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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 9, 2026

Media Platforms

The App Store Accountability Act Does Not Protect Children

Source: Julie Barrett on X — It’s happening everywhere, all at once: ending anonymity on the Internet. This bill is funded by Meta - the…

freespeechnewsApril 7, 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

Unfettered Speech

Something is Off

Something feels off in the air again, the same slow-motion pressure that preceded lockdowns in 2020, except the trigger now is war, energy, and supply…

freespeechnewsApril 1, 2026

Censorship Consumer Protection

America’s Newest Digital ID Proposal Just Dropped in the US Senate

Source: Julie Barrett on X — "Duty of Care" sounds good, but this will undoubtedly become a mechanism for regulating speech and requiring identity-linked controls.…

freespeechnewsMarch 29, 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

War

The Merger That Needed a War

Source: The Drey Dossier on Substack — On surveillance, there is a window closing, and most people don’t know it’s open. The last time the…

freespeechnewsMarch 15, 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

Europe News Abroad Privacy Laws

UK Digital ID isn’t the convenience it’s cracked up to be

Source: David Thunder on The Freedom Blog — The UK government has pledged to introduce a digital ID system for all UK citizens and legal…

freespeechnewsJanuary 26, 2026

Privacy Laws

TSA Proposes MyTSA PreCheck Digital ID, Integrating Biometrics

Source: Reclaim the Net — The push for no privacy continues, weekly, monthly, yearly. TSA said these biometrics will be compared with FBI records through…

freespeechnewsJanuary 21, 2026