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Apple UK Age Verification Chaos: Users Face Failed Scans, Rejected Passports, and Forced Content Filters
A 67-year-old retired teacher who’s owned Apple products since 2009 now has her web browsing filtered because she pays for everything with a debit card.
FTC Warns Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe Over Political Debanking
The FTC just told the four companies that move America’s money to stop picking sides, without actually doing anything about it yet.
Hong Kong Criminalizes Refusal to Unlock Phones for Police
The government says no new powers were added, which is a bold way to describe inventing a crime that didn’t exist last week.
The Age Verification Con
How Big Tech and politicians built a digital ID system for everyone while pretending to fight each other.
European Parliament Rejects Mass “Chat Control” Surveillance by Single Vote
The EU’s own data showed the scanning system failed to produce a single measurable link between mass surveillance and actual convictions.
MembersWhen Government Hacks Go Wandering
Government-built surveillance tools keep ending up in criminal hands, and the people who build them keep acting surprised.
Supreme Court Blocks Music Industry’s Push to Cut Millions Off the Internet Over Piracy Claims
Supreme Court unanimously rules Cox Communications not liable for subscriber piracy in Sony Music Entertainment case.
Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy Reform
Every two years, Congress gets a chance to add a warrant requirement to Section 702, and every two years, it finds a reason not to.
SCOTUS Rejects Citizen Journalist’s Case Against Officials Who Arrested Her for Asking Police Questions
The Supreme Court’s silence left standing a legal framework where asking a government official a question can land a journalist in handcuffs, with no one responsible for putting them there.
The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet
If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint for killing anonymous speech.
Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4
Every iPhone in Britain is now a checkpoint, and the price of entry for many is their ID or credit card.
Missouri v. Biden Consent Decree: US Government Admits Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Censor Protected Speech
The administration that inherited the lawsuit just signed away its predecessor’s censorship playbook in a binding legal document.