US Proposes Collecting DNA From Foreign Tourists
December 12, 2025
The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.
The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.
Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online.
Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.
The company that built a global stage for human expression increasingly wants algorithms to decide who gets to keep the mic.
A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.
As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly thin.
PublicSquare’s leap into political tech turns its anti-censorship ethos into a bid for control over the campaign economy.
A crusade to shield kids online ends with an entire nation under surveillance.
America’s proposed travel rules could turn a simple vacation application into a government scan of a tourist’s digital footprint.
Wong’s prosecution marks a new frontier for Hong Kong’s national security law, where online reporting can easily be criminal.
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.
The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.
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.
Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.
A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.
A new immigration filter asks not just what foreign tech workers can build, but what speech they’ve helped bury.
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.
The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.
Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online.
Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.
The company that built a global stage for human expression increasingly wants algorithms to decide who gets to keep the mic.
A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.
As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly thin.
PublicSquare’s leap into political tech turns its anti-censorship ethos into a bid for control over the campaign economy.
A crusade to shield kids online ends with an entire nation under surveillance.
America’s proposed travel rules could turn a simple vacation application into a government scan of a tourist’s digital footprint.
Wong’s prosecution marks a new frontier for Hong Kong’s national security law, where online reporting can easily be criminal.
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.
The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.
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.
Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.
A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.
A new immigration filter asks not just what foreign tech workers can build, but what speech they’ve helped bury.
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.