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Lawmakers Urge Trump to Scrap Data Deal After UK Tried To Backdoor Apple’s iCloud
Apple’s encryption standoff with the UK has Republicans questioning if the CLOUD Act still shields Americans as promised.
Florida Advances Bill Mandating Encryption Backdoors
Framed as child protection, the bill cracks open encryption with a blueprint that jeopardizes everyone’s digital safety.
American Political Scientist Paul Chambers Arrested in Thailand for Alleged Insult to Monarchy
A scholar of Thai military politics now finds himself ensnared by the very forces he spent decades studying.
Judge Blasts Media Matters for Delay in Responding to X Corp.’s Lawsuits Over Alleged Ad Manipulation and Demonetization Pressure
The judge’s patience wore thin as Media Matters scrambled to unify lawsuits it let scatter across three continents.
MembersThe Meta Empire on Trial
The biggest Big Tech trial in a generation.
UK Government’s Secretive “Homicide Prediction” AI Project Sparks Minority Report Comparisons and Surveillance Concerns
Buried in bureaucratic jargon, the plan quietly turns trauma and health data into forecasts.
Austrian Government Proposes Draft Law to Implement Surveillance Backdoors in End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Apps
A surveillance law sold with soft reassurances and hard implications for digital privacy.
Senate Probes Meta Over Alleged Censorship Tools and Data Sharing Ties with Chinese Communist Party, Whistleblower Testifies
Internal records suggest Meta pursued China’s approval not by compromise but by redesigning its core principles.
During Hearing on “A Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance,” Rep. Dan Goldman Downplays Severity of Warrantless Surveillance
Goldman’s detours and deflections only underscored the Committee’s grim thesis: surveillance has outpaced accountability.
TAKE IT DOWN Act Advances in House Despite Major Censorship Concerns
A bill with bipartisan shine and a name fit for a blockbuster masks a blank check for online erasure.
Trump Orders Security Clearance Revoked for Former CISA Director Chris Krebs Amid Investigation into Censorship and Political Bias
The White House targets past alliances as a censorship crusade wrapped in a national security concern.
Scotland’s Digital ID Scheme Raises Surveillance and Privacy Concerns
A nationwide digital ID in Scotland quietly shifts from convenience to a data goldmine no lock can fully secure.