Privacy
Cybersecurity Experts Demand Canada Scrap Bill C-22 Backdoor
The bill that promises not to surveil Canadians requires a year of every Canadian’s location data sitting on private servers.
EU Pushes Meta Toward Digital ID and Age Verification Under DSA, Threatens 6% Revenue Fine
Brussels just told Meta that asking users their birthday isn’t a verification system and the fix means every social media account becomes either a behavioral surveillance file or a government ID check.
Australia’s Under-16 Social Media Ban Fails: 73% Ignore It
Compliance sits at 27% and the model says it has further to fall.
Roblox Loses 12M Daily Users After Age ID Check Rollout
Half the user base is now living on a degraded version of the platform until they hand over biometric data.
Senate Panel Backs GUARD Act, AI Age Verification Bill
Every American who wants to ask a chatbot for help would need to upload a government ID, scan their face, or hand over a financial record first.
Congress Extends Section 702 Spy Program 45 Days
The 45-day extension passed without anyone being allowed to read the secret court ruling that found constitutional violations in how the program operates.
MembersClose the Shades: The Supreme Court, Google Location History, and the Reach of the Fourth Amendment
The justices seem ready to decide that mass surveillance is fine if you could have turned it off.
The Subpoena as Speech Suppressor: Supreme Court Sides with First Choice
The unanimous decision revives a fight over donor lists that the Court has been losing patience with since 1958.
Tumbler Ridge Lawsuits Seek to Force OpenAI Into ID Verification, Police Referrals for ChatGPT Users
The remedies sought would end pseudonymous AI use and wire every ChatGPT conversation to a permanent law enforcement pipeline.
House Renews FISA Section 702, Rejects Warrant Requirement
The reforms add paperwork and prison time for misuse, but they leave the part everyone has fought about for two decades exactly where it was.
EU Pushes Age Verification App for All States
Brussels wants every member state shipping its age verification app by year’s end, three months after a security researcher cracked it in under two minutes.
Britain’s Pre-Decided “Consultation” on Banning Social Media for Under-16s
The verification system needed to keep teenagers off Instagram happens to be the same one needed to track everyone else.