Dan Frieth
Dan is interested in political policies around the world and how they impact internet users and creators. [email protected]
Jim Jordan Probes Stanford’s Secret Meeting With Foreign Regulators Over Alleged Coordination of Online Censorship Efforts
Behind closed doors, Stanford’s gathering with global regulators became the latest flashpoint in a widening probe of how speech policing quietly crosses borders.
California Opens Public Comment on Online Age Verification ID
A plan to shield kids from social media addiction could end up forcing every Californian to trade privacy for permission to speak online.
Australia’s eSafety Chief Pressures Big Tech and AI Firms on Verification, Age Checks
Inman Grant’s campaign now reaches from TikTok feeds to AI chatrooms, pulling the entire digital ecosystem into her jurisdiction.
EU Accuses Meta and TikTok of Breaking Europe’s Online Censorship Law
The EU claims Meta’s “dark patterns” discourage users from flagging material.
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.