Privacy
To Keep Kids Off Social Media, the UAE Will ID Every User
The under-15 ban is how the UAE signs on to a worldwide push for verified digital identity.
Unsealed January 6 Records Show Google Losing a DOJ Keyword Warrant Battle
The government won on a technicality about timing and the Fourth Amendment never got its day in court.
Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports
The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.
Why Meta Suddenly Loves the Kids Online Safety Act
The reversal landed the moment the Senate paired the bill with the digital-ID mandate Meta has chased for years.
Apple’s New Subdomain Kills “Hide My Email” Cover
Apple’s privacy feature worked precisely because no one could tell you were using it.
The Algorithm California Said Didn’t Exist
One of the six systems scores incarcerated people on whether they will be arrested again.
MembersHow to Fly Without Feeding the Surveillance Machine
The gap between “mandatory for travel” and “harvested because nobody stopped it” is bigger than any airline wants you to know.
Florida Sues TikTok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
Florida’s plan to protect kids online starts with surveilling every adult in the state.
Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome
The world’s largest advertising company also writes the rules governing what ad blockers can do inside its browser.
The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills
A 419-to-19 vote united Poland’s bitterest political enemies behind a law broad enough to criminalize a protest video.
Starmer’s Social Media Ban: the Reinvention of the Surveillance State
Tyranny masquerading as child safety needs you to feel guilty before you feel suspicious. Downing Street is counting on it.
23andMe’s Stolen Data Gets a $46.8 Million Payout
The company that told you to spit in a tube now operates under a different name, a different owner, and a $46.8 million reminder that DNA doesn’t come with a reset button.