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Australia Concedes Social Media Ban Burdens Political Communication
The government’s defense is a remarkably candid admission dressed in constitutional understatement.
Reddit Moves Toward A Logged In Only Experience
Search traffic is falling, RSS is disappearing, and Reddit is closing another door to the open web.
UK Government Body Kept Files on People Criticizing Prevent Program
The Home Office tried to keep the paperwork private until an appeal brought it into the light.
Reddit Is Ending RSS Support, Citing Scraping And Abuse
Reddit says abuse forced its hand, but the economics of an open web tell a sharper story.
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The Internet’s Small Clues Have Become an Identity Map
Pseudonymity used to mean making the detective work annoying. AI has other plans.
Discord Is Going Dark In The Philippines
Discord and Reddit started disappearing across Philippine networks. What didn’t appear was a published order explaining why.
ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox Given Four Months to Meet New EU Censorship Obligations
Four months to translate Europe’s broadest internet speech rules into operational policy.
EU Reddit Users Must Verify Age With Government ID or Selfie
Child safety is the reason on the label. Look at what’s actually in the box.
Reddit to Require Login for Old Reddit, Curbing Anonymous Browsing
The determined scrapers will just register accounts and keep harvesting, leaving the anonymous human reader as the only one actually locked out.
Reddit Tests Blocking Mobile Web to Force App Downloads
Reddit’s message to its most loyal lurkers is this: your anonymity is the one thing we can’t monetize.
Secret Grand Jury Convened to Unmask Anonymous Government Critic on Reddit
The government lost its case in open court, so it moved the whole thing behind closed doors.
Judge Blocks Virginia’s One-Hour Social Media Limit for Minors as Unconstitutional
Virginia set the government as the default gatekeeper of how long children can read, watch, and talk online, and a federal judge found that unconstitutional before the law ever took effect.
