Speech
US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification
Buried in the definitions is a mandate that reaches every laptop, console, smart TV, and car infotainment system in the country.
FTC Settlement: Ad Agencies Agree to Stop “Brand Safety” Collusion to Defund Media Outlets
The agencies literally quoted Fight Club rules to keep their $81 billion blacklist quiet.
EU Launches Age Verification App
The Commission built the app on the same architecture as its planned continental digital identity wallet. That’s not a coincidence.
California’s “Stop Nick Shirley Act” Would Penalize Journalism
The First Amendment was designed to prevent exactly this; a law that punishes speech before any court decides whether it was harmful.
UK Southport Inquiry Pushes Mass Surveillance and VPN Restrictions
Every agency involved had the information to stop the Southport attacker, and the inquiry’s answer is to track what the entire country browses, buys, and whether they use a VPN.
A Court Banned a Man From ChatGPT. No One Asked if That’s Constitutional.
A California judge just decided who gets to use ChatGPT, and the person banned from it wasn’t even in the courtroom.
Turkey to Require National ID for Social Media Accounts
Turkey’s government just found a way to put a national ID card on every tweet, post, and comment its citizens make online.
Ofcom Demands Tech Platforms Fund the UK’s Internet Censorship Regime
Ofcom now sends the bill for policing the internet directly to the companies being policed, and the meter just started running.
Secret Grand Jury Convened to Unmask Anonymous Government Critic on Reddit
The government lost its case in open court, so it moved the whole thing behind closed doors.
xAI Sues Colorado to Block AI Speech Regulation on First Amendment Grounds
AI’s lawsuit against Colorado doubles as the first major courtroom test of whether the government can tell an AI what opinions to have.
How UK Regulator Ofcom Quietly Bypassed International Law to Police American Speech
A British regulator bypassed every formal legal treaty and just emailed American companies into compliance, and 98% of them apparently obliged.
UK Foreign Affairs Committee Calls for Government Agency to Police Online “Disinformation”
A parliamentary committee just proposed giving a GCHQ-adjacent agency the power to decide which speech counts as a national security threat.