Age Verification
UK Government Issues Draft Strategic Priorities for Online “Safety,” Pressuring Ofcom to Enforce Censorship, Surveillance, and Age Verification Under Online Safety Act
Ofcom is nudged toward algorithmic policing and AI gatekeeping in a sweeping vision that blurs child protection with national security.
UK Inspector Andy Cooke Pushes for Stronger Powers to Curb Viral “Misinformation” After Southport Riots
Cooke wants Ofcom to censor at the speed of virality, even as the law says that’s not its job.
Slippery Slope to Digital ID? SSA to Launch Digital Social Security Access via “My Social Security” Accounts in Summer 2025
A digital Social Security number inches the US closer to a future where your identity is a login screen away from government hands.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Push For Controversial Online “Safety” Legislation
Framed as guardians of digital childhoods, Harry and Meghan are backing a movement that risks baking censorship into the architecture of the internet.
UK: Ofcom Appoints “Experts” to Advisory Committee on “Disinformation” Under New Censorship Law
A committee of speech-policing veterans now holds the keys to defining “harm” under one of the UK’s most sweeping internet laws.
UK Unveils Online Rules, Mandating Age Verification and Algorithmic Content Suppression
Mandatory age checks under Ofcom’s new rules edge the world closer to a de facto digital ID system for internet users.
Rights Groups Condemn Florida’s SB 868 as Anti-Encryption and a Blueprint for Mass Surveillance
A bill framed as child protection opens the door to sweeping digital surveillance with no clear limits.
Ohio’s Social Media Digital ID Age Law Gets Tossed in Free Speech Fight
Tech giants may wear the First Amendment like armor, but it’s the lawmakers who keep bringing paper shields to a constitutional knife fight.
UK Government and Tony Blair Back AI-Powered Surveillance Push Including Digital ID and Facial Recognition
A tech-powered dragnet endorsed by the establishment is being sold as reform for the digital age.
Florida Advances Bill Mandating Encryption Backdoors
Framed as child protection, the bill cracks open encryption with a blueprint that jeopardizes everyone’s digital safety.
Federal Judge Strikes Down Arkansas’ Social Media Digital ID Act; Lawmakers Respond with Revised Proposal Including Digital ID and VPN Age Checks
The reworked bill narrows its scope but deepens its digital footprint, dragging VPN users and biometric scans into the fray.
UK Halts “Legal but Harmful” Censorship Rule Amid US Trade Pressure, But Online Safety Act Still Fuels Free Speech and Privacy Fears
Avoiding a showdown over speech, Westminster trades censorship debates for quiet diplomacy with Washington.