Brazil Launches Mandatory Age Verification Law for Online Platforms https://reclaimthenet.org/brazil-digital-eca-age-verification-law

The FISA Surveillance Tool Is Up for Renewal, and the SAVE Act Is Riding Shotgun https://reclaimthenet.org/fisa-section-702-reauthorization-trump-save-act-house-debate

Britain’s Business Registry Left Director Data Wide Open — Yet the Government Is Still Building a National Digital ID https://reclaimthenet.org/britains-business-registry-left-director-data-wide-open

Meta is Ending Instagram Direct Message End-to-End Encryption https://reclaimthenet.org/meta-is-ending-instagram-direct-message-end-to-end-encryption

Canada’s Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-bill-c22-lawful-access-act-metadata-retention-surveillance

UK Speech Regulator Chief Melanie Dawes Says US Free Speech Lawsuits Are “a Sign That We’re Having the Impact We Want” https://reclaimthenet.org/melanie-dawes-ofcom-lawsuit-online-safety-act-us

Australia VPN Boom as “Age Verification” Law Takes Effect https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-age-verification-vpn-surge

UK Lords Back Facial Recognition Overreach, Protest Crackdown Powers https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-face-surveillance-dvla-protest-law

Australia’s “eSafety” Commissioner Threatens App Stores Over AI Age Verification Deadline https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-threatens-app-stores-search-engines-over-ai-age-verification

UK Government Secretly Tracked 25 Million People as Potential EV Owners https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-government-secretly-tracked-25-million-people-as-potential-ev-owners

Apple Rolls Out Age Verification to UK iPhone Users Under Online Safety Act https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-rolls-out-age-verification-to-uk-iphone-users-under-online-safety-act

Berlin Court Orders X to Hand Over Hungarian Election Data to Researchers https://reclaimthenet.org/berlin-court-orders-x-to-share-hungary-election-data-under-dsa

Senators Talk Digital Freedom for Iran While Expanding Surveillance at Home https://reclaimthenet.org/senators-talk-digital-freedom-for-iran-while-expanding-surveillance-at-home

Spain’s HODIO Program to Monitor and Rank Social Media Platforms on “Hate Speech” https://reclaimthenet.org/spain-hodio-social-media-hate-speech-rankings-pedro-sanchez

UK Government’s Digital ID System Could Grant Police Access to Facial Recognition Database https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-governments-digital-id-system-could-grant-police-access-to-facial-recognition-database

BC Tribunal Clears Student of “Hate Speech” Charge Over COVID-19 Video https://reclaimthenet.org/bc-tribunal-covid-video-not-hate-speech

New Zealand Parliamentary Committee Recommends Social Media Ban for Under-16s https://reclaimthenet.org/nz-under-16-social-media-age-checks-privacy