Texas
Android’s Default Setting Can Tie Separate Google Accounts Together
Google calls it verification; users may experience it as forced social geometry.
Tim Cook Welcomes EU KIDS Act Age Verification for App Stores
Von der Leyen posted about privacy, safety, and security for children. The law behind the post needs everyone’s age checked.
DOJ Says Flock Camera Data Is Not Protected By Fourth Amendment
The government’s answer to omnipresent surveillance is that omnipresent surveillance is normal.
MembersTwenty-Five Years After 9/11, the Surveillance Buildout Continues
Washington is still building the biometric border envisioned in the aftermath of 9/11, only now the cameras do not even need you to stop.
Florida and Texas Move Against Flock License Plate Readers
Florida and Texas are putting the brakes on a system built to make every drive searchable.
Paxton "Child Safety" Plan Puts Legal Speech at Criminal Risk
The vague standard is chatbots that undermine child safety. The penalty is criminal, not civil.
Texas Locked a Foreign Company's Domain Over Missing Digital ID Checks
Fourteen days after a Travis County judge signed, motherless.com dropped out of the .com zone file for every person on earth, most of whom have never heard of Travis County.
Google to Expand Play Age Signals API to All Users Worldwide
Google Play's age verification API goes global by end of 2026, timed to new laws in Texas, Alabama, Brazil, the UK, and more.
Judge Denies Immunity to Texas Cops in Meme Arrest Case
The joke was that two rivals could never endorse each other. The felony charge landed the day after the election.
Supreme Court Lets Texas Enforce App Store ID Check Law
The justices didn’t say a word about the First Amendment. They just let the ID check stay switched on.
Unsealed January 6 Records Show Google Losing a DOJ Keyword Warrant Battle
The government won on a technicality about timing and the Fourth Amendment never got its day in court.
Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports
The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.