Christina Maas
Christina is a Reclaim contributor who's interested in platforms, their policies, and their ability to push social and cultural conditions. [email protected]
Spain’s HODIO Program to Monitor and Rank Social Media Platforms on “Hate Speech”
Spain’s government will now grade tech companies on speech removal twice a year, with the same officials defining what counts as hate setting the scores.
MembersFrom Private Conversation to Police Report in the Age of AI
Eight months of flagged conversations, five wrongful death lawsuits, and a Canadian school shooting later, lawmakers have found their argument for turning AI chatbots into government reporting networks.
Friedrich Merz’s Push to End Online Anonymity Has a Troubling Subtext
Germany already has laws that let politicians prosecute citizens for insulting them online and Merz just wants to remove the last step between a critical post and a knock on the door.
MembersA Warrant That Treated a Face Like a Password
How you lock down your phone now matters as much as what’s on it.
“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.
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 system already watching.
MembersThe 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 kids’ safety into consent for mass surveillance.
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.
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 sound official.
MembersThe Supreme Court Faces the Age of the Digital Dragnet
The justices are about to decide whether carrying a smartphone means surrendering the Fourth Amendment.
MembersFunding “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 the name of democracy.
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 to begin with.