Digital Services Act
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.
Trump Admin Circulates Draft UN Free Speech Declaration Targeting EU Censorship Law
The draft asks governments to admit that punishing false speech can hurt true speech, which in Brussels now counts as a diplomatic incident.
French Parliament Reaches Deal on Social Media Ban
Two hours in a closed room, and France agreed that anonymity online was a price worth paying for a headline about protecting children.
Judge Halts Visa Ban on Global Censorship Figures
Marco Rubio built a visa weapon against foreign censorship figures, and a federal court just took it out of his hands.
Brussels Has Opinions About Your Social Media Feed
The same law that polices what Europe can post online now polices how the apps are built, and Meta is the test case.
The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills
A 419-to-19 vote united Poland’s bitterest political enemies behind a law broad enough to criminalize a protest video.
MembersWhat to Like and What to Question About Europe’s New Open Source Office Push
The same governments selling you a sovereign office suite are the ones legislating their way past the encryption it would run on.
EU-Backed Appeals Center Accidentally Confirms the DSA Censorship Regime Is Unworkable
The body Brussels built to make its censorship regime work just published the numbers proving it can’t.
Merkel Urges EU to Keep Regulating Social Media Speech
The architect of Germany’s original internet censorship law now wants the whole continent to stop worrying and learn to love the delete button.
Rubio Is Sued Over Visa Bans on Foreign Censorship Supporters
The people who spent years building blacklists to silence others are now shocked to find themselves on one.
AI Safety Institute Debuts with Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda
Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down.
European Commission Official Touts 17 Investigations as Proof the Digital Services Act “Delivers”
The Commission now employs 127 people to police online speech and is hiring 60 more, all without a single courtroom in the loop.