Experts warn that, while such measures may be intended to protect children, they can ultimately wind up burdening adults, posing data privacy concerns, and restricting access to First Amendment-protec...

People are increasingly concerned about the ways in which mass surveillance is tracking our every move: from Flock license plate readers to face recognition to creepy ads that – based on what we see a...

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What the Greens can do to escape Big Tech Trump has given every country the means, motive and opportunity to build a new, good Internet, free from the geopolitical imperatives America foisted on the…

Americans’ First Amendment right to equal access to official government statements is violated by the Trump administration’s use of Truth Social’s preferential treatment scheme, which blocks people wh...

Senate Bill 73 officially hits the books, but ongoing litigation and fierce pushback from major VPN providers leave the future of internet privacy in Utah hanging in the balance.

Australians are turning to VPNs as a way to maintain online privacy following the rollout of strict new age-gating laws.

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On your path to improving your digital security, you may encounter bad actors who attempt to undermine your security goals. We call these bad actors adversaries. When an adversary sends an email (or text message or message in an app) or link that looks innocent, but is actually malicious it’s...

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The EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of

The EU KIDS Act's Age Verification Scheme is the least bad way to age-gate social media, but only if the EU gets the details right and doesn't rush it.

After the CICC threatened Discord and Reddit to set up a presence in the Philippines in 24 hours or else face consequences, accessing Discord has become dodgy. We can confirm that Discord is blocked…

Password breaches are a common occurrence, and if you use the same password on every site, that may grant access to bad actors who try out that password elsewhere to get into your accounts. The best way to protect yourself is to use a unique password everywhere (and two-factor authentication,...

California is about to accept $1.4 billion in federal broadband funding. But it must give up net neutrality and other internet rules.

We’re launching a revamped, privacy-focused age assurance solution including methods that won’t require an ID or selfie. Here’s how it works.