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TikTok Agrees to "Age Verification" for All Users in Alabama Settlement
The teenagers get a curfew. The adults get carded. TikTok doesn't have to face a jury.
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F-Droid Grew Up. Not Everything Came With It.
F-Droid is betting that an app store can be easier to use without becoming another machine for harvesting attention and data.
Senator Chris Murphy Wants Government to Regulate Your Time Online
First they came for the doomscrolling, apparently in the name of civic connection.
Australia’s Age Verification Fail: Steam Users Locked Out, eSafety Wants More Invasive Checks
As if it wasn't bad enough, Valve faces pressure from Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.
Washington Challenges Brussels’ Authority Over X
The first major DSA courtroom fight now has an American litigant in the room.
Utah Court Blocks Key Provision of State Age Verification and VPN Law
Utah’s attempt to locate everyone, everywhere, has run into the Constitution.
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The Senate's Look Inside America’s License Plate Surveillance Machine
The cameras promise smarter policing while building a map of American life.
Revolut Wants Your Face At The Coffee Counter
The biometric bargain arrives just after Revolut’s latest customer data scare.
Digital ID Age Checks Begin At Pubs In England And Wales
The government calls it safer. Privacy campaigners will see a digital door policy taking shape.
At the Clinton Global Initiative, “AI Safety” Comes for Open Source
The emerging AI safety debate has a familiar shape: centralize power first, call the arrangement protection later.
Discord Is Going Dark In The Philippines
Discord and Reddit started disappearing across Philippine networks. What didn’t appear was a published order explaining why.
Britain Is Building an Information Defense Center. Orwell Had Another Name for It
A campaign against deepfakes is one thing. A campaign against inconvenient reality is another.
