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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…
By Ken Macon A major political confrontation over online privacy is approaching as European governments prepare to decide on “Chat Control 2.0,” the European Commission’s…
A few quiet sentences in a 493-page budget hint at a larger project, one that could turn convenience into a new form of control. By…
By Ken Macon The lawsuits may target Roblox, but the real battleground is whether digital ID systems become the price of admission to everyday online…
Florida’s lawsuit spotlights a paradox where efforts to shield children online could end up erasing privacy for everyone. By Ken Macon Florida’s attorney general has…
By Cindy Harper The line between safety and surveillance keeps getting thinner. The World Health Organization has introduced a major overhaul of its global monitoring…
Compulsory age checks mark a quiet but seismic move toward digital identity becoming the price of admission online. By Dan Frieth The European Commission is…
Retailers must now disclose when personal data shapes the prices customers see. By Ken Macon A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge from the…
YouTube’s forgiveness comes with fine print. By Cindy Harper YouTube is opening a narrow door to some of the creators it previously purged, but many…
Wyoming Parent Wins Free Speech Lawsuits Against Sweetwater County School Officials
Her defiance turned small-town politics into a proving ground for the First Amendment. By Regina Morrison It’s one thing to bake cupcakes for the school…