Brazil’s new Digital ECA law mandates strict age verification across online platforms. The rules aim to protect minors but raise concerns over privacy and data use.
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Cloudflare is pushing back against Italy’s Piracy Shield system after a major fine. The dispute highlights growing tensions over internet regulation and censorship risks.
A recent Copilot update may cause web links to open inside the assistant rather than the user’s chosen browser. Critics say the change could bypass default browser settings and limit user control.
U.S. senators including Lindsey Graham, James Lankford, and Jacky Rosen pushed for funding tools to help Iranians bypass censorship and access VPNs. Critics note these same lawmakers have supported surveillance and encryption backdoor policies at home.
An interim House Judiciary Committee report alleges the European Union pressured major technology companies to apply EU speech rules globally, including in the United States. The report says internal communications show this influence extended to how content is moderated on U.S. platforms.
True digital security begins when encryption keys are removed from cloud platforms controlled by Big Tech. This article explains why personal key ownership is essential for privacy and independence.
A global coalition of regulators is quietly turning the open web into a gated community where every login begins with an ID check. By Cam…
The Lords may think they’re saving children, but what they’re really saving is the government’s appetite for oversight. By Cam Wakefield So here we are…
TSA’s new digital ID plan transforms airport screening into a data exchange, where every shortcut comes with a deeper surrender of personal detail. By Ken…
Intersec 2026 presents a polished vision of safety through surveillance, exposing how control and technology are being normalized as progress.
Florida lawmakers are advancing legislation that would require app stores to verify user identities and ages under the guise of child protection. Critics warn the bill deputizes Big Tech as surveillance enforcers, threatening privacy, anonymity, and free expression.
Cut off from the digital world on the eve of the vote, Ugandans are improvising new ways to stay visible in a nation intent on…
Reports of AI-made bikini photos have become the pretext for expanding censorship beyond explicit content into the merely suggestive. By Dan Frieth Democratic senators are…
Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online. By Dan Frieth Australia’s new social media age law, which…
By disguising coercion as consent, the EU’s plan enlists tech companies as willing agents in its quiet expansion of digital surveillance. By Ken Macon European…
Every quiet refusal chips away at the illusion that surveillance is inevitable, reminding the system that consent is not compliance. By Christina Maas Between the…
By going after algorithms instead of posts, lawmakers seem to think they’re not going against the First Amendment. By Dan Frieth A new push in…
The proposal would make Israel’s emergency media law permanent, granting the government power to shut outlets and block online content without court approval. By Cindy…