Dan Frieth
Dan is interested in political policies around the world and how they impact internet users and creators. [email protected]
EU Targets X (Again) in Grok AI Probe
Another week, another threat from Brussels aimed squarely across the Atlantic.
House Vote Keeps Federal “Kill Switch” Vehicle Mandate Despite Privacy Concerns
Lawmakers split not only over funding, but over how much control Americans should surrender to their cars.
Australia Passes New Hate Speech Law, Raising Free Speech Fears
By redefining hate as a matter of perception, the new law risks making emotional response the measure of criminal guilt.
Congress Revives Kids Off Social Media Act, a “Child Safety” Bill Poised to Expand Online Digital ID Checks
A bill sold as child protection could quietly usher in a verified internet where anonymity no longer exists.
Florida’s “App Store Accountability Act” Would Deputize Big Tech to Verify User IDs for App Access
The bill’s attempt to manage digital access risks turning First Amendment rights into privileges of identification.
Democratic Senators Urge Tech Platforms to Restrict AI Images, Including Altered Clothing and Body-Shape Edits
Reports of AI-made bikini photos have become the pretext for expanding censorship beyond explicit content into the merely suggestive.
US Threatens Sanctions Over UK Plan to Block X
Washington’s warning has turned Starmer’s hardline internet policy into a diplomatic reckoning over the limits of state power online.
President Karol Nawrocki Vetoes Poland’s EU Digital Services Act Enforcement Bill, Citing Censorship Concerns
By blocking the bill, Nawrocki pits constitutional freedom against Brussels’ regulatory reach.
Pro-Censorship UK Regulator Pesters a US Forum Already Blocked in Britain
The absurdity of a regulator trying to police a website it can’t reach, already walled off from the very country claiming authority over it.
Jim Jordan Turns Up the Heat on Australia’s Online Speech Regulator
A direct challenge to the expanding reach of foreign regulators over American digital freedoms.
Texas Meme Case Crumbles as Satire Beats the State
The collapse of the case marks a sharp rebuke of local authorities’ attempt to criminalize political satire in small-town Texas.
US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Warns of Declining Free Speech in UK
Barrett’s comments cast the First Amendment as a safeguard against the moral fragility she sees in modern democracies.