EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps
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EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps
A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.
Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future
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Digital IDs and AI Dreams: How Canada and Europe Plan to Sync the Future
As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly ...
This FTC Workshop Could Legitimize the Push for Online Digital ID Checks
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This FTC Workshop Could Legitimize the Push for Online Digital ID Checks
The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.
Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers
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Berlin Approves New Expansion of Police Surveillance Powers
The law fuses hacking, home entry, and AI into a single blueprint for dystopian modern policing.
Australian Leaders and Legacy Media Celebrates Launch of Online Digital ID Age Verification Law
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Australian Leaders and Legacy Media Celebrates Launch of Online Digital ID Age Verification Law
A crusade to shield kids online ends with an entire nation under surveillance.
UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For
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UK: MPs Clash Over the Digital ID That No One Asked For
A free society’s oldest instinct, distrust of concentrated power, has returned to Westminster in digital form.
Australians now face digital ID checks and biometric scans to login to online platforms, all under the premise of protecting under-16s. Kids are now banned from select social media platforms but adults are the ones handing over their faces, IDs, and biometrics to prove they're not kids. Mission accomplished: they've turned "protecting children" into a universal surveillance upgrade for everyone. The UK, the EU, and various US states are also looking to implement online ID verification. image
The Encryption Double Life of Canberra
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The Encryption Double Life of Canberra
Behind closed screens, the same officials pushing to weaken privacy laws are perfecting the art of vanishing conversations.
Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats
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Court Forces OpenAI to Hand Over 20 Million ChatGPT Chats
A judge’s demand for chat logs has turned discovery into surveillance, exposing how fragile digital intimacy really is.
The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.
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The EU Insists Its X Fine Isn’t About Censorship. Here’s Why It Is.
Europe calls it transparency, but it looks a lot like teaching the internet who’s allowed to speak.