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Graham Linehan Cleared After Heathrow Arrest as CPS Drops Case in Free Speech Controversy

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Graham Linehan Cleared After Heathrow Arrest as CPS Drops Case After Free Speech Controversy

The charges may be dropped but the arrest leaves behind a chilling portrait of a country increasingly turning against free speech.

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Microsoft OneDrive Limits How Often Users Can Restrict Facial Recognition Setting

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Microsoft OneDrive Limits How Often Users Can Restrict Facial Recognition Setting

It’s a small toggle with big implications for how much say users really have over their digital identities.

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Australia Advances National Facial Recognition Network Despite Privacy Concerns

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Australia Advances National Facial Recognition Network Despite Privacy Concerns

Australia is building a biometric database of its citizens before setting the rules for who can access it.

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Texas Is Sued Over Digital ID Age Verification Bill

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Texas Is Sued Over Digital ID Age Verification Bill

Texas’s age-check law would strip users of digital privacy and restrict free speech.

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Canada’s AG Claims Anti-“Hate” Law Isn’t About Censorship

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Canada's AG Claims Anti-"Hate" Law Isn’t About Censorship

Bill C-9 dresses its intent in compassion while quietly redrawing the limits of public dissent.

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UK Government Faces Cross-Party Digital ID Backlash, Dismissing Concerns as “Misinformation” and “Scaremongering”

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UK Government Faces Cross-Party Digital ID Backlash, Dismissing Concerns as “Misinformation” and “Scaremongering”

Citing Denmark and Estonia, officials skipped over the part where those systems had data breaches.

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Hong Kong to Install 60,000 AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras by 2028

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Hong Kong to Install 60,000 AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras by 2028

The move from watching crowds to identifying individuals is no longer hypothetical in Hong Kong.

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UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Claims First Amendment Doesn’t Protect Americans From Its Censorship Law

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UK Speech Regulator Ofcom Claims First Amendment Doesn't Protect Americans From Its Censorship Law

The UK's Ofcom now seems to believe its power supersedes the US Constitution when it comes to foreign censorship demands.

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Google and Apple to Enforce Age Verification in Texas Starting in 2026

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Google and Apple to Enforce Age Verification in Texas Starting in 2026

Apple and Google brace for a privacy tradeoff as Texas turns app downloads into identity checkpoints.

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Newsom Approves New Tech Rules: Social Media Warnings, Chatbot Surveillance, Age Verification

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Newsom OKs Social Media Warnings, Chatbot Monitoring

What begins as child protection ends as an unprecedented mandate to tag, track, and watch every digital move.

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Canada’s Privacy Watchdog Not Consulted on Bill C-8, Enabling Secret Internet & Phone Shutdowns

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Canada’s Privacy Watchdog Not Consulted on Bill C-8, Enabling Secret Internet & Phone Shutdowns

The Canadian government wants the power to disappear your internet access with no judge, no warrant, no warning.

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Opposes Senate Democrats’ Plan to Extend ID Verification to Decentralized Finance

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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Opposes Senate Democrats’ Plan to Extend ID Verification to Decentralized Finance

The proposed rules would force open-source coders into the role of financial gatekeepers.

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Rumble is Restored in France After Court Rejects Government’s Censorship Demand

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Rumble is Restored in France After Court Rejects Government’s Censorship Demand

A judge just told the government that emailing censorship demands have no legal authority.

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New York City Sues Platforms Over Failure to Protect Minors, Raising Broader Privacy Concerns Around Age Verification Laws

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New York City Sues Platforms Over Failure to Protect Minors, Raising Broader Privacy Concerns Around Age Verification Laws

New York’s lawsuit drills into tech giants’ negligence, but the real endgame could be a future where online anonymity is collateral damage.

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UK PM Starmer Eyes Expansive Digital ID System Inspired by India

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UK PM Keir Starmer Eyes Expansive Digital ID System Inspired by India and Estonia

Starmer’s digital ID push is already stretching beyond job checks, edging toward a future where even teenagers are logged into the system before ...

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Warns of Growing Digital Repression and Decline of Online Freedom

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov Warns of Growing Digital Repression and Decline of Online Freedom

A birthday lament turns manifesto as Durov warns of a vanishing digital frontier.

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Google Dismisses Privacy Fears Over App ID Policy

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Google Dismisses Privacy and Centralization Concerns Over Mandatory Android Developer ID Verification and Sideloading Restrictions

Google shrugs off anonymity concerns with a smirk and a shrug, offering little more than vague reassurances.

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California Court Rules SMUD Illegally Shared Customer Utility Data With Police

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California Court Rules SMUD Illegally Shared Customer Utility Data With Police

A decade-long dragnet of household energy use meets its match in a courtroom siding with privacy over profiling.

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Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent

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Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent

Critics warn the EU’s Digital Services Act could transform online regulation into a continent-wide system of state-sanctioned speech control.

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YouTube Offers Limited Reinstatement to Banned Creators

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YouTube Offers Limited Reinstatement to Banned Creators

YouTube’s forgiveness comes with fine print.