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Tornado Cash Co-Founder Roman Storm Convicted, Raising Fears for Privacy Rights and Open-Source Development
The verdict has turned an obscure crypto privacy tool into a litmus test for how far US law will reach into open-source code.
Ad Titans Promise To End Censorship Bias To Gain Power
The merger only got the green light once the industry’s worst-kept secret was dragged into daylight and gutted by federal decree.
X Sues New York Over Law Forcing Content “Moderation” Disclosure
The lawsuit accuses the state of forcing platforms to label speech in politically loaded terms they wouldn’t choose themselves.
Minnesota To Mandate Mental Health Warnings on Social Media; First Amendment Questions Loom
What begins as a mental health warning could end as a blueprint for government-authored speech online.
New York Senate Advances Bill to Curb Police Use of Facial Recognition and Biometric Surveillance
Lawmakers push to rein in biometric surveillance but subway surveillance is quietly multiplying under the Hochul administration.
New York Is Quietly Rolling Out Precrime Surveillance Tech
Bad posture, sweaty palms, or talking to yourself could now qualify as precursors to crime on your morning commute.
MembersSnitch Nation: The Quiet War on Unapproved Opinions
The tools of academic hypersensitivity have quietly graduated into government protocol.
New York’s Selective Privacy Crusade: Suing Over Data Breaches While Embracing Surveillance
New York’s crackdown on data breaches feels a little rich coming from a state that’s spent years normalizing surveillance and digital ID.
Amazon Expands Biometric Palm Scanning to Healthcare with NYU Langone Partnership
Amazon’s biometric payment system makes a bold entry into healthcare, raising fresh concerns over privacy and data security.
Chatbots as Censors: How the EU Machine is Eyeing AI for Speech Control
Efforts to regulate AI chatbots intensify as policymakers push for stricter content censorship.
New York Governor Hochul Signs Controversial Online Safety Bill, Renewing Free Speech Concerns
State-mandated reporting on “hate speech” raises fears of unchecked power over online discourse.
MembersBig Brother Is Hovering Over New York, With Other States Set To Follow
The sky is no limit for NYPD drones but the boundaries of privacy remain unclear.