3+ week, 2+ day ago   (440+ words) The live video ban was just the opening move. Brazil's Federal Prosecution Service (MPF) is now joining the country's data-protection regulator ANPD in putting the screws on Discord. This time, the target is not just a single feature – but the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (616+ words) Brazil says it is protecting children, but its demands could require Discord to know far more about who its users actually are. Brazil’s federal government is asking a court to order Discord to pay R$500 million ($97 million) in collective damages,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) Pennsylvania says Snapchat’s age gate fails children, but its proposed fix would mean verifying everyone who uses the app. Child safety is an extremely powerful weapon used to force private companies to implement age verification digital ID checks and, in…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (510+ words) An agency created to police how companies handle personal data now decides what people can see. Discord shut off Go Live and related video sharing for users across Brazil on Monday after the country's National Data Protection Authority ordered the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (500+ words) Pornhub owner Aylo is currently the only company standing in court against Utah’s VPN restriction. Join Reclaim The Net to understand how surveillance is expanding and take back control of your digital life. Utah has agreed not to enforce part…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (503+ words) The platform’s public rulebook is now being compared with what happens behind the curtain. Join readers who refuse to accept a more censored internet. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating YouTube’s (Google’s) controversial moderation and account-enforcement policies, a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) The push to make people show ID to access the internet assumes those documents will stay secure. A database of 153 million license scans shows how reckless that assumption is. Join the fight against mass surveillance and digital control. The data…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (240+ words) He wanted his notifications back and got a lesson in browser telemetry instead. It was his Bluetooth headphones that led a developer, Matt Callaghan, of laserphile, to discover that the online retail service AliExpress, owned by China's Alibaba, was fingerprinting…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (464+ words) Age assurance was meant to separate children from adult content. Steam's version also sorts adults by banking access. A new form of age verification is cropping up on the internet, this time on the Steam gaming platform where Australian users…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (411+ words) The state has turned the familiar privacy tradeoff into a statutory requirement, with penalties attached. Join the fight against mass surveillance and digital control. Missouri’s age verification law, HB 1839, took effect on Aug 28, 2026. The statute applies to what it defines…...