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Canada’s Islamophobia Envoy Backs Plan to Police Politicians’ Posts
Her support edges the country toward a system where political speech can vanish from social media with a single ruling.
New EU Media “Freedom Law” Allows for Journalist Arrests if Justified by “Public Interest”
A shield for reporters on paper, it hands governments the pen to rewrite the rules.
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.
Robby Starbuck and Meta Settle AI Defamation Case
A handshake deal replaces a courtroom fight, leaving the biggest legal question about AI defamation for another day.
UK Court Rejects Wikipedia Challenge to Online Censorship Law
The ruling cements Britain’s broadest online speech controls.
British Police Caught Using Passport Photos for Facial Recognition
A photo given in trust is now a face held in permanent suspicion.
MembersSilicon With a Side of Surveillance
A tracker for high-end processors could trickle down to the blender on your counter.
Trump Order Targets Political Debanking but Spares Visa, Mastercard, Payment Processor Monopolies
Trump’s banking order swings at the branches while the payment giants holding the trunk stand untouched.
Britain’s War on Terror Turned Into a War on Tweets
A surveillance tool built to hunt foreign threats is now quietly policing Britain’s own political conversation.
The New Instagram Feature That Should Make You Run for the Off Switch
If you care about privacy, you’ll want to warn the people in your life before Instagram starts broadcasting their location in real time.
Gina Carano Settles Lawsuit With Disney and Lucasfilm Over Mandalorian Firing, Potential Return Teased
Her exit over political posts closes a case that exposed Disney’s uneven rules for the stars of its biggest franchises.
The Payment Giant That Wants to Be Your Digital ID
Mastercard is quietly turning identity verification into a feature of your wallet, and its empire.