Privacy
Australia Orders Tech Giants to Enforce Age Verification Digital ID by December 10
A safety law that reads like a blueprint for a surveillance state.
EU Fines Google €2.95 Billion for Antitrust Violations in Ad-Tech; Trump Threatens Retaliation
Privacy concerns and antitrust fines collide with trade threats in a standoff over tech regulation.
Federal Tribunal in Yucatán Suspends Biometric Data Collection for Mexico’s National ID System
A digital ID meant to streamline the state is running headfirst into the country’s constitutional past.
Josh Hawley Proposes AI Regulations, Section 230 Repeal, and Digital ID Checks for Chatbots
Age checks for chatbots might sound parental, but they flirt with surveillance-state mechanics.
Roblox Expands AI Facial Scanning and Digital ID Amid Growing Government Pressure
Roblox’s age checks are pitched as child safety tools but double as a blueprint for an internet where logging on increasingly means showing ID.
Age Verification Company Exposes User Data, Reinforcing Privacy Fears Over Digital ID Systems
An age-check system built to shield minors ends up exposing adults in granular digital detail.
Google Ordered to Pay $425 Million for Tracking Users Who Disabled Web & App Activity Setting
Privacy settings were more like polite suggestions than actual boundaries.
Dreamwidth Blocks Mississippi Users, Limits Tennessee Signups Over Digital ID Laws
Caught between draconian laws and their commitment to user privacy, Dreamwidth is choosing principle over profit.
Starmer Weighs UK Digital ID System, Drawing Civil Liberty Backlash
UK revives digital ID plan under Keir Starmer amid illegal immigration pressure, echoing Tony Blair-era surveillance concerns.
MembersHow To: Ditching Your Phone Number Might Be the Smartest Privacy Move You Make
A phone number once felt like the passport to modern life, but it’s starting to look more like a relic people keep carrying out of habit.
England Trials Smartphone Rail Payment System with Real-Time Phone Location Tracking
A rail upgrade in name, a surveillance system in practice, logging movements with every mile.
Germany’s 2024 Report Finds 48% CSAM Scan Error Rate Amid EU Push for Private Message Scanning
False positives flood the system, but the EU still wants to make the scan permanent and mandatory.