US Suspends $41 Billion Tech Deal with UK over Online Censorship Laws

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US Suspends $41 Billion Tech Deal with UK over Online Censorship Laws

Washington wanted an alliance on AI; London delivered a lecture on acceptable conversation.

The UK’s Plan to Put an Age Verification Chaperone in Every Pocket

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The UK’s Plan to Put an Age Verification Chaperone in Every Pocket

A nation’s surveilling guardrail threatens to become its digital leash.

UK Parliament Rejects Petition to Repeal Online Censorship Law, Calls for Expanded Censorship

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UK Parliament Rejects Petition to Repeal Online Censorship Law, Calls for Expanded Censorship

Lawmakers promised to protect free speech by regulating nearly every way it can occur online.

Global Lawmakers Smell a Blueprint in Australia’s Online Digital ID Law

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Global Lawmakers Smell a Blueprint in Australia's Online Digital ID Law

Australia’s social media ID laws are inspiring Western lawmakers to follow suit, testing how much surveillance under the guise of child safety th...

Substack Imposes Digital ID Checks in Australia

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Substack Imposes Digital ID Checks in Australia Under Online Safety Act

In Australia, the simple act of reading online can now comes with an ID check, a quiet transaction that turns curiosity into data.

UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification

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UK Lawmakers Propose Mandatory On-Device Surveillance and VPN Age Verification

The UK flirts with an extreme future where every device is surveilled.

Reddit Fights Australia’s New Online ID Law

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Reddit Fights Australia’s New Online ID Law

Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online.

US Proposes Collecting DNA From Foreign Tourists

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US Proposes Collecting DNA From Foreign Tourists

The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.

House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy

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House Lawmakers Unite in Moral Panic, Advancing 18 “Kids’ Online Safety” Bills That Expand Surveillance and Weaken Privacy

Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.

EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps

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EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps

A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.

Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future

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Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future

As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly ...

Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers

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Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers

The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.

UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For

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UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For

A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.

Australians now face digital ID checks and biometric scans to login to online platforms, all under the premise of protecting under-16s. Kids are now banned from select social media platforms but adults are the ones handing over their faces, IDs, and biometrics to prove they're not kids. Mission accomplished: they've turned "protecting children" into a universal surveillance upgrade for everyone. The UK, the EU, and various US states are also looking to implement online ID verification.

The Encryption Double Life of Canberra

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The Encryption Double Life of Canberra

Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.

Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats

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Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats

A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.

The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.

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The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.

Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak.

Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System

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Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System

The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.

Macron’s Proposed Seal of Truth Meets a Wall of Criticism

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Macron’s Proposed Seal of Truth Meets a Wall of Criticism

Macron’s seal of reliability may prove less about journalism and more about obedience.

EU Fines Elon Musk’s X $140 Million Amid Free Speech Clash

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EU Fines Elon Musk’s X $140 Million Amid Free Speech Clash

Brussels just added another American platform to its list of speech offenders.