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Massive TikTok Fine Threat Advances Europe’s Digital ID Agenda

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Massive TikTok Fine Threat Advances Europe’s Digital ID Agenda

Europe’s TikTok case treats “addiction” as the rationale, but age verification is the real infrastructure.

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New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers

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New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers

A proposal framed as a fix for ghost guns changes how general-purpose machines are allowed to function in New York.

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EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand

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EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand

European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.

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Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection

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Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection

The new European coalition could make national internet laws a shared tool of control.

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Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional

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Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional

By voiding Hawaii’s law, the court signaled that the fear of deepfakes cannot outweigh the freedom to mock those in power.

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Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide

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Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide

Starmer’s government faces an unprecedented rebuke from Washington over digital laws once hailed as a model for safety.

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Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe

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Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe

In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the fo...

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House Report: EU Pushed Tech Giants to Police US Speech

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House Report: EU Pushed Tech Giants to Police US Speech

Europe’s regulators used its leverage to make Silicon Valley enforce their speech rules worldwide.

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France’s Raid on X Opens New Front in Europe’s War Over Online Speech

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France's Raid on X Opens New Front in Europe’s War Over Online Speech

By targeting platform executives instead of those committing offenses, France has turned speech regulation into an instrument of state coercion.

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NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing

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NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing

Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.

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Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments

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Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments

A federal appeal challenges whether Americans can still spend real dollars on their own public land—or must surrender privacy to do so.

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The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users

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The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users

Despite promises of privacy, the FTC’s new age verification remedy hinges on tracking users’ behavior across the web.

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Washington Plans “Censorship Shield Law” to Block UK and EU Online Speech Restrictions

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Washington Plans “Censorship Shield Law” to Block UK and EU Online Speech Restrictions

Washington plans to draw a bright legal line, barring foreign governments from fining American platforms over online speech.

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Wyoming Introduces First-Ever Foreign Censorship Shield Bill

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Wyoming Introduces First-Ever Foreign Censorship Shield Bill

By tying legal protection to a Wyoming nexus, the state would invite creators and platforms targeted by the UK, EU, or Australia to anchor themselv...

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The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain

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The Slow March Toward a Digital ID Britain

The quiet expansion of digital ID in 2026 shows how convenience is becoming the gateway to compliance, one app update at a time.

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EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

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EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

Another week, another threat from Brussels aimed squarely across the Atlantic.

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New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools

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New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools

A law meant to block untraceable weapons might instead erase the right to tinker with your own tools.

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UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs

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UK House of Lords Votes to Extend Age Verification to VPNs

The vote marks a stunning turn, pulling VPNs and private platforms into an age-check regime once unthinkable in a democracy.

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Ireland Moves to Legalize Spyware Use by Police

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Ireland Moves to Legalize Spyware Use by Police

The bill turns state hacking from a covert act into an accepted instrument of law.

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House Vote Keeps Federal “Kill Switch” Vehicle Mandate Despite Privacy Concerns

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House Vote Keeps Federal “Kill Switch” Vehicle Mandate Despite Privacy Concerns

Lawmakers split not only over funding, but over how much control Americans should surrender to their cars.