Trump Admin Circulates Draft UN Free Speech Declaration Targeting EU Censorship Law

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US UN Free Speech Declaration Takes Aim at EU's DSA Law

The draft asks governments to admit that punishing false speech can hurt true speech, which in Brussels now counts as a diplomatic incident.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses

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Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses

The feature you pay Apple to keep your address secret has been handing it out for more than a year, and the company keeps insisting it's almost fixed.

A 35-page federal memo shows Canada's Industry Department weighed suing individual Canadians over what they post on Facebook, X and LinkedIn.

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Ottawa Memo Considered Suing Canadians Over Post

A leaked ISED memo shows Canada's government weighed legal action against social media users over "misinformation."

The EU Parliament rejected mass scanning of private messages in March. Yesterday, it approved an urgent procedure to revive the measure, setting up a decisive vote on Thursday, the last sitting day before summer recess. At second reading, the text passes automatically unless 361 MEPs vote against it, and some MEPs have already left for the Summer break...

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EU Parliament Revives Chat Surveillance for Thursday Vote

Killing the regime needs an absolute majority and depends on who bothers to stay through the final sitting before the summer break.

The UK Government just admitted its so-called independent Digital Identity watchdog will operate in total secrecy. No published minutes, costs hidden, members chosen in the dark. They are building a national identity system for every adult in Britain but people are not allowed to see how it's coming together. Oversight you cannot observe is not oversight.

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Britain's Digital ID Watchdog Will Do Its Watching in Secret

The advisory group will help decide what data gets collected, how long it's kept, and who can reach in and take it.

Sony is killing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting January 2028. From now on, every fresh release will be digital only. That means no more owning a real copy you can lend, resell, or keep on your shelf for years. You’re just renting a license tied to Sony’s account and servers. They can take it away anytime. Just look at the 551 movies (including Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Apocalypse Now) they’re deleting from people’s libraries this September with zero refunds. The “Buy” button is a lie.

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Sony Kills the PlayStation Disc

Sony just decided that “owning” a PlayStation game is a privilege it can revoke.

Democrats have chosen the global digital ID agenda as a keystone of their 2028 campaign. Project 2029’s “Kids Over Clicks” plan: ban under-16s, force age verification, gut Section 230. It's all sold as child protection. The reality is: passports, face scans, and government ID wallets just to post online. Australia, UK, EU, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are embracing it. It kills anonymous speech for everyone.

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Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029

A bid to end online anonymity under the premise of child safety.

EU governments lost the fight over mass surveillance of private chats and now they want a rematch on their own terms. Ambassadors pushed Friday to revive temporary scanning of WhatsApp, Messenger, and more for "CSAM." This is after Parliament voted it down 311 against in March and the legal basis already expired. The Council wants to override Parliament and scan 450 million people's messages, treating everyone as suspects. Error rates hit 13-50%. This clears the path for next week's big "Chat Control" push into end-to-end encryption.

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Brussels Could Reopen the Fight to Scan Your Private Chats

Lawmakers killed this in March but Brussels is back four months later asking for a do-over.

The British government just said they don't trust you to scroll your own phone. They want to force YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to shove BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to the top of Britons' feed whether they asked for it or not. "Trusted news sources" they call it. Creators getting buried, real voices pushed down, all so the BBC can sit at the top like it earned it.

NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never

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NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never

Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.

The UAE just approved a ban on social media for under-15s. To enforce it, every adult has to verify their age too, by ID or face scan. Companies have 12 months to comply.

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To Keep Kids Off Social Media, the UAE Will ID Every User

The under-15 ban is how the UAE signs on to a worldwide push for verified digital identity.

Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.

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Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver's Licenses and Passports

The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.