Privacy
Republican Senator Mike Lee introduces bills to target online pornography, introduce online age verification
By defining “obscenity” and introducing online age checks.
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United Nations condemns Twitter’s banning of journalists, EU threatens sanctions
The journalists were banned for linking to data that shows Elon Musk’s private jet’s real time location.
Corporate coalition pushes government to create digital ID infrastructure
Major corporations want to see the installation of digital ID.
Senator Elizabeth Warren uses FTX collapse as a reason to introduce surveillance of all crypto wallets
Even though the two events are unrelated.
Twitter bans @ElonJet account that showed location of Elon Musk’s private jet
Twitter’s new policy bans the real-time sharing of someone’s location.
MembersThe New York Times Is Surprised to Hear the Biden Administration Uses Spyware
When surveillance goes commercial, morality becomes a matter of licensing.
Brazil plots centrally controlled digital currency for 2024
Another push for CBDCs.
Privacy concerns are raised over Chinese surveillance companies’ access to UK business crime data
Chinese surveillance tech, with links to the CCP, is prominent in the UK.
Indian citizens that don’t link account numbers to Digital ID will soon face financial blacklisting
Forcing the uptake of digital ID.
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Texas Republican introduces bill to force platforms to receive ID documents from users
Stripping away privacy and creating more opportunities for data breaches.