Online Safety Act
UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse
Refusing to install state spyware would put tech executives in prison for five years.
Google Wants to Be the ID Checkpoint for Europe’s Internet
Google is volunteering to broker your legal identity for every ordinary thing you do online.
5 Tech Giants Let UK Speech Regulator Preview New Features
Five tech giants just agreed to show a government regulator their homework before turning it in, even though the law never said they had to.
Incoming Chief of UK Speech Regulator Takes Aim at VPNs
The incoming Ofcom chair’s to-do list includes treating VPNs as obstacles, demanding new powers over YouTube, and asking the Treasury for a bigger budget.
X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours Under UK Online Safety Act
The platform that once called Ofcom’s approach “overreach” just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits.
TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act “Hate” Censorship Rules
The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign.
Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control
The British speech regulator proved it doesn’t understand the internet.
Meta Will Fight Ofcom Over the Math, Just Not the Censorship
The company that could most credibly challenge Britain’s online speech regime is instead asking a London court to please use a different revenue column.
Apple Adds Age Verification to Digital ID in Wallet, Moves Beyond TSA Airport Checkpoints
Apple’s age verification rollout arrives without fanfare for a reason.
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.
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.
Ofcom Demands Tech Platforms Fund the UK’s Internet Censorship Regime
Ofcom now sends the bill for policing the internet directly to the companies being policed, and the meter just started running.