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EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand
European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.
New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers
A proposal framed as a fix for ghost guns changes how general-purpose machines are allowed to function in New York.
Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection
The new European coalition could make national internet laws a shared tool of control.
Capitol Hill Hears the Cost of Speaking Freely Online in Europe
In Washington, they watched a continent trade liberty for censorship and call it progress. Now, that threat is coming across the Atlantic in the form of online censorship laws.
Spain Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-16s Nationwide
Spain’s social media ban for minors doubles as a test case for Europe’s expanding digital ID surveillance.
Judge Strikes Down Hawaii Deepfake Law as Unconstitutional
By voiding Hawaii’s law, the court signaled that the fear of deepfakes cannot outweigh the freedom to mock those in power.
Congressional Report Warns Britain Is Exporting Censorship Worldwide
Starmer’s government faces an unprecedented rebuke from Washington over digital laws once hailed as a model for safety.
House Report: EU Pushed Tech Giants to Police US Speech
Europe’s regulators used its leverage to make Silicon Valley enforce their speech rules worldwide.
MembersThe Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for kids’ safety into consent for mass surveillance.
France’s Raid on X Opens New Front in Europe’s War Over Online Speech
By targeting platform executives instead of those committing offenses, France has turned speech regulation into an instrument of state coercion.
Oklahoma’s REAL ID Rebellion Over Who Controls Your Driver Data
A fight over data sovereignty now looks at whether a state’s promise of choice can survive the pull of a national ID grid built outside government hands.
NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing
Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.