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Alabama Moves to Put a Gatekeeper on the App Store
The Legislature waved it through, but HB161 locks mandatory age checks and parent-linked accounts into the foundation of Alabama’s app ecosystem.
UK Justice Ministry Orders Deletion of Criminal Court Records
The moment journalists could see how criminal courts actually functioned, the instinct inside the system was to make the visibility vanish rather than fix what it exposed.
California Wants Gun Blueprints Treated Like Weapons
California is betting that code and blueprints can be treated as contraband by not calling it speech.
Discord to Demand Face Scan or ID to Access All Features
Discord’s age gates also hinge on constant behavioral monitoring that shadows users across the platform.
New Hampshire Revives Speech Shield Bill as Congress Targets EU Censorship Pressure
State lawmakers are racing to harden speech protections as Congress warns that Europe is already rewriting the rules for what Americans are allowed to say online.
Gab Refuses to Pay Germany’s Fine, Challenges Cross-Border Online Censorship
Berlin treats the internet as annexed territory, asserting control wherever Germans can read a post.
Massive TikTok Fine Threat Advances Europe’s Digital ID Agenda
Europe’s TikTok case treats “addiction” as the rationale, but age verification is the real infrastructure.
EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand
European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.
Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection
The new European coalition could make national internet laws a shared tool of control.
Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe
In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the form of online censorship laws.
Spain Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-16s Nationwide
Spain’s social media ban for minors doubles as a test case for Europe’s expanding digital ID surveillance.
Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional
By voiding Hawaii’s law, the court signaled that the fear of deepfakes cannot outweigh the freedom to mock those in power.