reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Spanish Court Orders NordVPN and Proton VPN to Block Piracy Streams

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LaLiga Court Orders NordVPN, Proton to Block IPs in Spain

The same blocking system that once took down Amazon, GitHub, and Cloudflare is now targeting the tools Spaniards used to get back online.

reclaimthenet 5 months ago

Arizona Bill Would Require ID Checks to Use a Weather App

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Arizona Bill Requires Age Verification for All Apps

Arizona House Bill 2920 requires age verification for all mobile apps including preinstalled software like browsers and calculators.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan

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UK Regulator Ofcom Proposes Second Fine Against US Platform 4chan

Ofcom is pressing ahead with enforcement against a US platform over speech rules controversial even in Britain, as the platform argues in US federa...

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

Brazil Charges Woman for 2020 Social Media Posts Under Court-Defined “Transphobia”

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Brazil Tries Woman for 2020 Posts on Biological Sex

Isadora Borges faces 4-10 years in prison for 2020 social media posts on gender identity under Brazil's court-created transphobia law.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

Alabama Moves to Put a Gatekeeper on the App Store

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Alabama Moves to Put a Gatekeeper on the App Store

The Legislature waved it through, but HB161 locks mandatory age checks and parent-linked accounts into the foundation of Alabama’s app ecosystem.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

California Wants Gun Blueprints Treated Like Weapons

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California Wants Gun Blueprints Treated Like Weapons

California is betting that code and blueprints can be treated as contraband by not calling it speech.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

Gab Refuses to Pay Germany’s Fine, Challenges Cross-Border Online Censorship

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Gab Refuses to Pay Germany’s Fine, Challenges Cross-Border Online Censorship

Berlin treats the internet as annexed territory, asserting control wherever Germans can read a post.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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

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New York Budget Bill Mandates File Scans for 3D Printers

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

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand

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EU Sets Its Sights on VPNs as Age Checks Expand

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

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe

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Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely in Europe

They watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the form of online ce...

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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...

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

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EU Targets Elon X (Again) in Grok AI Probe

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

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

New Washington Legislation Makes 3D Printers Surveillance Tools

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When Your 3D Printer Starts Watching You

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

reclaimthenet 6 months ago

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.