Facial Recognition
UK Terrorism Watchdog Calls for Under-16 Social Media Ban, Despite Digital ID Concerns
A ban meant to shield children from extremism could instead redefine the very idea of privacy in a connected world.
NSW Premier Admits New “Security” Bill Restricts Civil Liberties, Promises More “Hate Speech” Laws Ahead
By design or by speed, the legislation trims civil liberties into administrative details.
Dallas Police Propose Expanding AI Facial Recognition to Minor Crimes
Dallas weighs turning a crime-fighting shortcut into a citywide surveillance habit.
Google and Substack Warn Britain Is Building a Censorship Machine
US companies say the UK’s Online Safety Act forces platforms to police lawful speech under the guise of protecting users.
MembersA $45 Fee and Three Ways to Lose Your Privacy Before You Fly
A $45 fee to prove you exist; TSA’s latest plan turns identity into a subscription service, complete with hidden math, missing reports, and a quiet war on the right to travel. Here are your options.
Global Lawmakers Smell a Blueprint in Australia’s Online Digital ID Law
Australia’s social media ID laws are inspiring Western lawmakers to follow suit, testing how much surveillance under the guise of child safety they can get away with.
UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For
A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.
MembersHow One Patent Envisions a Nation Under Surveillance
The line between public safety and permanent record has never been thinner.
Australia’s Top Censor Warns of Surveillance While Hypocritically Expanding It
Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.
Edmonton Becomes First in Canada to Test Facial Recognition Body Cameras in Police Pilot Program
A city becomes a testing ground for the uneasy fusion of public safety and algorithmic gaze.
MembersThe Next Surveillance Boom Is Taking Flight
The sky is becoming the newest jurisdiction, where algorithms write the rules faster than lawmakers can read them.
British Transport Police Launch Facial Recognition Trials in London Stations
Britain’s railways are turning into laboratories for algorithmic policing, where every commuter’s face becomes just another line of data in the state’s growing experiment with control.