Privacy
Massive TikTok Fine Threat Advances Europe’s Digital ID Agenda
Europe’s TikTok case treats “addiction” as the rationale, but age verification is the real infrastructure.
MembersLinux Has One Job in 2026: Make It Easy to Say Yes
What 2026 will really measure is how Linux can survive contact with non-enthusiasts.
EU Targets VPNs as Age Checks Expand
European policymakers are treating VPN adoption as behavior to be contained.
New York Budget Bill Proposes Mandatory File-Scanning Tech and In-Person Sales for 3D Printers
A proposal framed as a fix for ghost guns changes how general-purpose machines are allowed to function in New York.
Spanish PM Declares War on the Internet While Calling It Protection
The new European coalition could make national internet laws a shared tool of control.
Spain Moves to Ban Social Media for Under-16s Nationwide
Spain’s social media ban for minors doubles as a test case for Europe’s expanding digital ID surveillance.
MembersThe Gospel of the Anxious Generation
The myth of “social media addiction” has become a convenient moral shield for expanding digital ID systems, turning concern for kids’ safety into consent for mass surveillance.
Oklahoma’s REAL ID Rebellion Over Who Controls Your Driver Data
A fight over data sovereignty now looks at whether a state’s promise of choice can survive the pull of a national ID grid built outside government hands.
NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing
Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.
Virginia Court Upholds Norfolk Police License Plate Camera Use
The ruling narrows the Fourth Amendment’s reach for now, but leaves its future boundaries uncertain.
Lawsuit Challenges National Park Service Ban on Cash Payments
A federal appeal challenges whether Americans can still spend real dollars on their own public land, or must surrender privacy to do so.
The FTC’s Privacy Paradox: Guarding Kids by Tracking All Users
Despite promises of privacy, the FTC’s new age verification remedy hinges on tracking users’ behavior across the web.