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Apple's New Subdomain Kills "Hide My Email" Cover
Apple's privacy feature worked precisely because no one could tell you were using it.
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Florida Sues TikTok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
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Florida Sues TikTok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
Florida's plan to protect kids online starts with surveilling every adult in the state.
Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome
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Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome
The world's largest advertising company also writes the rules governing what ad blockers can do inside its browser.
The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills
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The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland's Child Safety Bills
A 419-to-19 vote united Poland's bitterest political enemies behind a law broad enough to criminalize a protest video.
UK Even Wants Image Scanners on Millions of Unsupported Devices
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UK Even Wants Image Scanners on Millions of Unsupported Devices
It is a surveillance mandate written by people who do not know anything about technology.
Calling 4chan a tech giant is like calling a group chat a telecommunications conglomerate.
India blocked Telegram for 150 million Indians because one "NEET" exam paper leaked.
The leak came from insiders inside the exam system, not Telegram.
Yet they shut down the whole app until June 22...
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India Shut Down Telegram for 150 Million Users Over One Exam Leak
For the second year running, India's answer to a leak at the source is cutting off 150 million people who had nothing to do with it.
Senator Blackburn Demands Kik Verify the Age of Every User
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Senator Blackburn Demands Kik Verify the Age of Every User
It's the newest entry in a Senate catalog of child-safety bills that double as the scaffolding for a digital-ID internet.
France’s Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption
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France's Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption
The encryption on Tchap did exactly its job, which is more than can be said for the government running it.
Step 1. Introduce censorship laws to make platforms "protect kids"
Step 2. Ban kids
Step 3. Leave adults with heavily censored, neutered, state-controlled platforms
The children are the reason you are being asked to stop thinking. They are not the reason this is being built...
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Starmer’s Social Media Ban: the Reinvention of the Surveillance State
Tyranny masquerading as child safety needs you to feel guilty before you feel suspicious. Downing Street is counting on it.
13 years ago this month, the Guardian broke the Snowden story...the biggest mass surveillance exposé in history.
Today it calls your concern about ID-linked browsing, spyware in your photos and messages, and broken encryption, "fake outrage" while Starmer's government demands backdoors into your iCloud and calls for people to be arrested for tweets.
The watchdog became the lapdog.
US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
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US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
The administration warning Britain that ID checks chill speech already has states demanding the passport scan at home.
UK Regulator Targets World Cup Social Media Speech
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UK Regulator Targets World Cup Social Media Speech
The regulator wants platforms graded on how much they delete rather than how carefully they decide what stays.
Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media
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Canada's Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media
Canada becomes the latest country to try to end online anonymity under the banner of protecting children.
Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline. Why “Going Dark” Is a Myth.
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Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline
The same people warning of a blackout won't trade renewal for a warrant requirement
The White House’s AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID
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The White House's AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID
Silicon Valley gets the regulatory shield it's been lobbying for and all it costs is the end of the anonymous internet.
UK Encryption Backdoor Could Hit US Data, Jordan Warns
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UK Encryption Backdoor Could Hit US Data, Jordan Warns
Britain's quiet encryption powers may now reach the phones of Americans who never agreed to them.
Ofcom’s Crisis Censorship Protocol Arrives Just as Belfast Erupts
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Ofcom's Crisis Censorship Protocol Arrives Just as Belfast Erupts
A direct hotline between police and platform moderation desks is just a state-to-delete pipeline without the paperwork or a court order.
UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse
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UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse
Refusing to install state spyware would put tech executives in prison for five years.