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Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else.
Australia Wants To Force Big Tech to Pay Legacy Media
The planned law privileges the biggest publishers.
Brussels Wants Google’s Search Data
Brussels wants the data shared at the same speed Google reads it itself, to recipients the proposal hasn’t finished naming.
Apple Adds Age Verification to Digital ID in Wallet, Moves Beyond TSA Airport Checkpoints
Apple’s age verification rollout arrives without fanfare for a reason.
Lawton Police Deploy Clearview AI Facial Recognition Tech
Lawton, OK, just gave twenty-six officers the keys to a database its residents never agreed to join.
Putin Defends Russia Mobile Internet Blackouts as Security Move
Putin’s defense of internet blackouts confirms what Russians already suspected: the off switch belongs to the security services now.
MembersAmazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead
The lesson Amazon keeps relearning is that nothing sells a novel quite like declaring it unsellable.
DOJ Backs Musk’s xAI in First Amendment Fight Over Colorado AI Law
Colorado’s AI law tells developers which kinds of discrimination the state likes and which it doesn’t, and the First Amendment may have something to say about that.
UK Biobank Failures Expose the Permanent Cost of Sharing Genetic and Medical Records
The promise of secure custodianship has failed 198 times in eleven months, and the volunteers who signed up in 2006 cannot take their DNA back.
Court Forces German Chancellor Merz to Open Files on 300 “Insult the Chancellor” Cases
The Chancellor who calls himself a defender of democratic norms now has roughly 300 prosecutors working to protect his feelings.
When a Train Ticket Costs Your Passport: The Eurail Breach and the Digital ID Problem
The stolen files include everything an identity thief would want and nothing Eurail ever needed to sell a rail ticket.
The Surveillance Accountability Act Demands Warrants for Data
The silent handoff from your bank, your carrier, and your ISP to the federal government would finally stop happening behind your back.