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Privacy Laws

Here comes age verification

Source: The Lunduke Journal on X — A new national law has been introduced to require all Operating Systems to have mandatory Age Verification. The…

freespeechnewsApril 28, 2026

Media Platforms

Age verification = digital ID

Source: Wide Awake Media on X — German MEP Christine Anderson warns that under-16 social media bans are ultimately just a pretext to link everybody's…

freespeechnewsApril 19, 2026

Privacy Laws

Trump’s new AI framework is laying the groundwork for digital ID tied to everything you do online

Source: @VigilantFox on X — What’s being sold as “protecting children” could quietly require every adult to prove who they are just to access the…

freespeechnewsApril 12, 2026

Media Platforms

Meta Verdict Could End Anonymous Internet Access

Source: Reclaim the Net — The verdict is being reported as a landmark for child safety. It also represents a significant legal mechanism for dismantling…

freespeechnewsApril 5, 2026

Consumer Protection News Abroad

Brazil “Age Verification”

Source: Reclaim the Net — Brazil built a national age verification system, called it child protection, and buried the surveillance infrastructure in the footnotes. Every…

freespeechnewsMarch 23, 2026

Consumer Protection

California to Force Age-Tracking on Every OS

Source: Reclaim the Net — California wants to build a surveillance layer into every device its residents touch. And, by default, the rest of us.…

freespeechnewsMarch 9, 2026

Privacy Laws

40 AGs Push Senate Kids Online Safety Act

Source: Reclaim the Net — Well...that would be the end. Whether framed as child protection or platform accountability, the architecture contemplated by S. 1748 would…

freespeechnewsFebruary 12, 2026