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Gottheimer and Lawler File Resolution, Encouraging Platforms to Censor Online Commentators
Jawboning got its own House resolution and this time the targets have names.
House Bill Cuts Federal Funds for Online Censorship
The bill defunds the same disinformation programs that Washington spent the last decade building.
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Fails: 73% Ignore It
Compliance sits at 27% and the model says it has further to fall.
Roblox Loses 12M Daily Users After Age ID Check Rollout
Half the user base is now living on a degraded version of the platform until they hand over biometric data.
The Subpoena as Speech Suppressor: Supreme Court Sides With First Choice
The unanimous decision revives a fight over donor lists that the Court has been losing patience with since 1958.
Tumbler Ridge Lawsuits Seek to Force OpenAI Into ID Verification, Police Referrals for ChatGPT Users
The remedies sought would end pseudonymous AI use and wire every ChatGPT conversation to a permanent law enforcement pipeline.
EU Pushes Age Verification App for All States
Brussels wants every member state shipping its age verification app by year’s end, three months after a security researcher cracked it in under two minutes.
Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else.
Australia Wants to Force Big Tech to Pay Legacy Media
The planned law privileges the biggest publishers.
Putin Defends Russia Mobile Internet Blackouts as Security Move
Putin’s defense of internet blackouts confirms what Russians already suspected: the off switch belongs to the security services now.
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Amazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead
The lesson Amazon keeps relearning is that nothing sells a novel quite like declaring it unsellable.
DOJ Backs Musk’s xAI in First Amendment Fight Over Colorado AI Law
Colorado’s AI law tells developers which kinds of discrimination the state likes and which it doesn’t, and the First Amendment may have something to say about that.
