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Lloyds Debanks The Canary, Withholds Its Funds
A bank can stall a business overnight and never once explain why.
Democrats Pick Up the Global Digital ID Agenda in Project 2029
A bid to end online anonymity under the premise of child safety.
The House Just Voted for KOSA, a Privacy and Free Speech Disaster
The Senate is the next stop closer to an identity-gated internet becoming the law of the land.
EU’s New Creator Press Passes Come With a Loyalty Test
Brussels is vetting cameras for loyalty and calling it press freedom in the same breath.
Australia’s Teen Social Media Ban Failed. The Government’s Fix Is to Double the Fines
The fines just doubled for a law that eighty-five percent of Australian teenagers already ignore.
Apple Removes VK’s Apps from App Store in Russia, Citing Sanctions Compliance
The deletion meant to punish a Kremlin-linked company hands Moscow the exact wall it has spent years trying to build.
Brazil Enters Rumble Case to Defend Pro-Censorship Judge
Brazil’s argument is that the judge’s orders are shielded by immunity even if they broke the law.
How Britain Plans to Lock Legacy Media Into People’s Feeds
The public spent years drifting away from legacy broadcasters, so the state plans to algorithmically drag them back.
Larry Sanger Said Wikipedia Punishes Dissent. Then It Banned Him.
He co-founded the encyclopedia in 2001 and now he can’t edit a single page of it.
The KIDS Act: A Bipartisan Mass Surveillance Megabill
Country by country, the open web is being walled in and Congress just drafted America’s entry.
Pritzker’s Social Media Tax: A $200 Million Bet Against the First Amendment
It’s the same tax-the-press maneuver the Supreme Court has been voiding since the 1930s.
NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never
Three senators named the free-speech problems out loud and voted for the bill anyway.