Court Rejects Breakup of Google’s Advertising Business
Google keeps the machinery, though the judge has ordered a few doors opened for everyone else.
Google May Ask Canadian Adults for ID or Selfies
This is becoming more about platforms watching what people do, guessing who they are, and demanding proof when the guess goes wrong.
UK Plots On-Device Image Scanning Across Smartphones
Adults who decline to show ID could find their devices treated like children’s devices
MembersFor Many People, It Just Got Harder to Block Tracking Ads. Here’s What Still Works
Google calls it a security upgrade. Privacy tools see a much narrower browser.
YouTube’s Account Enforcement Practices Face Possible FTC Lawsuit
The platform’s public rulebook is now being compared with what happens behind the curtain.
Judge Lets California Social Media Feed Limits Stay in Force
Protecting kids is the stated goal. Handing over your identity is the price.
Take-Two DMCA Subpoenas Target Whole GTA 6 Discord Servers
Three servers, one date range, and a request for everyone who said something in them.
Google Starts Asking for Developers' Papers on September 30
The thing that made Android worth choosing is now a setting you have to search for.
Google Wins Spirit Airlines Data Auction for $10 Million
The airline stopped flying in May. Its records are still going places.
Google Apologizes for Vanished Lord of the Rings Purchase
It took a Reddit thread, a supervisor and a man quoting a licensing clause back at its author to restore three films to one library.
California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
The regulations were drafted while the constitutional question was still open, which tells you something about how confident the state is.
Revolut Blocks GrapheneOS Users From Logging Into Its App
GrapheneOS accuses Revolut of enforcing Google Play licensing under a security label, blocking de-Googled phones.
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