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2026-07-21 18:34:36 UTC

Victoria to Force Social Media Companies to Identify Users Accused of “Vilification”
https://reclaimthenet.org/victoria-online-vilification-demasking-laws-vcat-anonymous-social-media

2026-07-20 18:16:59 UTC

Andy Burnham Scrapped Digital ID. His Internet Plans Say Otherwise.
https://reclaimthenet.org/andy-burnham-scrapped-digital-id-his-internet-plans-say-otherwise

2026-07-20 14:19:55 UTC

Wyden Urges Blanche and Rubio to Fight Canada’s Bill C-22 Surveillance Law
https://reclaimthenet.org/wyden-urges-blanche-and-rubio-to-fight-canadas-bill-c-22-surveillance-law

2026-07-19 17:08:27 UTC

Missouri Age Verification Law Signed by Governor Mike Kehoe
https://reclaimthenet.org/missouri-age-verification-law-signed-by-governor-mike-kehoe

2026-07-18 18:09:15 UTC

Google Opens the Play Store to Its Rivals
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-opens-the-play-store-to-its-rivals

2026-07-17 23:52:46 UTC

A Judge Just Recommended Congress Force Apple to Build iCloud Photo Scanning
https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-icloud-ruling-privacy-scanning-congress-surveillance

2026-07-17 17:33:04 UTC

Judge Halts Visa Ban on Global Censorship Figures
https://reclaimthenet.org/judge-halts-visa-ban-on-global-censorship-figures

2026-07-17 00:50:14 UTC

UK Rules Out VPN Limits — “For Now”
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-rules-out-vpn-limits-for-now

2026-07-16 19:29:40 UTC

Governor Newsom just signed SB 169. It quadruples California's mobile driver's license program to reach over 16 million people. It connects driver records to a national identity database.
And it clears the way for camera enforcement on LA roads during the 2028 Olympics.
They sold it as shorter DMV lines.
The truth is it tracks your digital ID scans and shares your personal data nationwide.
https://reclaimthenet.org/newsom-adds-ca-drivers-to-national-id-system

2026-07-16 16:33:27 UTC

Flock Camera Error Gets Innocent Driver Boxed In by Police
https://reclaimthenet.org/flock-camera-error-gets-innocent-driver-boxed-in-by-police

2026-07-15 15:58:24 UTC

The EU Commission says Instagram & Facebook could be acting illegaly in Europe.
Reason: infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications and recommendation algorithms are designed to hold your attention.
They’re threatening Meta with fines up to 6% of global revenue, over $12 billion, until the apps are redesigned to Brussels’ liking: autoplay & infinite scroll OFF by default, screen time breaks, and algorithms retuned to be less engaging.
This is under the Digital Services Act, the same censorship law that polices speech now dictates product design...
https://reclaimthenet.org/brussels-has-opinions-about-your-social-media-feed

2026-07-14 14:27:36 UTC

Microsoft Decided Your Windows Settings Belong in Its Cloud
https://reclaimthenet.org/microsoft-decided-your-windows-settings-belong-in-its-cloud

2026-07-13 23:44:53 UTC

Markey’s AI Bills Could Force Online Age Verification Digital ID
https://reclaimthenet.org/markeys-ai-bills-could-force-online-age-verification-digital-id

2026-07-13 21:21:02 UTC

Pavel Durov was arrested for what other people allegedly did on his app, Telegram. This was a dangerous precedent.
France just questioned Durov for the fourth time, six hours in a Paris courtroom.
Nearly two years into this case, his own lawyers say there is still no evidence to back the charges.
https://reclaimthenet.org/durov-questioned-a-fourth-time-in-frances-telegram-case

2026-07-11 16:23:19 UTC

Macron and the head of the WHO just put out a joint statement calling for online age verification to protect kids. Here is the part they skip over: to check a child's age, a platform has to check everyone's identity. The age gate logs the adults too.
The WHO and France warn that data profiling threatens your privacy, then in the same statement they demand age verification systems that collect even more of your identity.
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-and-who-push-social-media-id-checks

2026-07-11 00:54:35 UTC

Ofcom, the UK speech regulator, admitted it wants American cops to collect its £520k censorship fine from 4chan.
The UK meddling regulator with zero jurisdiction was begging US law enforcement to do its dirty work on the week of America’s 250th birthday.
...Against a site protected by the First Amendment. You cannot make this up.
https://reclaimthenet.org/ofcom-wants-american-police-to-collect-its-speech-fine

2026-07-10 14:16:51 UTC

Andy Burnham, soon to be Britain’s next Prime Minister, hasn’t even stepped foot in Downing Street. Yet his team is already committed to carrying on Starmer’s plan: carding EVERY adult in the country to “protect kids online.”
They’re keeping the full "age-verification" scheme running, now expanding into games, AI chatbots, livestreams, and coming for your VPN.
https://reclaimthenet.org/andy-burnham-age-verification-vpn-online-id-britain

