The platform that once called Ofcom's approach "overreach" just handed it a 48-hour content removal pipeline with quarterly audits. The post X Agrees to Review Illegal “Hate” Within 48 Hours

Somewhere between the biometric lunch lines and the 24/7 monitoring software, American education became a data hoarding operation with a teaching problem. The post The School Spy Boom Nobody Asked For

The lawsuit designed to protect children from surveillance essentially mandates a biometric surveillance system for 150 million users. The post Oklahoma Sues Roblox, but the “Fix” Is Biometric Checks appeared

The law Parliament sold as a shield for children just became a sword against a political campaign. The post TikTok Removes Reform UK Campaign Video Using Online Safety Act “Hate” Censorship Rules appeared

Your chant at a march is now judged not by the crowd around you but by how a stranger might feel watching a clip of it online. The post Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors appeared first

Britain's civil liberties are eroding one deployment at a time. The post London Police Deploy Facial Recognition at Protest for First Time appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author: Ken Macon All

The British speech regulator proved it doesn't understand the internet. The post Ofcom and the Fantasy of Global Speech Control appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author: Al Loxley All rewards

The people who spent years building blacklists to silence others are now shocked to find themselves on one. The post Rubio Is Sued Over Visa Bans on Foreign Censors appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source:

They do. That's the problem. The post Canada Says Critics Don’t Understand Its Surveillance Bill appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author: Ken Macon All rewards will be burned.

Google asked permission to gate the open web in 2023, got rejected, and just shipped the same thing as a product update nobody voted on. The post The Web Is Splitting Into Approved and Unapproved Humans

A check and a written confession make this the first time the government has paid an American for coercing a social media company into censorship. The post Berenson Wins Settlement and First Amendment

The government built a press pass out of a tax form and the prime minister's office helped decide who got one. The post Canada’s Pay-to-Play Press Pass appeared first on Reclaim The Net. Source: Author:

Every AI company's nightmare scenario just became a plaintiff's attorney's blueprint for court-ordered mass surveillance. The post The FSU Shooting Lawsuit That Could Turn ChatGPT Into a Surveillance Tool

Every major speaker at the Copenhagen summit has a resume built on telling platforms what to take down. The post AI Safety Institute Debuts with Big-Name Backers and a Censorship Agenda appeared first