The protection this judge offered could vanish the moment every account carries a verified government ID. The post DOJ Sought YouTube Subscriber Data appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author:

A snippet of code sat quietly on the hospital's site and mailed every parent's search straight to Facebook. The post Seattle Children’s Hospital Spied on Searches, Parents Tell WA Court appeared first

Buried past the 76-to-0 vote is a clause letting the Attorney General widen who counts as a "covered platform' without the Legislature voting again. The post California Assembly Passes Under-16 Social

The body Brussels built to make its censorship regime work just published the numbers proving it can't. The post EU-Backed Appeals Center Accidentally Confirms the DSA Censorship Regime Is Unworkable appeared

Running it yourself means a price you set, a door only you hold the key to, and infrastructure that answers to no one but you. The post Stop Renting Access to Your Own Movie Collection appeared first on

Samsung is the last of the big three to ask for your face, which is exactly how a demand becomes a default. The post Samsung Throws Its Support Behind Digital ID appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source:

Texas drew its age line at the app store door and everyone has to show ID to get through it. The post 5th Circuit Lets Texas Enforce App Store Age Checks appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author:

The justices let an addiction case proceed and buried inside it is the end of logging on as a stranger. The post Supreme Court Refusal in Vermont v. Meta Strengthens Addiction Suits Threatening Online

The numbers are small but for the first time the friction of switching looks cheaper to users than the cost of staying. The post DuckDuckGo Installs Surge 30.5% After Google AI Search Overhaul appeared

California fixed the most obvious problem with its age-tracking law but replaced it with a version that follows you across the entire internet. The post California’s New Age-Verification Bill Frees Linux

Texas is using a child safety lawsuit to try to end anonymous access to Discord entirely. The post Texas Sues Discord, Seeks Mandatory Age Verification appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author:

The regulators who would decide what counts as "reliable" news are appointed through a chain that starts with the same politicians whose coverage they'd be curating. The post Germany Considers

End-to-end encrypted, with asterisks nobody reads. The post The Strange Truth Behind The New WhatsApp Privacy Lawsuits appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author: Ken Macon All rewards will be burned.

Somewhere in Westminster a whiteboard has "free speech = tobacco" written on it with three exclamation marks. The post Westminster Recycles Tobacco-Style Panic Campaign For Internet Crackdown

A Brazilian judge who ordered an American platform shut down for refusing to censor his own critics now has 21 days to explain himself to a Florida court. The post US Court Summons Pro-Censorship Brazil

The bill is in real trouble when even Google, a company that built its empire on knowing everything about you, thinks a government's surveillance plan goes too far. The post Even Google Warns Canada Bill