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]
MembersBig Brother Comes Built Into the Screen
Even in standby, TVs are still reporting for duty. Here’s what to do about it.
MembersInside Ukraine’s Digital Identity Experiment the World Is Watching
Ukraine may be the test lab, but the blueprint is being quietly shipped abroad.
MembersDOJ Pushes to Break Up Google’s Ad Tech – The Trial, Week One
Week one played like a procedural drama, with engineers, economists, and ad execs methodically unspooling the case for breaking Google apart.
Digital ID UK: Starmer’s Expanding Surveillance State
Britain’s digital ID push isn’t about streamlining paperwork. It’s about hardwiring state power into everyday life.
MembersYour Car Is Talking Behind Your Back and The Insurance Company Is Listening
Car insurance has stopped being a ledger of past accidents and turned into a live experiment in behavioral control.
MembersTracked 526 Times Without a Warrant or a Reason
The city’s eyes don’t blink, and they certainly don’t need a warrant.
MembersWhat to Know Before You Start Self-Hosting: Risks, Rewards, and First Steps
The cloud turns invisible labor into convenience, but self-hosting forces you to see exactly what it costs to own your digital life.
MembersThe Kill Switch You Forgot to Plan For
Even the privacy-first brands play bouncer when the right acronym knocks.
MembersA Death, A Lawsuit, and Infinite Surveillance
The louder the calls to make AI safer, the more they sound like demands for police access and identity checks.
MembersUse The Website. Ditch The App.
It’s not the features they want you using, it’s the data you don’t know you’re giving.
Nepal Tried To Censor The Internet. The People Set Parliament on Fire.
The government found itself answering to the voices it tried to erase.
Japanese Lawmaker Taro Yamada Confronts Financial Censorship
Global payment systems hold the power to erase creators without explanation, but some lawmakers are paying attention.