France just passed a law banning social media for anyone under 15. To enforce it, every adult in the country must now prove their identity before they can post anything online. Lawmakers ditched privacy safeguards, ignored warnings from regulators, and left platforms free to choose their own verification vendors. The result is a national system of ID checks, passports, and digital tracking for the entire public...

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French Parliament Reaches Deal on Social Media Ban

Two hours in a closed room, and France agreed that anonymity online was a price worth paying for a headline about protecting children.

JAWBONE Act: FCC Democrat Backs Cruz Anti-Censorship Bill

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JAWBONE Act: FCC Democrat Backs Cruz Anti-Censorship Bill

The bill lists eight factors for proving government coercion.

Victoria to Force Social Media Companies to Identify Users Accused of “Vilification”

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Victoria to Force Social Media Companies to Identify Users Accused of "Vilification"

Jacinta Allan promised protection for children from platforms children are already banned from using. That means her real agenda is something else.

Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.

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Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.

The applause for scrapping digital ID arrived before anyone checked what survived it.

Wyden Urges Blanche and Rubio to Fight Canada’s Bill C-22 Surveillance Law

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Wyden Urges Blanche and Rubio to Fight Canada's Bill C-22 Surveillance Law

Canada calls it lawful access. Wyden calls it a foreign skeleton key cut for American locks.

Missouri Age Verification Law Signed by Governor Mike Kehoe

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Missouri Age Verification Law Signed by Governor Mike Kehoe

The state that made Pornhub blink now wants your mortgage records to prove you are old enough to look.

Google Opens the Play Store to Its Rivals

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Google Opens the Play Store to Its Rivals

The company that turned sideloading into a chore is about to let you install its competitors with a single tap.

A Judge Just Recommended Congress Force Apple to Build iCloud Photo Scanning

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A Judge Just Recommended Congress to Force the Photo Scanning Apple Refused to Build

The judge admits the law "prioritizes privacy," then treats that like a bug for Congress to patch.

Judge Halts Visa Ban on Global Censorship Figures

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Judge Halts Visa Ban on Global Censorship Figures

Marco Rubio built a visa weapon against foreign censorship figures, and a federal court just took it out of his hands.

UK Rules Out VPN Limits — “For Now”

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UK Rules Out VPN Limits — "For Now"

UK won't ban or age-gate VPNs under the Online Safety Act, minister confirms, as the under-16 social media ban nears.

Governor Newsom just signed SB 169. It quadruples California's mobile driver's license program to reach over 16 million people. It connects driver records to a national identity database. And it clears the way for camera enforcement on LA roads during the 2028 Olympics. They sold it as shorter DMV lines. The truth is it tracks your digital ID scans and shares your personal data nationwide.

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Newsom Adds CA Drivers to National ID System

A phone ID, a national database, and a set of Olympic cameras walk into one bill, and only one of them is about convenience.

Flock Camera Error Gets Innocent Driver Boxed In by Police

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Flock Camera Error Gets Innocent Driver Boxed in by Police

Between a Los Angeles photo shoot and a Minnesota Kohl's, a private camera network decided a car reviewer was a car thief.

The EU Commission says Instagram & Facebook could be acting illegaly in Europe. Reason: infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and recommendation algorithms are designed to hold your attention. They’re threatening Meta with fines up to 6% of global revenue, over $12 billion, until the apps are redesigned to Brussels’ liking: autoplay & infinite scroll OFF by default, screen time breaks, and algorithms retuned to be less engaging. This is under the Digital Services Act, the same censorship law that polices speech now dictates product design...

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Brussels Has Opinions About Your Social Media Feed

The same law that polices what Europe can post online now polices how the apps are built, and Meta is the test case.

Microsoft Decided Your Windows Settings Belong in Its Cloud

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Microsoft Decided Your Windows Settings Belong in Its Cloud

Microsoft turns Windows Backup on by default in Windows 11 26H2, sending your settings and Store apps to the cloud.

Markey’s AI Bills Could Force Online Age Verification Digital ID

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Markey's AI Bills Could Force Online Age Verification Digital ID

The slogan is taking power back from Big Tech. The fine print asks for your ID before you are allowed to say a word.

Pavel Durov was arrested for what other people allegedly did on his app, Telegram. This was a dangerous precedent. France just questioned Durov for the fourth time, six hours in a Paris courtroom. Nearly two years into this case, his own lawyers say there is still no evidence to back the charges.

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Durov Questioned a Fourth Time in France’s Telegram Case

France arrested the founder, seized his freedom, and went looking for the crime afterward.

Macron and the head of the WHO just put out a joint statement calling for online age verification to protect kids. Here is the part they skip over: to check a child's age, a platform has to check everyone's identity. The age gate logs the adults too. The WHO and France warn that data profiling threatens your privacy, then in the same statement they demand age verification systems that collect even more of your identity.

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France and WHO Push Social Media ID Checks

The pitch is protecting kids from algorithms. The mechanism is a permanent identity checkpoint over the entire internet.

Ofcom, the UK speech regulator, admitted it wants American cops to collect its £520k censorship fine from 4chan. The UK meddling regulator with zero jurisdiction was begging US law enforcement to do its dirty work on the week of America’s 250th birthday. ...Against a site protected by the First Amendment. You cannot make this up.

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Ofcom Wants American Police to Collect Its Speech Fine

A foreign censor is demanding that US police override the First Amendment to finish its collection job.

Andy Burnham, soon to be Britain’s next Prime Minister, hasn’t even stepped foot in Downing Street. Yet his team is already committed to carrying on Starmer’s plan: carding EVERY adult in the country to “protect kids online.” They’re keeping the full "age-verification" scheme running, now expanding into games, AI chatbots, livestreams, and coming for your VPN.

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Burnham Backs UK Social Media Ban, Digital ID Age Verification

Continuity, it turns out, means keeping the scheme that ends anonymous internet in Britain.

California just advanced a bill that would put scanning software inside every 3D printer sold in the state. It watches what you print at home and blocks anything an algorithm thinks looks like a gun part. Your machine would answer to the state, not to you.

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AB 2047: California's 3D Printer Surveillance Bill Advances

California decided your printer should treat you like a suspect.