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Supreme Court Blocks Music Industry’s Push to Cut Millions Off the Internet Over Piracy Claims
Supreme Court unanimously rules Cox Communications not liable for subscriber piracy in Sony Music Entertainment case.
Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy Reform
Every two years, Congress gets a chance to add a warrant requirement to Section 702, and every two years, it finds a reason not to.
SCOTUS Rejects Citizen Journalist’s Case Against Officials Who Arrested Her for Asking Police Questions
The Supreme Court’s silence left standing a legal framework where asking a government official a question can land a journalist in handcuffs, with no one responsible for putting them there.
The Verdict Against Meta and Google That Could End the Anonymous Internet
If the design-as-defect argument survives appeal, more than 1,600 similar cases waiting in courts across the country inherit a ready-made blueprint for killing anonymous speech.
Apple Forces UK iPhone Age Checks in iOS 26.4
Every iPhone in Britain is now a checkpoint, and the price of entry for many is their ID or credit card.
Missouri v. Biden Consent Decree: US Government Admits Pressuring Social Media Platforms to Censor Protected Speech
The administration that inherited the lawsuit just signed away its predecessor’s censorship playbook in a binding legal document.
GrapheneOS Defies Age Verification Surveillance Pressure
GrapheneOS is doing what Apple and Google won’t: treating market access as a worthwhile price for not building a government ID layer into your phone.
Ohio’s Second Attempt at Adult Website Age ID Verification Advances
The state has spent years closing every legal loophole standing between Ohio and a world where adults must show ID to use the internet.
FC Barcelona Fined for Privacy Violations Over Biometric Data Collection
The Barcelona fine is a speed bump on a highway where banks, stadiums, and retailers are all quietly building permanent records of your face.
Canada’s Public Safety Minister Defends Mass Surveillance Bill
The minister insists the bill targeting every Canadian’s location data, movement patterns, and daily routines isn’t a surveillance bill.
MembersThe $4 Tool That Can Unmask Anonymous Accounts, and the Habits That Give You Away
The throwaway account you made years ago is sitting in a database, waiting for a system that costs less than a tank of gas to read it.
Blackburn’s TRUMP AMERICA AI Act Repeals Section 230, Expands AI Liability, and Mandates Age Verification
The bill is framed as pro-innovation, but its actual architecture makes self-censorship and digital ID the only rational business decision for any platform that wants to survive.