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Stories
The Democrats Push To Put Government In Charge Of AI
Democrats are proposing AI licenses, kill switches, age checks, deepfake penalties, and federal oversight.
Europe Is Not Rethinking Online Age Checks, Only Who Gets To Run Them
What looks like a retreat from national laws is really a queue forming for one European system.
Australia’s Online Censorship Bill Moves To Senate With Age-Gating Fears Intact
The amendments were sold as polish, but the bill is starting to look more like infrastructure for universal age checks.
Ontario Begins Phased Rollout of Digital Provincial ID
A digital identity can be optional on paper and unavoidable in practice.
Germany Approves EU Digital Identity Wallet Law
Berlin calls it voluntary, while lawmakers keep expanding the places where it must be accepted.
EU Digital ID Could Become The Default Way To Prove Identity To Banks
The paperwork is still being written, but the direction of travel is unmistakable.
UK Airports Begin Replacing Passport Checks With Facial Recognition
A small convenience upgrade arrives with the familiar privacy bill attached.
Rand Paul Blocks Rushed Attempt To Pass KOSA Without A Vote
For a measure framed as child protection, KOSA spends an intriguing amount of time imagining an identity system.
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The Internet’s Small Clues Have Become an Identity Map
Pseudonymity used to mean making the detective work annoying. AI has other plans.
The UK’s Age Check Era Is Set To Begin In March 2027
The UK’s coming age gate is less a bouncer at the door than a new architecture for being online.
Senator Chris Murphy Wants Government to Regulate Your Time Online
First they came for the doomscrolling, apparently in the name of civic connection.
Digital ID Age Checks Begin At Pubs In England And Wales
The government calls it safer. Privacy campaigners will see a digital door policy taking shape.
