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Android’s Default Setting Can Tie Separate Google Accounts Together
Google calls it verification; users may experience it as forced social geometry.
GRANITE Act Gains First House Cosponsor Against Censorship
Rep. Thomas Massie joins the GRANITE Act as its first House cosponsor.
British Government Employees Were Fact-Checking the News at the BBC. Nobody Told You.
UK civil servants worked on BBC News and BBC Verify content while remaining on government payroll.
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A Privacy Law Built for Videotapes Enters the Tracking Era
A law born from public embarrassment now confronts private data sharing at industrial scale.
Florida Attorney General Sues Discord Over Lack of ID Checks and Content Monitoring
The state wants age checks, deeper surveillance, and a court ordered rewrite of Discord’s rules.
Germany Approves EU Digital Identity Wallet Law
Berlin calls it voluntary, while lawmakers keep expanding the places where it must be accepted.
UK: “YouTube Tax” Would Force You to Fund the BBC’s War on "Misinformation"
When the state funds the antidote, it gets a say in what counts as the disease.
UK: Police Watchdog Questions Linehan Heathrow Arrest Over Tweet
The watchdog says the apology still leaves the central question unanswered: why was he arrested at all.
Every Bad Idea Australia Ever Had About the Internet, Now in One Bill
A law sold as upstream prevention could send age checks, scanning, and speech controls downstream.
Florida’s Digital ID Checkpoint For Social Media Is Back In Force
Florida’s age gate now has a judicial green light, at least while the larger speech fight keeps moving.
States' OpenAI Lawsuits Seek Age Verification for All ChatGPT Users
Eight attorneys general have found a way to make the chatbot's privacy problem even more complicated.
EU Chat Control Reports Processed With Palantir Software
Palantir says little here, while the unanswered questions do plenty of talking.
