Privacy
FBI Tried to Get Twitter to Share Account Information Without a Warrant
More evidence of the agency attempting to extract data from Twitter directly.
Google Introduces Support for Digital Driver’s Licenses, Starting in Maryland
The normalization of digital ID.
Twitter Temporarily Suspends WaPo Reporter Taylor Lorenz for “Prior Doxxing”
For actions taken before Elon Musk took over the platform.
Republican Senator Mike Lee Introduces Bills to Target Online Pornography, Introduce Online Age Verification
By defining “obscenity” and introducing online age checks.
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.