Brazil
Apple Expands Age Checks to Australia, Brazil, Singapore, and US States
The company selling privacy as a feature is now running age screening on 18+ app downloads without explaining what data makes that determination possible.
Brazil Charges Woman for 2020 Social Media Posts Under Court-Defined “Transphobia”
The country’s Supreme Court created the crime she’s accused of without asking Congress, and now a veterinary student faces a decade in prison for arguments she made on Twitter in 2020.
Google Softens Planned Android Sideloading Ban but Keeps Developer ID Verification
Google’s nod to openness feels more like a gated entrance than a genuine return to Android’s freewheeling past.
Brazil Launches AI-Driven “Platform of Respect” to Prosecute Gender Speech Offenses and Track Online Dissent
The “Platform of Respect” reveals how censorship can arrive draped in the language of inclusion.
AltStore PAL Plans Expansion to Japan, Brazil, Australia by 2025, UK in 2026
AltStore’s next act is less about beating Apple and more about building its own internet.
US Expands Sanctions on Pro-Censorship Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes
Washington’s latest move treats Brazil’s censorship war like a family business gone rogue.
Brazil Enacts Age Verification Law Mandating Digital ID, Curbing Online Anonymity
Brazil is the next country where anonymity dies quietly, under the soft cover of child safety.
Brazilian Judge Orders Global Deletion of X Posts in Civil Defamation Cases, Rejects Geoblocking as Insufficient
One man’s bruised ego has become Brazil’s legal justification for global censorship.
Isabella Cêpa Wins Landmark Free Speech Case After Brazil Sought 25-Year Sentence for “Misgendering”
Her case forced the courts to choose between identity politics and the constitution.
Google to Require ID Verification for All Android Developers
Android’s last big selling point, the freedom to install whatever you want from who you want, may soon run through a single Google checkpoint.
Brazil Uses Child Safety as Cover for Online Digital ID Surge
The bill’s sprint through Brazil’s Congress reveals more about power than protection.
X Slams Brazil for Censorship, Secret Orders, and Free Speech Crackdown in USTR Trade Investigation
Brazil’s top courts are playing global referee, and X says the match is rigged.