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2025
The BBC has no choice but to teach Trump a lesson about free speech | …fascinated to wonder if @arusbridger supports @4chan conversely doing similar to @ofcomoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2025
BREAKING: filings in both the US House & Senate to resolve towards disapproving/opposing (e.g.) Ofcom’s demands to differentiate 4Chan’s user base & implement age-walling for Britons/everyoneoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
The coming war against local LLMs will be wrapped, as ever, in a choice between Child Protection and Anti-Terrorismoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
Mullvad: “The [EU] lost the Chat Control 2.0 battle […in] 2026, they will be back with their next attempt: Going Dark. This time some EU member states want to include VPN services”original ↗
19 Dec 2025
Whistleblowers raise ‘extreme’ concern about security of government’s Digital ID | ITV Newsoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2025
In a move that will surprise nobody except British “safety” activists who are unused to the concept of “positive rights”, Age Verification has been declared unconstitutional in Louisianaoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Moral Panic, Regulation, and the Challenge of Undoing Regulation: the Tonka Bean | Watch this if you want to understand the importance of fighting or fixing the Online Safety Actoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
Danish government proposes to ban streaming over VPNs due to risk of circumvention of content controlsoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2025
Australian Social Media Ban: we must not let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘incomplete, self-defeating, trivially circumventable & pointless’ | @CameronWilson at Crikeyoriginal ↗
13 Dec 2025
13 Dec 2025
The American Counter-Offensive Against Foreign Censorship Should Be Bipartisan | Preston Byrneoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban | TechCrunchoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
Banning children from online games, and spying on every device: Why we must oppose Baroness Benjamin’s attack on liberty | LibDem Voiceoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
Age Verification Is Coming For the Internet. We Built You a Resource Hub to Fight Back | EFForiginal ↗
12 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
ERRATA: Baroness Benjamin et al. wish to ban children under the age of *18* from using VPNs; that’s better than 16, isn’t it?original ↗
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
AND FINALLY: UK House of Lords demands client-side scanning of content to check for “viewing of CSAM”original ↗
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
11 Dec 2025
10 Dec 2025
The world needs social sovereignty | Mastodon Blog | Fediverse’s 800g Gorilla calls for local platforms, for local people…original ↗
9 Dec 2025
What the world might look like if we get a federal GRANITE Act | Preston Byrne | …the joy of this is that it might even be bipartisanoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
A US psychologist prescribed a social media ban for kids. How did Australia become the test subject? | Social media ban | The Guardianoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2025
“India’s request for satellite-aided iPhone location data is a privacy nightmare” | AppleInsideroriginal ↗
7 Dec 2025
Sometimes even politicians agree that it is necessary for social media to carry videos of people literally and really being blown to pieces…original ↗
7 Dec 2025
Lord Carlile believes that “[websites can] lose their right to appear on any screen in the United Kingdom” – rather than “citizens will suffer censorship by the British state”original ↗
6 Dec 2025
Baroness Floella Benjamin of BBC PlaySchool fame proposes Australia-like YouTube age-ban impacting Sesame Street, Ms Rachel, Cosmic Kids, Danny Go! …original ↗
6 Dec 2025
Ofcom writes to 4chan: “We are a UK-based regulator, but that does not mean the rules do not apply to sites based abroad” — true, but irrelevant…original ↗
4 Dec 2025
EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally | Techdirtoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
Ofcom: “I can levy vasty £1m fines upon Porn!” Internet: “So can I, so can any regulator; but will they pay when you levy them?”original ↗
4 Dec 2025
ReclaimTheNet: “ChatControl was meant to be temporary, the promotion of mass scanning of private messages until data proved it worked. The data never came.”original ↗
4 Dec 2025
Australia, and teenage Olympians and other upcoming sports stars are shuttering their Instagrams, likely impacting funding; or handing them over to “parents” to avoid bansoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
EFF: “After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final Hurdle: What to Know”original ↗
4 Dec 2025
Breaking: OnlineSafetyAct-inspired Federal GRANITE Act “for consideration” to protect US 1st Amendment rights against Ofcomoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
3 Dec 2025
eSafety Australia has been issuing informal takedown notices to platforms without due process; it turns out Australian courts don’t appreciate that behaviouroriginal ↗
3 Dec 2025
Australia eSafety: “Parents may lose their Google accounts [and anything linked to them] if they let their kids use them to view stuff”original ↗
3 Dec 2025
3 Dec 2025
Australian prime minister confirms that social media ban is about “compliance”, but if companies comply yet teens circumvent, what’s next?original ↗
3 Dec 2025