Florida Seeks Meta ID Checks For All Users
Florida is asking the court to make privacy the price of admission for Meta’s platforms.
Ofcom Investigates Meta Over Instagram Instants as It Moves From Policing Speech to Policing Features
The story is not really that Ofcom is worried about disappearing posts. It is that Britain’s online speech regulator now sounds increasingly comfortable treating itself as part of the launch process.
New Mexico Found a Way to Fine Platforms for Speech It Didn't Delete
Lying about user data is one thing. Leaving up speech a state doesn't like is supposed to be protected.
UK Plans Passport And Facial Age Checks For Social Media
Britain is building a surveillance tollbooth for the web.
Senator Chris Murphy Wants Government to Regulate Your Time Online
First they came for the doomscrolling, apparently in the name of civic connection.
The Meta Settlement: What It Means for Your Speech and Privacy
Under the teen safety provisions is a court-supervised identity system for every Facebook and Instagram user.
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.
Pritzker Signs Law Making Devices Report Every User's Age Bracket to Apps
The state overreaches and weighs in on what time kids should switch off.
Brussels Has Opinions About Your Social Media Feed
The same law that polices what Europe can post online now polices how the apps are built, and Meta is the test case.
EU Brings Back Chat Surveillance, Even as More MEPs Vote No
Every empty chair in Strasbourg counted as a vote for the surveillance nobody in the room had the numbers to stop.
How Britain Plans to Lock Legacy Media Into People’s Feeds
The public spent years drifting away from legacy broadcasters, so the state plans to algorithmically drag them back.
Supreme Court Refusal in Vermont v. Meta Strengthens Addiction Suits Threatening Online Anonymity
The justices let an addiction case proceed and buried inside it is the end of logging on as a stranger.
