Pritzker Signs Law Making Devices Report Every User's Age Bracket to Apps

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Pritzker Signs Law Making Devices Report Every User's Age Bracket to Apps

The state overreaches and weighs in on what time kids should switch off.

Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor

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Four Kids "Safety" Bills, Supporting Online Digital ID Agenda, Hit Senate Floor

KOSA and the CHATBOT Act say they do not require age verification. Their duties still revolve on knowing a user's age.

Google To Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide

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Google to Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide

Google Play's age verification API goes global by end of 2026, timed to new laws in Texas, Alabama, Brazil, the UK, and more.

X Warns Australia’s Censor Wants Reach Beyond Australia

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Australia Bill Lets eSafety Demand Data From Foreigners

Australians were told to hand over their faces to keep their accounts. The regulator would now like a look at the files.

Senate Bill Would Put Age Checks in Every US Operating System

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Senate Bill Puts Age Checks in Every US Operating System

The Digital Age Assurance Act of 2026, S. 5090, would build age brackets into every US operating system by default.

New York Will Require Digital ID Checks for Social Feeds

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New York Will Require Digital ID Checks for Social Feeds

Letitia James was asked whether mandatory digital ID checks raise privacy concerns and said this is not a question of privacy.

Schiff and Khanna Revive the AI Ads Act With No Parody Carveout

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Schiff and Khanna Revive the AI Ads Act With No Parody Carveout

The bill extends federal fraud rules to AI-generated content and, Schiff's office says, removes the requirement that a misrepresentation be shown d...

Texas Orders Discord to Run UK-Style Age Checks for State Users

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Texas Orders Discord to Run UK-Style Age Checks for State Users

The agreed injunction gives Discord 90 days to route Texas users into the same face scans and ID checks it already runs for children in Britain.

How NIH Silenced Its Critics Without Telling Them

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How NIH Silenced Its Critics Without Telling Them

NIH knew its keyword filters were hiding one side of a public debate. Internal emails now reveal how its lawyers tried to keep the system working w...

Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors

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Canada's New "Hate" Law Is Already at People's Doors

Royal assent came in June, the law landed in July, and by the end of the month somebody was standing on a porch asking about a post from three year...

xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation

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xAI Challenges Minnesota's Broad "Nudification" Law as a First Amendment Violation

Nothing in the text of Minnesota's law distinguishes a nonconsensual deepfake from a satirical picture.

GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta

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GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta

Border search law, Fifth Amendment claims, and Cop City politics collide in an Atlanta federal court case.

Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat

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Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat

The Online Safety Act has arrived in Azeroth, and it has questions about your ID.

Adam Candeub’s Plan for Section 230, Obscenity, and Your Hands

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Adam Candeub's Plan for Section 230, Obscenity, and Your Hands

There is a version of reducing Big Tech's power that leaves you freer, and this is not the one on offer.

EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points to ID Checks

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EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points to ID Checks

The Commission wants TikTok to know which users are children, which means TikTok has to know exactly who everybody else is too.

Google’s New Recovery Option Stores a Clip of Your Face

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Google's New Recovery Option Stores a Clip of Your Face

Google's selfie sign-in reflects the growing normalization of face scanning across big tech, from phones to airports.

India told GitHub to delete BitChat because the app works during internet shutdowns. The Cyber Crime Coordination Centre sent the order at 11:16 pm and gave GitHub three hours. It listed "public disorder, riots, terrorism, organized crime, or internet shutdowns" as what the app could be used for. The Home Ministry has suspended mobile internet around Jantar Mantar in New Delhi about five times since July 17. BitChat kept working inside the shutdown the order complains about...

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India Orders GitHub to Block BitChat

The government shut off the internet at Jantar Mantar, the students found an app that didn't need it, and then the government came for the app.

Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case

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Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case

The joke was that two rivals could never endorse each other. The felony charge landed the day after the election.

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.