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Canada’s Pay-to-Play Press Pass
The government built a press pass out of a tax form and the prime minister’s office helped decide who got one.
AI Safety Institute Debuts with Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda
Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down.
The FSU Shooting Lawsuit That Could Turn ChatGPT Into a Surveillance Tool
Every AI company’s nightmare scenario just became a plaintiff’s attorney’s blueprint for court-ordered mass surveillance.
Reddit Tests Blocking Mobile Web to Force App Downloads
Reddit’s message to its most loyal lurkers is this: your anonymity is the one thing we can’t monetize.
Jess Phillips Resigns, Pushes Phone Scanning Law in UK
A departing UK minister used her resignation letter to demand device-level photo scanning on every phone in the country.
MembersThe US Government Wants Agents Wearing Face Scanners
The government is building glasses that turn a glance into a federal database query and the deployment date is already set.
Sweden Wants to Strap Tracking Devices on Children as Young as 13
The country that once exported its parenting model to the world now wants to put ankle monitors on 13-year-olds who haven’t been charged with a crime.
Shapiro’s AI Chatbot Plan Opens the Door to ID-Gated, Surveilled Conversations
Pennsylvania’s governor is using one rogue chatbot to justify putting a digital checkpoint in front of every AI conversation in the state.
Europol Ran Secret Data Platforms on Millions of Innocents
The agency tasked with protecting Europe’s data built a secret two-petabyte surveillance machine that its own privacy officer couldn’t account for.
Anonymous Canadian Sues DHS to Stop Google From Revealing His Identity Over Critical Posts
The US government is using a 96-year-old customs fraud statute to hunt down a Canadian over tweets.
Meta Will Fight Ofcom Over the Math, Just Not the Censorship
The company that could most credibly challenge Britain’s online speech regime is instead asking a London court to please use a different revenue column.
Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users
The company that decides whether you’re a bot now also requires you run its software to prove otherwise.