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]
EU’s “Democracy Shield” Centralizes Control Over Online Speech
Presented as a defense of democracy, the plan reads more like the architecture of a managed reality.
MembersThe Biometric Payment Revolution You Never Agreed To
It starts with a quicker checkout and ends with your body turned into corporate infrastructure.
UK Crime Agency Backs “Upload Prevention” Plan to Scan Encrypted Messages
The campaign recasts surveillance as safety, turning encryption from a shield of freedom into a checkpoint of trust.
MembersVPNs Keep the Lights on in a Darkening Web
VPNs have become the last untrimmed edges of an internet now landscaped for control, the hidden paths through a garden that was once a wilderness.
Wisconsin Lawmakers Propose VPN Ban and ID Checks on Adult Sites
The bill treats privacy like a loophole, not a right, reshaping the internet into a government ID checkpoint.
MembersAttorneys General, Tech Firms, and NGOs Form Online “Safety” Plan
The alliance promises protection, but its real product is permission; who gets to speak, and under what ID.
MembersFrom the V-Chip to the Online ID Check: The Long Road From Parental Guidance to State Permission
The open web that once thrived on anonymity is slowly being rebuilt into a gated network where entry depends on proving you belong.
Lawmakers Want Proof of ID Before You Talk to AI
A plan to keep AI chatbots away from kids might quietly make anonymity online a thing of the past.
ECRI Pressures Ireland and Finland to Adopt New “Hate Speech” Laws and Speech Monitoring Systems
Europe’s guardians of tolerance now seem most intolerant of unapproved thoughts.
MembersWhat Happens When Every Face Is Searchable
The boundary between curiosity and surveillance has vanished into a cheap subscription.
MembersHow Amazon Is Turning Your Neighborhood Into a Police Database
Amazon has turned the simple act of watching your doorstep into an unpaid shift in the surveillance state.
MembersDitching Google: Practical Self-Hosted Replacements
The exit ramp from Google starts with your own box.