Privacy
Russia Blocks Snapchat and FaceTime as Digital Crackdown Expands to Encrypted Apps and Foreign Platforms
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System
The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.
US Orders Visa Screening of Foreign Tech Workers Involved in Online Censorship
A new immigration filter asks not just what foreign tech workers can build, but what speech they’ve helped bury.
Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheet Service “Proton Sheets” to Rival Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel
Proton Sheets keeps collaboration features while locking down sensitive data.
Adult Platforms Block Missouri, VPN Downloads Surge, Following Online Digital ID Law
Missouri’s quiet rollout of its digital ID law has turned everyday browsing into a maze of checkpoints and privacy risks.
MembersHow One Patent Envisions a Nation Under Surveillance
The line between public safety and permanent record has never been thinner.
As Expected, a Hearing on Kids Online Safety Becomes a Blueprint for Digital ID
The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.
Australia’s Top Censor Warns of Surveillance While Hypocritically Expanding It
Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.
Edmonton Becomes First in Canada to Test Facial Recognition Body Cameras in Police Pilot Program
A city becomes a testing ground for the uneasy fusion of public safety and algorithmic gaze.
Congress Goes Parental on Social Media and Your Privacy
A campaign to protect kids online turns into a blueprint for government-approved speech and surveillance.
India Orders Smartphone Makers to Pre-Install Non-Removable App
Apple’s next move in India may redefine how far global tech firms will bend to government demands.
EU Push to Make Message Scanning Permanent Despite Evidence of Failure and Privacy Risks
A policy designed to test its own limits now pretends those limits don’t exist.