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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.... Read more

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.... Read more

They do. That's the problem. The post Canada Says Critics Don’t Understand Its Surveillance Bill appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

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.... Read more

The law Congress unanimously passed to fight revenge porn also handed anyone with an internet connection and a grudge a delete button. The post Days Away: The TAKE IT DOWN Act Creates a Censorship Mechanism With No Safeguards appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

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 Admission Over Twitter Ban appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

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.... Read more

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 on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

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 appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

Reddit's message to its most loyal lurkers is this: your anonymity is the one thing we can't monetize. The post Reddit Tests Blocking Mobile Web to Force App Downloads appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

A departing UK minister used her resignation letter to demand device-level photo scanning on every phone in the country. The post Jess Phillips Resigns, Pushes Phone Scanning Law in UK appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more

The country that once exported its parenting model to the world now wants to put ankle monitors on 13-year-olds who haven't been charged with a crime. The post Sweden Wants to Strap Tracking Devices on Children as Young as 13 appeared first on Reclaim The Net.... Read more