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Europe Is Building a Digital Identity System for 450 Million People

The European Union is quietly constructing what may become one of the most sweeping digital identity systems ever attempted. Under new legislation, every EU member...

Biometric Databases: Governments Building the Infrastructure of Surveillance

Governments around the world are rapidly expanding biometric identification systems, quietly building databases that contain some of the most personal information a...

Deep State Surveillance – Government is Under Watch

? HOLY CRAP! Secretary Noem just revealed @ElonMusk helped find that a few DHS staffers installed SPYWARE on her phone and computer, as well as on the devices of of...

Russia Can Now Disconnect Citizens and Entire Regions from the Internet

A new law signed by Putin grants the FSB the authority to order telecom operators to disconnect individuals from internet and mobile services. This long trajectory...

Tehran’s Surveillance State – Coming to a Regime Near You

Iran’s digital surveillance machine is close to completion, as reported by Wired. Governments don’t build surveillance systems because there is an actual need...

Discord to Require ID – Internet Surveillance Measures Expand

Discord will begin enforcing mandatory global age verification by requiring users to submit a face scan or government ID to access adult content and full platform...

France Considers VPN Ban

Governments never present control as control. It is always framed as protection. In France, the justification is shielding children from harmful content online. But...

Microsoft Provided the FBI with Encryption Keys

Microsoft provided the FBI with Bitlocker encryption keys. It should come as no surprise that a US-based cloud storage service provided US intelligence with...

The UK Rolls Out Largest National AI Surveillance Program

Criminals are operating in increasingly sophisticated ways, but some forces are fighting crime in a digital age with analogue methods. We will launch...

Australia Bans Free Speech

Australians could face up to 15 years imprisonment for comments deemed offensive by the government. The Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill introduced...