Privacy
UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For
A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.
Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers
The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.
The Encryption Double Life of Canberra
Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.
Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats
A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.
Russia Blocks Snapchat and FaceTime as Digital Crackdown Expands to Encrypted Apps and Foreign Platforms
Russia’s online world keeps shrinking as the government trades global access for tighter control at home.
Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System
The state’s new system could turn bureaucracy into automation, and consent into a checkbox no one really controls.
US Orders Visa Screening of Foreign Tech Workers Involved in Online Censorship
A new immigration filter asks not just what foreign tech workers can build, but what speech they’ve helped bury.
Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheet Service “Proton Sheets” to Rival Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel
Proton Sheets keeps collaboration features while locking down sensitive data.
Adult Platforms Block Missouri, VPN Downloads Surge, Following Online Digital ID Law
Missouri’s quiet rollout of its digital ID law has turned everyday browsing into a maze of checkpoints and privacy risks.
MembersHow One Patent Envisions a Nation Under Surveillance
The line between public safety and permanent record has never been thinner.
As Expected, a Hearing on Kids Online Safety Becomes a Blueprint for Digital ID
The room buzzed with moral urgency, but the real agenda was control disguised as compassion.
Australia’s Top Censor Warns of Surveillance While Hypocritically Expanding It
Julie Inman Grant warns of data predators while quietly building a system that feeds them.