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Markey’s AI Bills Could Force Online Age Verification Digital ID
The slogan is taking power back from Big Tech. The fine print asks for your ID before you are allowed to say a word.
Microsoft Decided Your Windows Settings Belong in Its Cloud
Microsoft turns Windows Backup on by default in Windows 11 26H2, sending your settings and Store apps to the cloud.
South Korea’s Fake News Law Puts a Price on Online Speech
Washington calls it censorship, the opposition calls it a gag law, and the ruling party calls it protection.
Dressen v. Flaherty: Vaccine Censorship Case Goes to Appeal
The support group was a safe room online, so Washington leaned on the platforms until the door shut.
Australia: Royal Commission Presses Meta to Censor More Content
Meta’s policy director flew in by video link to defend leaving posts up, which is a sentence that would have been unthinkable a year ago.
Ofcom Wants American Police to Collect Its Speech Fine
A foreign censor is demanding that US police override the First Amendment to finish its collection job.
France and WHO Push Social Media ID Checks
The pitch is protecting kids from algorithms. The mechanism is a permanent identity checkpoint over the entire internet.
Apple Loses EU App Store Gatekeeper Appeal
Apple tried to convince a European court that one App Store was secretly five.
NJ Judge Censors News Video He Admits He Never Watched
This is what a prior restraint looks like when nobody is in a rush to end one.
EU Brings Back Chat Surveillance, Even As More MEPs Vote No
Every empty chair in Strasbourg counted as a vote for the surveillance nobody in the room had the numbers to stop.
MembersThe End of the Password, and the Traps on the Way Out
Big Tech would love to hold your keys. Here is how to take the security without accepting the leash.
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law
The justices didn’t say a word about the First Amendment. They just let the ID check stay switched on.