This FTC Workshop Could Legitimize the Push for Online Digital ID Checks
December 9, 2025
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
Acquitted by law yet condemned by policy, Jamie Michael’s case exposes how “safeguarding” has become a tool of quiet political control.
Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak.
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
Brussels just added another American platform to its list of speech offenders.
Vance’s warning lands as lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic want to trade liberty for the illusion of digital order.
Macron’s seal of reliability may prove less about journalism and more about obedience.
Proton Sheets keeps collaboration features while locking down sensitive data.
Missouri’s quiet rollout of its digital ID law has turned everyday browsing into a maze of checkpoints and privacy risks.
Washington just reminded London that the First Amendment isn’t up for negotiation, no matter how far Britain’s censorship laws try to reach.
The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.
Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.
A campaign to protect kids online turns into a blueprint for government-approved speech and surveillance.
A president once enamored with disruption now dreams of an internet that obeys his censorship demands.
The judges’ skepticism hints at a broader unease with invisible forms of online censorship.
A policy designed to test its own limits now pretends those limits don’t exist.
A ban on WhatsApp would mark another step in Russia’s tightening grip on digital life.
A country once famed for its stiff upper lip now trembles at the sight of a gun on a foreign porch.
Meta’s proposal to move age checks to app stores would tighten Big Tech’s grip on digital identity, giving a handful of companies new power over who gets online.
A constitutional showdown that could redefine how Australians prove who they are just to speak online.
Missouri joins a growing list of states testing how much privacy people will trade for a filtered internet.
Behind the promise of safety lies a blueprint for state-verified identity in every click.
By turning more content censorship into state-backed policy, Ofcom’s new rules edge Britain closer to a government-managed internet in the name of safety.
A cozy corner for writers is turning into a TSA line for ideas.
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
Acquitted by law yet condemned by policy, Jamie Michael’s case exposes how “safeguarding” has become a tool of quiet political control.
Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak.
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
Brussels just added another American platform to its list of speech offenders.
Vance’s warning lands as lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic want to trade liberty for the illusion of digital order.
Macron’s seal of reliability may prove less about journalism and more about obedience.
Proton Sheets keeps collaboration features while locking down sensitive data.
Missouri’s quiet rollout of its digital ID law has turned everyday browsing into a maze of checkpoints and privacy risks.
Washington just reminded London that the First Amendment isn’t up for negotiation, no matter how far Britain’s censorship laws try to reach.
The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.
Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.
A campaign to protect kids online turns into a blueprint for government-approved speech and surveillance.
A president once enamored with disruption now dreams of an internet that obeys his censorship demands.
The judges’ skepticism hints at a broader unease with invisible forms of online censorship.
A policy designed to test its own limits now pretends those limits don’t exist.
A ban on WhatsApp would mark another step in Russia’s tightening grip on digital life.
A country once famed for its stiff upper lip now trembles at the sight of a gun on a foreign porch.
Meta’s proposal to move age checks to app stores would tighten Big Tech’s grip on digital identity, giving a handful of companies new power over who gets online.
A constitutional showdown that could redefine how Australians prove who they are just to speak online.
Missouri joins a growing list of states testing how much privacy people will trade for a filtered internet.
Behind the promise of safety lies a blueprint for state-verified identity in every click.
By turning more content censorship into state-backed policy, Ofcom’s new rules edge Britain closer to a government-managed internet in the name of safety.
A cozy corner for writers is turning into a TSA line for ideas.