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Half A Million Daily Shoppers Face Biometric Scanning On London's Oxford Street
Oxford Street is becoming a test case for making mass surveillance feel like urban furniture.
Google To Allows Ads Based on Gmail and Photos Data
Personal Intelligence reads like a concierge, then behaves like an ad broker.
Bill C-22: Time Is Running Out to Stop Canada’s Surveillance Law
Canada’s Bill C-22 would require metadata retention and surveillance capabilities from service providers.
Quad9 to Leave France Over DNS Blocking Order
France has handed Quad9 a choice between global censorship, user surveillance, and retreat.
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Your Ad Blocker Is Now Security Software. How To Make the Most of It.
If a site matters, paying for it beats trusting an automated marketplace with your safety.
Florida Wants to Put an Age Gate on the Entire Internet
Florida banned kids under 14, took Meta to court, and went after ChatGPT. Now it wants the phone itself to check your age.
Australian Meta Lawsuit Puts Online Privacy at Risk
Meta’s design choices are on trial, along with the increasingly popular idea that identity checks are the cure.
French Users Flock To Bitchat Amid Social Network Shutdown Fears
France’s interior minister floated suspending social networks amid riots. Offline messenger Bitchat surged.
Signal’s Red Line Is Canada’s Bill C-22
The bill’s amendments may soften the language without softening the stakes.
Know Your Customer, Feed Your Fraudster
Every law that requires another platform to collect ID is also a law that schedules another breach.
Democrats' Letter Presses Big Tech on 2026 Midterm Election Posts
The proposed solution is familiar: more moderation, more monitoring, and fewer places for ambiguity.
Meta Fined $25 Billion Over "Hate Speech" and Privacy Claims
The privacy scandal is familiar. The speech counts are where this case gets genuinely unsettling.
