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Florida Wants to Put an Age Gate on the Entire Internet
Florida banned kids under 14, took Meta to court, and went after ChatGPT. Now it wants the phone itself to check your age.
Australian Meta Lawsuit Puts Online Privacy at Risk
Meta’s design choices are on trial, along with the increasingly popular idea that identity checks are the cure.
Signal’s Red Line Is Canada’s Bill C-22
The bill’s amendments may soften the language without softening the stakes.
Know Your Customer, Feed Your Fraudster
Every law that requires another platform to collect ID is also a law that schedules another breach.
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The New Geography of Being Watched
The most unsettling part is not that the machine can find you, but how little it needs to start.
Australia’s Social Media Age Verification Law Demands Aren't Working, So It’s Going to Court
The teenagers have outlasted the ban, the fines, and the AI. Every adult in Australia may be the next to show ID if the government gets its way.
Eleventh Circuit Lets Georgia Social Media Age Checks Proceed
Georgia’s "child safety" law now comes with an adult-sized identity check.
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Spyware Doesn’t Need Your Click Anymore. It Needs an Ad Slot.
Spyware used to need you to click a link. Now it just needs an ad slot in an app you already use.
Android’s Default Setting Can Tie Separate Google Accounts Together
Google calls it verification; users may experience it as forced social geometry.
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A Privacy Law Built for Videotapes Enters the Tracking Era
A law born from public embarrassment now confronts private data sharing at industrial scale.
Florida Attorney General Sues Discord Over Lack of ID Checks and Content Monitoring
The state wants age checks, deeper surveillance, and a court ordered rewrite of Discord’s rules.
Germany Approves EU Digital Identity Wallet Law
Berlin calls it voluntary, while lawmakers keep expanding the places where it must be accepted.
