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MembersAmazon Tried to Hide a Book and Made It Famous Instead
The lesson Amazon keeps relearning is that nothing sells a novel quite like declaring it unsellable.
DOJ Backs Musk’s xAI in First Amendment Fight Over Colorado AI Law
Colorado’s AI law tells developers which kinds of discrimination the state likes and which it doesn’t, and the First Amendment may have something to say about that.
UK Biobank Failures Expose the Permanent Cost of Sharing Genetic and Medical Records
The promise of secure custodianship has failed 198 times in eleven months, and the volunteers who signed up in 2006 cannot take their DNA back.
Court Forces German Chancellor Merz to Open Files on 300 “Insult the Chancellor” Cases
The Chancellor who calls himself a defender of democratic norms now has roughly 300 prosecutors working to protect his feelings.
When a Train Ticket Costs Your Passport: The Eurail Breach and the Digital ID Problem
The stolen files include everything an identity thief would want and nothing Eurail ever needed to sell a rail ticket.
The Surveillance Accountability Act Demands Warrants for Data
The silent handoff from your bank, your carrier, and your ISP to the federal government would finally stop happening behind your back.
France’s ID Portal Hacked: 19 Million Records Up for Sale
The breach puts roughly a third of France’s population on a criminal forum just as the government lobbies for mandatory digital IDs.
Japan Jails a Man for Publishing Movie Spoilers
Describing a Godzilla movie in too much detail is now worth eighteen months in a Japanese prison.
Turkey to Ban Anonymous VPNs
Ankara wants a VPN market where “approved” means logged and “unlicensed” means illegal, leaving Turkish users a choice between surveillance and a criminal record.
MembersThe Opt-Out Button Is Decorative: A Guide to Hardening Your Browser
The opt-out button you’ve been clicking is decorative, so here is the browser build that stops asking nicely.
California Lawmakers Advance Bills to Impose AI Chatbot Censorship and Age Verification
California’s new bills would let state lawmakers define, by statute, exactly how agreeable a chatbot is allowed to be.
Ofcom Investigates Telegram Under UK “Online Safety Act”
The regulator’s list of duties runs far beyond child safety into foreign interference, false communications, and public-order speech.