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The Digital Wall Rising Over Italy’s Internet
A tool built to stop soccer streams now has the keys to Italy’s entire digital gate.
Steam Says Mastercard Pressure Drove Game Bans, Undermining “All Lawful Purchases” Claim
Financial middlemen quietly decide which games get to exist in your library.
UK Online Safety Act Censorship Hits Lawmakers’ Political Posts
The government’s push for “online safety” is building the most efficient speech‑erasing machine the internet has ever seen in Britain.
UK Government Warns Against VPNs, Caught Using Them Themselves
MPs warn against VPNs to skirt Britain’s new online censorship law while billing taxpayers for their own.
This Hollywood-Backed Bill Would Give Government Power To Block Websites
A court order to “protect creativity” could quietly become the internet’s kill switch.
Marvel Rivals Introduces Always‑On AI Voice Chat Monitoring Under “Operation: Shield the Players”
The good old days are over. Now every word gets funneled into the great surveillance machine.
Facebook’s Copyright Filters Are Silencing Journalism Through Overzealous Automated Takedowns
Algorithms meant to police piracy are now deleting the news about it before anyone can read it.
UK Government Emails Reveal Push to Pressure Tech Platforms to Remove Lawful Speech on Immigration and Policing
UK officials leaned on tech firms with blunt demands to erase speech that broke no rules.
Irish High Court Rejects X’s Challenge to Online Censorship Law
The court sides with the state as X’s defiance collapses under the weight of Europe’s tightening grip on online speech.
The White House Puts UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Notice Over UK’s Dangerous Online Censorship Laws
Keir Starmer’s speech crackdown just opened a transatlantic free speech fault line.
YouTube to Get Australia Digital ID Age Checks by Year’s End, Plus New AI Profiling For US Users
YouTube will soon be a gated community: no ID, no login.
US Sanctions Brazilian Justice Alexandre de Moraes for Radical Censorship Demands
De Moraes turned his courtroom into a command center for global censorship, and the Treasury finally took notice.