Privacy
MembersWhen an App Download Turns Into a Government Record
The DOJ’s legal theory is that clicking “I Agree” on a standard app privacy policy means you volunteered to be identified by the federal government.
South Carolina’s New Social Media Law Puts Every User Under Age Surveillance
A bill sold as child protection builds the legal framework for surveilling every user in the state.
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.
Big Tech Backs Colorado OS-Level Age Data Bill
Apple and Google would become the state-appointed gatekeepers of every Coloradan’s age data and their lobbyists are pushing hard for the privilege.
Use A VPN, Says Canadian Government That Wants VPN Logs
The government posted “use a VPN” the same week two VPN companies threatened to leave rather than comply with a new surveillance bill.
Disney Faces $5M Lawsuit Over Disneyland Facial Recognition
The lawsuit lands as facial recognition quietly becomes the price of admission at stadiums, airports, and more.
Canada’s Military Punished Whistleblowers Who Flagged Illegal COVID Speech Monitoring
Six years later, the legal vacuum that made domestic surveillance possible hasn’t moved an inch.
MembersThe School Spy Boom Nobody Asked For
Somewhere between the biometric lunch lines and the 24/7 monitoring software, American education became a data hoarding operation with a teaching problem.
Oklahoma Sues Roblox, but the “Fix” Is Biometric Checks
The lawsuit designed to protect children from surveillance essentially mandates a biometric surveillance system for 150 million users.
London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time
Britain’s civil liberties are eroding one deployment at a time.
Canada Says Critics Don’t Understand Its Surveillance Bill
They do. That’s the problem.
MembersThe Web Is Splitting Into Approved and Unapproved Humans
Google asked permission to gate the open web in 2023, got rejected, and just shipped the same thing as a product update nobody voted on.