose access to foreign news, and St. Petersburg is next. The post Russia Deploys Internet Whitelist in Moscow, Blocking Foreign Sites
The ten-step process includes a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for something Android users have done with a single toggle since the platform launched. The post Google’s Android Sideloading Will
