Explore the relationship between pornography regulation and child protection, through recent legal developments that may blur ethical lines.

First they came for the doomscrolling, apparently in the name of civic connection.

Alabama’s TikTok deal signals a new era of state‑mandated age verification and digital identity infrastructure

Lisa Nandy, the government minister responsible for introducing the ban, pointed to March as a start date although the government says detailed plans will be explained in Parliament by Christmas this year.

Explore the relationship between pornography regulation and child protection, through recent legal developments that may blur ethical lines.

When Wattpad quietly rewrote its content guidelines last month, its writers didn’t wait around for the hammer to fall. Overnight, they began […]

The regulator says it has concerns over how the site is relying on third party checks provided by Apple for some users.

When Wattpad quietly rewrote its content guidelines last month, its writers didn’t wait around for the hammer to fall. Overnight, they began […]

Explore the relationship between pornography regulation and child protection, through recent legal developments that may blur ethical lines.

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Countries are disguising censorship as "cybercrime," and a new UN treaty could help authoritarian governments export that repression worldwide.

4chan and Kiwi Farms have lost their attempt to stop Britain’s online safety regulator in a U.S. court, with a federal judge ruling that Ofcom is protected by foreign sovereign immunity.U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras dismissed the lawsuit Tuesday in Washington, D.C., cutting off the forums’ attempt to block Ofcom’s...

Trump admin broadband grants forbid states from enforcing net neutrality laws.

The pitch is more user control, but the fine print puts Canberra in charge.

"We don't want to go to jail."

From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...

Discord is bringing back Global Age Verification under the codename 'Tiny Bronco', including these restrictions for teens: - No access to adult-only servers/channels - No speaking on Stage Channels ...

When prosecutors appealed dismissal of a possession-of-obscenity count, FIRE joined the First Amendment Lawyers’ Association to explain how every reason it offered had already been considered—and reje...

How do Asia-Pacific countries draw the line between legitimate queer expression and online harms? An APrIGF Kathmandu 2026 workshop.

We're filing an amicus brief to prevent the government from making it a crime to have "obscene" fictional content in your home.

The State Department doesn’t accuse Autistici/Inventati of doing anything more than providing surveillance-free email accounts. But that’s enough to declare it a terrorist organization.

How do Asia-Pacific countries draw the line between legitimate queer expression and online harms? An APrIGF Kathmandu 2026 workshop.

How do Asia-Pacific countries draw the line between legitimate queer expression and online harms? An APrIGF Kathmandu 2026 workshop.

How do Asia-Pacific countries draw the line between legitimate queer expression and online harms? An APrIGF Kathmandu 2026 workshop.

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