Dan Frieth
Dan is interested in political policies around the world and how they impact internet users and creators. [email protected]
Countries Call on the EU to Enforce “Values” Through Speech Rules
The promise of unity is starting to sound like a contract written in conditional freedoms.
Judge Orders Tech CEOs to Testify in Case Using Algorithmic Design Rules as a New Avenue for Indirect Online Censorship Pressure
For the first time, design choices, not just direct speech, are being treated as moral acts in a court of law.
Texas Is Sued Over Digital ID Age Verification Bill
Texas’s age-check law would strip users of digital privacy and restrict free speech.
Canada’s AG Claims Anti-“Hate” Law Isn’t About Censorship
Bill C-9 dresses its intent in compassion while quietly redrawing the limits of public dissent.
Rumble is Restored in France After Court Rejects Government’s Censorship Demand
A judge just told the government that emailing censorship demands have no legal authority.
Canada’s Privacy Watchdog Not Consulted on Bill C-8, Enabling Secret Internet & Phone Shutdowns
The Canadian government wants the power to disappear your internet access with no judge, no warrant, no warning.
UK Regulator Ofcom Uses Online Censorship Law To Fine American Platform 4chan
The regulator is acting as if UK law governs platforms that exist entirely outside its borders.
EU Launches New Push For Digital ID Age Checks and Big Tech Probe Under Digital Services Act
Compulsory age checks mark a quiet but seismic move toward digital identity becoming the price of admission online.
California Becomes First State to Mandate Web Browsers Offer One-Click Data Sale Opt-Out Under New Privacy Law
A single click could soon silence the data brokers lurking behind every scroll and search.
Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent
Critics warn the EU’s Digital Services Act could transform online regulation into a continent-wide system of state-sanctioned speech control.
Witnesses Testify on CISA, GEC, and Tech Firms Coordinated Effort to Silence Dissent Online
Government pressure takes center stage as lawmakers clash over censorship, comedy, and the Constitution.
Ted Cruz Targets Government “Jawboning” of Big Tech, Vows Legislation
The senator’s sights are set against a digital speech crackdown he says is cloaked in national security.