12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (461+ words) Revolut’s mistake is the news, but the bigger problem is the growing number of companies being encouraged or required to keep copies of our most sensitive identity documents. Online bank Revolut has revealed that it gave out sensitive personal and…...

14+ hour, 26+ min 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, 15+ hour 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, 14+ hour ago   (641+ words) Florida and Texas are putting the brakes on a system built to make every drive searchable. Join Reclaim The Net to understand how surveillance is expanding and take back control of your digital life. In a pair of moves that…...

1+ week, 3+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ 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…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (386+ words) Tennessee’s age gate now gets another hearing, with online speech and compliance costs back in the frame. Join the fight against mass surveillance and digital control. The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has sent a case challenging…...

1+ week, 5+ 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…...

2+ week, 17+ hour 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…...

2+ week, 19+ hour 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,…...