Author: Christina Maas
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A Warrant That Treated a Face Like a Password
How you lock down your phone now matters as much as what’s on it.
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“Kids Off Social Media Act” Opens the Door to Digital ID by Default
The bill never says “show your ID,” but it quietly demands systems that make anonymous speech impossible.
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The Lost Dog That Made Constant Surveillance Feel Like a Favor
Ring’s lost-dog story worked because it framed a live, neighborhood-scale surveillance network as an act of kindness rather than a…
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The Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for…
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France’s Raid on X Opens New Front in Europe’s War Over Online Speech
By targeting platform executives instead of those committing offenses, France has turned speech regulation into an instrument of state coercion.
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EU Records Reveal Absurd Justifications for $150 Million Fine Against X
The EU turned a Donald Duck parody and a blue checkmark into evidence of systemic harm, and somehow made it…
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The Supreme Court Faces the Age of the Digital Dragnet
The justices are about to decide whether carrying a smartphone means surrendering the Fourth Amendment.
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Funding “Freedom”: One Censorship Blacklist at a Time
A Cold War relic built to export freedom now bankrolls a censorship network that decides who gets to speak in…
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Court Confirms Trudeau’s Emergencies Act Invocation Against Freedom Convoy Was Illegal
The damage is already done, but it turns out freezing the bank accounts of civil liberties protesters was never legal…
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Australia’s New Hate Speech Bill Is Reckless, Contradictory, and Repressive
Australia’s hate law rewrites justice into a guessing game where imagined offense can cost you five years of your life.
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Germany’s “Transparency Act” Lets Regulators Search Media Offices and Platforms Without Warrants
A power shift from courts to bureaucrats.
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France’s First Lady and the Fragile State of Free Speech
France’s verdict against Brigitte Macron’s online mockers turned a rumor into a test of how far a democracy will go…