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Game Day Just Got Creepy: Florida Stadium Swaps Tickets for Faces

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Game Day Just Got Creepy: Florida Stadium Swaps Tickets for Faces

Optional for now, visitors are increasingly being asked to trade privacy for speed and convenience.

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First Amendment Lawsuit Over Firing of Arkansas Firefighter for Social Media Post Can Proceed

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First Amendment Lawsuit Over Firing of Arkansas Firefighter for Social Media Post Can Proceed

The case will now face a jury.

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Russia Blocks Voice Calls on WhatsApp and Telegram

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Russia Blocks Voice Calls on WhatsApp and Telegram

Russia’s grip on foreign tech tightens one feature at a time.

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UK’s Controversial Facial Recognition Tech Hits The Road

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UK's Controversial Facial Recognition Tech Hits The Road

Your face might be starring in a government experiment you never asked for.

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Reddit Slams the Door on Internet Archivers

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Reddit Slams the Door on Internet Archivers

Blocking archivers leaves memory at the mercy of moderation.

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Perplexity Offers $34.5B to Acquire Google Chrome

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Perplexity Offers $34.5B to Acquire Google Chrome

Perplexity’s audacious bid for Chrome lands in the middle of a proposed experiment about whether dismantling Big Tech’s empires will actually r...

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New EU Media “Freedom Law” Allows for Journalist Arrests if Justified by “Public Interest”

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New EU Media "Freedom Law" Allows for Journalist Arrests if Justified by "Public Interest"

A shield for reporters on paper, it hands governments the pen to rewrite the rules.

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Robby Starbuck and Meta Settle AI Defamation Case

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Robby Starbuck and Meta Settle AI Defamation Case

A handshake deal replaces a courtroom fight, leaving the biggest legal question about AI defamation for another day.

reclaimthenet 4 months ago

Raymond James Stadium Trades Tickets for Face Scans in the Name of Speed

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Raymond James Stadium Trades Tickets for Face Scans in the Name of Speed

The gate opens with a smile, but the tradeoff might be your face becoming your forever ticket.

reclaimthenet 4 months ago

Court Says UW-Madison Social Media Censorship Illegal

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Court Says UW-Madison Social Media Censorship Illegal

A university's comment filters just got schooled by the Constitution.

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Jim Jordan: “Nothing We Heard in Europe Eased Concerns” Over EU and UK Censorship Laws

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Jim Jordan: "Nothing We Heard in Europe Eased Concerns" Over EU and UK Censorship Laws

American lawmakers see Europe’s new speech laws as a slow-moving export that could rewrite the internet on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Florida Sues Major International Adult Sites For Ignoring Age Verification Digital ID Law

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Florida Sues Major International Adult Sites For Ignoring Age Verification Digital ID Law

The lawsuit pits child safety rhetoric against the quiet erosion of online privacy and free speech rights.

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Judge Strikes Down California Deepfake Censorship Law

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Judge Strikes Down California Deepfake Censorship Law

“It’s become a censorship law, and there is no way that is going to survive,” Judge Mendez said.

reclaimthenet 4 months ago

Trump Eyes Crackdown Over Political Debanking

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Trump Eyes Crackdown Over Political Debanking

Trump administration drafts order on bank discrimination, cryptocurrency access, and political bias in finance.

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Germany Turns Its Back on Decades‑Old Privacy Protections with Sweeping Surveillance Bill

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Germany Turns Its Back on Decades‑Old Privacy Protections with Sweeping Surveillance Bill

The country that once led the world on privacy is now drafting a manual for how to make surveillance effortless.

reclaimthenet 4 months ago

The Digital Wall Rising Over Italy’s Internet

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The Digital Wall Rising Over Italy’s Internet

A tool built to stop soccer streams now has the keys to Italy’s entire digital gate.

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Steam Says Mastercard Pressure Drove Game Bans, Undermining “All Lawful Purchases” Claim

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Steam Says Mastercard Pressure Drove Game Bans, Undermining “All Lawful Purchases” Claim

Financial middlemen quietly decide which games get to exist in your library.

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EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging

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EU Revives Plan to Ban Private Messaging

The EU is inching toward the biggest peacetime surveillance experiment in its history, with plans to quietly search every private message before yo...

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Marvel Rivals Introduces Always‑On AI Voice Chat Monitoring Under “Operation: Shield the Players”

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Marvel Rivals Introduces Always‑On AI Voice Chat Monitoring Under “Operation: Shield the Players”

The good old days are over. Now every word gets funneled into the great surveillance machine.

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ChatGPT Chats “Leaked” in Google Search After Discoverable Feature Misfires

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ChatGPT Chats "Leaked" in Google Search After Discoverable Feature Misfires

Whispers meant for one listener became searchable artifacts in the world’s loudest library.