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Google’s Android Sideloading Will Now Require 10 Steps and a 24-Hour Wait
The ten-step process includes a mandatory 24-hour waiting period for something Android users have done with a single toggle since the platform launched.
White House AI Framework Pushes Age Verification ID Mandate
Calling age verification requirements “privacy protective,” is a bit like calling a honeypot “security infrastructure.”
EU Admits X’s Open Data Skews Disinformation Findings While Fining Platform for Restricting Researchers
The bloc that fined X for restricting researcher data access then cited X’s comparatively open data as the reason it leads the disinformation statistics.
Angela Lipps Spent 108 Days in Jail Because a Facial Recognition Algorithm Was Wrong
The software was wrong, but Angela Lipps still had to spend 108 days in a Tennessee jail proving it.
EU Proposal Links European Business Registration to Digital ID Wallets
The EU calls it a business registration tool, but the architecture looks less like a filing system and more like a foundation for something bigger.
UK Regulator Ofcom Has Fined 4chan £520,000 Under a Law That Doesn’t Apply in the US
The regulator issued a £520,000 fine; the lawyer replied with a picture of a hamster.
MembersLinux Distros Are Mounting a Response to the Age Verification ID Laws Coming for Your OS
One developer has already registered their distribution under the law’s own definitions and declared intentional noncompliance on the front page.
Afroman Wins Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies Over Videos and Songs About 2022 Home Raid
A jury just ruled that making songs about what police did in your own home is exactly the kind of speech the First Amendment was built for.
FBI Resumes Buying Americans’ Location Data Without Warrants
The law stops the government from taking your location data, it says nothing about buying it.
Sweden Breach Shows the Security Risks of National Digital ID Systems
Sweden built the world’s most seamless digital identity system, and someone just walked off with the blueprints.
Brazil Launches Mandatory Age Verification Law for Online Platforms
Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes.
Cloudflare Appeals €14 Million AGCOM Fine, Challenges Italy’s Piracy Shield as Illegal Censorship System
Blocking a Ukrainian education portal and killing Google Drive for 12 hours is what happens when private media companies get to shut down the internet with no court, no notice, and no appeal.