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Paris Prosecutors Move to Criminally Charge Musk and xAI
The investigation started with an algorithm complaint from a Macron ally and now includes charges ranging from Holocaust denial to child exploitation.
European Commission Official Touts 17 Investigations as Proof the Digital Services Act “Delivers”
The Commission now employs 127 people to police online speech and is hiring 60 more, all without a single courtroom in the loop.
MembersBrave Now Has a Stripped Down Option — Here’s Who Should Care
It’s a surprisingly coherent product, but whether you actually need it depends entirely on which kind of privacy user you are.
The FCC Wants Your ID Before You Get a Phone Number
The FCC just proposed fixing your robocall problem by building the kind of phone-user registry that privacy advocates have spent decades trying to prevent.
France Moves to Break Encrypted Messaging
France’s parliament just endorsed the one idea every cryptographer on earth has already debunked and they’re calling it a compromise.
New Mexico’s Meta Trial Opens with Judge Wary of State’s Broad Surveillance Demands
A single state judge is being asked to build the surveillance infrastructure that Congress won’t vote on and he already sounds skeptical.
Canada House of Commons Tracks Online Posts About MPs
Parliament will not say what’s in the database, only that it sorts your posts by tone.
EU Targets VPNs in EU Age Verification Push
Brussels wants to close the VPN loophole, even as it insists its official age verification app remains a mere suggestion.
Travel Booking Giant to Buy Biometrics Firm for €1.2 Billion, Linking Face Scans Across Journeys
The €1.2 billion deal hands one vendor the biometric thread that links your boarding pass, your passport, and your hotel key card.
Judge Halts Colorado AI Law After First Amendment Challenge
The injunction lands the same week the Justice Department joined xAI’s side, marking the first federal intervention in a state AI lawsuit.
Gottheimer and Lawler File Resolution, Encouraging Platforms to Censor Online Commentators
Jawboning got its own House resolution and this time the targets have names.
MembersThe Browser Habits That Secretly Raise Your Airfare, and the Ones That Don’t
Twenty years of privacy advice gets a stress test against the booking infrastructure built to turn your hesitation into a higher fare.