Cindy Harper
Cindy Harper blogs mostly about social media censorship and culture stories. [email protected]
Court: UK Speech Regulator Gets Sovereign Immunity From 4chan’s US Lawsuit
US judge dismisses 4chan’s Ofcom lawsuit while noting foreign penal judgments are not necessarily enforceable in America.
The First Amendment Fight Behind Illinois’ New Internet Taxes
The state wants platforms to pay for social media’s fallout. The First Amendment has entered the chat.
Friedrich Merz Again Calls for an End to Online Anonymity
The chancellor would like to be clear that free speech is not a value he shares. He would also like your name.
Bipartisan House Bill Would Ban Social Media Accounts for Under 16s
The legislation stops short of mandatory ID checks for every user, but its incentives point directly toward more intrusive age verification.
UK Government Monitored Pro Free Speech Reactions After Charlie Kirk Assassination
The watchlist logic appears to have stretched from terror threats to people defending free speech.
Macron Seeks EU Law After France Rejects Under 15 Social Media Ban
Macron wants EU law to ban social media for children under 15 across member states.
Australia Wants to Remake the Internet in the Name of "Safety"
The pitch is more user control, but the fine print puts Canberra in charge.
Irish Regulator Says Self-Declared Age Is Not Enough for X
Ireland’s first Online "Safety" Code investigation puts X under pressure to move beyond birthday boxes toward stronger digital ID-style age checks.
US Warns UK Against Forcing Platforms to Promote Preferred News
When governments rank the trustworthy, everyone else starts sliding down the feed.
UK Police Arrested 62,199 People Over Online Speech in Five Years
Britain’s speech police have been busy, and the map of enforcement is anything but even.
Nick Shirley Sues California Officials Over "Stop Nick Shirley Act"
Shirley’s challenge goes to the core of the First Amendment: whether California can empower people to trigger state-backed takedown demands against lawful reporting.
Pornhub Is Standing Alone Against Utah’s Anti-VPN Rule
Utah’s age-verification law creates a compliance problem for websites that may have no reliable way to know where a VPN user actually is.