Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome https://reclaimthenet.org/google-removes-final-workaround-for-full-ad-blocking-chrome

The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills https://reclaimthenet.org/poland-internet-laws-age-verification-content-blocking

UK Even Wants Image Scanners on Millions of Unsupported Devices https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-even-wants-image-scanners-on-millions-of-unsupported-devices

Calling 4chan a tech giant is like calling a group chat a telecommunications conglomerate.

India blocked Telegram for 150 million Indians because one "NEET" exam paper leaked. The leak came from insiders inside the exam system, not Telegram. Yet they shut down the whole app until June 22... https://reclaimthenet.org/india-shut-down-telegram-for-150-million-users-over-one-exam-leak

Senator Blackburn Demands Kik Verify the Age of Every User https://reclaimthenet.org/senator-blackburn-demands-kik-verify-the-age-of-every-user

France’s Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption https://reclaimthenet.org/france-tchap-breach-undermines-encryption-backdoor-push

Step 1. Introduce censorship laws to make platforms "protect kids" Step 2. Ban kids Step 3. Leave adults with heavily censored, neutered, state-controlled platforms

13 years ago this month, the Guardian broke the Snowden story...the biggest mass surveillance exposé in history. Today it calls your concern about ID-linked browsing, spyware in your photos and messages, and broken encryption, "fake outrage" while Starmer's government demands backdoors into your iCloud and calls for people to be arrested for tweets. The watchdog became the lapdog.

US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks https://reclaimthenet.org/us-opposes-uk-social-media-ban

UK Encryption Backdoor Could Hit US Data, Jordan Warns https://reclaimthenet.org/jim-jordan-presses-uk-on-secret-encryption-order

SDSU Wired Its Dorms with 1,300 AI Cameras Without Telling Students https://reclaimthenet.org/sdsu-adds-1300-ai-cameras-330-in-student-dorms

Google Wallet is about to start holding your government ID in five EU countries this summer. The selling point is age verification. The part they skip over: an ad company now sees every time you prove who you are online. https://reclaimthenet.org/google-wants-to-be-the-id-checkpoint-for-europes-internet

Florida vs. OpenAI: The Fight to ID Every ChatGPT User https://reclaimthenet.org/florida-openai-age-checks-lawsuit

The children are the reason you are being asked to stop thinking. They are not the reason this is being built... https://reclaimthenet.org/starmers-social-media-ban-surveillance-state

UK gov “consulted” the public on banning social media for under-16s, then announced they’d do it anyway before it even closed. Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting says it’s like Big Tobacco. Nonsense. It’s all about a push for mandatory digital ID checks for every adult to post online. https://reclaimthenet.org/westminster-recycles-tobacco-style-panic-campaign-for-internet-crackdown

South Carolina just passed a law requiring platforms to estimate your age every 100 hours of use, or any time they run their algorithms on you. 80% confidence minimum, $10k fine per wrong guess. The incentive is to collect more data about everyone, including kids. https://reclaimthenet.org/south-carolina-social-media-surveillance-law

Angela Merkel used her first major speech since leaving office to tell the EU to keep regulating speech online and not worry about getting it wrong. "We learn through mistakes," she said. The mistakes she means: satirists censored, opposition leaders silenced, a law her own government built to crush dissent. https://reclaimthenet.org/merkel-eu-speech-regulation-censorship

A new lawsuit says Disney scans 75,000 faces a day at Disneyland without meaningful consent. The opt-out is a small icon at select gates, no verbal notice, no app alert. The suit argues guests should have to opt in, not find their way out of a biometric dragnet. https://reclaimthenet.org/disney-faces-5m-lawsuit-over-disneyland-facial-recognition