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California Is Building an Internet of Age Checks and Identity Gates
California’s child safety push comes with a passport of sorts for everyone else.
Microsoft Brings "Age Verification" System to Windows
The age check arrives first as documentation, with the working machinery promised for later.
Nick Shirley Sues California Officials Over "Stop Nick Shirley Act"
Shirley’s challenge goes to the core of the First Amendment: whether California can empower people to trigger state-backed takedown demands against lawful reporting.
California Legislature Passes Online Age Verification Bill
The vote was unanimous, but the privacy backlash is only getting started.
Sony Says PlayStation Users Never Owned the Digital Games They Bought
The lawsuit claims Sony misled PlayStation users by selling digital games as purchases that are actually licenses.
California Legislature Passes Amendment Keeping Operating System Age Signals
Browsers are out of the handoff, but app stores and developers still get a live read on user age categories.
Judge Lets California Social Media Feed Limits Stay in Force
Protecting kids is the stated goal. Handing over your identity is the price.
Newsom Signs Content Takedown Law Following Nick Shirley Investigations
The precedent is more than the content removals. The precedent is that a legislature can keep inventing new categories of people entitled to them.
California's Takedown Bill Is One Step Closer, and Still Has No Journalist Exemption
It is a privacy statute until someone points out that the footage was true, published, and shot in public.
Meta Trial Opens as States Demand Age Verification
A trial doesn't need a verdict to be useful. It needs testimony, exhibits, and a paper trail that legislators can cite to advance a digital ID agenda.
MembersWas Your Plate Searched on Flock? How to Check and Request Records
How to search Flock Safety audit logs, read a hit, and file a public records request for your license plate.
California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
The regulations were drafted while the constitutional question was still open, which tells you something about how confident the state is.