Australia’s social media ID laws are inspiring Western lawmakers to follow suit, testing how much surveillance under the guise of child safety th...

In Australia, the simple act of reading online can now comes with an ID check, a quiet transaction that turns curiosity into data.

The UK flirts with an extreme future where every device is surveilled.

Reddit’s challenge sets up a major test of Australia’s plan to verify every user’s age online.

The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border in the name of security.

Lawmakers spent the day chasing safety by expanding surveillance, proving that in Washington, nothing unites faster than fear of the internet.

The company that built a global stage for human expression increasingly wants algorithms to decide who gets to keep the mic.

A rewrite of Europe’s privacy rules could turn every click, call, and login into a year-long entry in a government ledger.

As Europe and Canada link their digital identity and AI systems, the line between secure connectivity and centralized oversight grows increasingly ...

The FTC’s January workshop could accelerate the shift from an open web to one that demands your ID at every click.