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How NIH Silenced Its Critics Without Telling Them
NIH knew its keyword filters were hiding one side of a public debate. Internal emails now reveal how its lawyers tried to keep the system working without making the censorship look unconstitutional.
Delhi Students Ask High Court to Destroy Police Facial Recognition Data on Protesters
Officers filmed the hunger strikers and a second officer said no fixed retention rules exist, so the footage could stay indefinitely.
xAI Challenges Minnesota’s Broad “Nudification” Law as a First Amendment Violation
Nothing in the text of Minnesota’s law distinguishes a nonconsensual deepfake from a satirical picture.
UK Committee Hears Calls to Expand the Online Safety Act’s Powers
Just when you thought the UK’s online censorship law couldn’t get any worse…
Xbox Outage Stops Players From Launching Physical Disc Games
Players who owned games on disc got the same license error as digital users, because the Xbox verifies each disc online before it spins.
MembersCan You Escape the Device Identifiers?
Every platform remembers you in its own language.
GrapheneOS Wipe at Airport Leads to Federal Charge in Atlanta
Border search law, Fifth Amendment claims, and Cop City politics collide in an Atlanta federal court case.
Canada’s New “Hate” Law Is Already at People’s Doors
Royal assent came in June, the law landed in July, and by the end of the month somebody was standing on a porch asking about a post from three years ago.
EU Court Rules VPN Providers Not Liable When Users Bypass Geoblocks
A tool is a tool, and there is no appeal.
Blizzard Begins Asking UK Players for ID Before They Can Chat
The Online Safety Act has arrived in Azeroth, and it has questions about your ID.
Facebook Verified: Meta Now Wants a Video Selfie of Your Face
Meta’s Facebook Verified badge requires a video selfie, part of a fast growing push to collect biometric data.
EU DSA Ruling on TikTok Points to ID Checks
The Commission wants TikTok to know which users are children, which means TikTok has to know exactly who everybody else is too.