2026-07-09 22:20:37 UTC

California just advanced a bill that would put scanning software inside every 3D printer sold in the state. It watches what you print at home and blocks anything an algorithm thinks looks like a gun part. Your machine would answer to the state, not to you.
https://reclaimthenet.org/california-wants-a-watcher-inside-every-3d-printer

2026-07-09 14:45:49 UTC

From July 7 a driver-facing camera comes standard in new EU cars, and you pay for it in the sticker price. Switzerland and others will follow. The watched car is about to become the only car you can buy.
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-mandates-driver-facing-cameras-in-new-cars-from-today

2026-07-08 21:38:49 UTC

Apple Hide My Email Vulnerability Exposes Real Email Addresses
https://reclaimthenet.org/apple-hide-my-email-vulnerability-exposes-real-email-addresses

2026-07-08 15:46:24 UTC

A 35-page federal memo shows Canada's Industry Department weighed suing individual Canadians over what they post on Facebook, X and LinkedIn.
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-considered-suing-citizens-over-false-and-misleading-social-media-posts

2026-07-07 21:52:59 UTC

The EU Parliament rejected mass scanning of private messages in March.
Yesterday, it approved an urgent procedure to revive the measure, setting up a decisive vote on Thursday, the last sitting day before summer recess.
At second reading, the text passes automatically unless 361 MEPs vote against it, and some MEPs have already left for the Summer break...
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-parliament-revives-chat-surveillance-for-thursday-vote

2026-07-07 15:38:49 UTC

Reddit has started forcing age checks on EU and Norway users.
If their surveillance software thinks you might be under 18, you now hand a government ID or a live face scan to a third party before you can open a mature subreddit.
Refuse, and those communities just disappear.
Even some health support subreddits got tagged NSFW, which means you may have to show ID before you can read them.
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-reddit-users-must-verify-age-with-government-id-or-selfie

2026-07-07 00:53:31 UTC

The UK Government just admitted its so-called independent Digital Identity watchdog will operate in total secrecy.
No published minutes, costs hidden, members chosen in the dark.
They are building a national identity system for every adult in Britain but people are not allowed to see how it's coming together.
Oversight you cannot observe is not oversight.
https://reclaimthenet.org/britains-digital-id-watchdog-will-do-its-watching-in-secret

2026-07-06 18:52:21 UTC

Amazon finally gave an excuse about why its new Fire Sticks block sideloading, and the reason is malware. The company that packs your home screen with tracking ads is now blocking the tools you would use to remove them. Vega OS giveth nothing and taketh plenty.
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-malware-excuse-behind-amazons-locked-down-fire-sticks

2026-07-05 20:18:45 UTC

Australia's eSafety Commissioner just asked a royal commission for the power to order platforms to protect certain accounts and suspend everyone who piles on against them. She wants it to work across every platform. "Ratioing" someone could become a bannable offense.
https://reclaimthenet.org/australias-top-censor-wants-power-over-the-ratio

2026-07-03 19:27:33 UTC

Two Met Police officers walked into a Chiswick pub, pulled a man away from his drink, and warned him about his tweets. They admitted on camera he had broken no law. This is what Britain is like now.
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-police-warn-man-over-pub-tweets

2026-07-02 01:08:22 UTC

Sony is killing physical discs for all new PlayStation games starting January 2028.
From now on, every fresh release will be digital only.
That means no more owning a real copy you can lend, resell, or keep on your shelf for years.
You’re just renting a license tied to Sony’s account and servers.
They can take it away anytime.
Just look at the 551 movies (including Terminator 2, Total Recall, and Apocalypse Now) they’re deleting from people’s libraries this September with zero refunds.
The “Buy” button is a lie.
https://reclaimthenet.org/sony-kills-the-playstation-disc

2026-07-01 21:45:33 UTC

Australia's teen social media ban is a total failure.
85% of 12-15 year olds still online after 3 months.
Kids beat it with drawn mustaches and borrowed accounts.
Guess the govt's genius fix? Double the fines and expand face-scanning surveillance.
They're not protecting kids. They're building a biometric police state.
And the rest of the world is, unfortunately, taking notes.
https://reclaimthenet.org/australias-teen-social-media-ban-failed-the-governments-fix-is-to-double-the-fines

2026-07-01 16:46:50 UTC

Democrats have chosen the global digital ID agenda as a keystone of their 2028 campaign.
Project 2029’s “Kids Over Clicks” plan: ban under-16s, force age verification, gut Section 230.
It's all sold as child protection.
The reality is: passports, face scans, and government ID wallets just to post online.
Australia, UK, EU, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are embracing it.
It kills anonymous speech for everyone.
https://reclaimthenet.org/democrats-global-digital-id-agenda-project-2029

2026-06-30 23:19:33 UTC

Sony is deleting 551 movies you paid for from PS libraries on Sept 1.
Terminator 2, Total Recall, Rambo, and more. No refunds.
You hit BUY. Now they're gone. This is fake ownership.
GTA 6 "physical" is the same scam: $80 for a download code, no disc, no resale.
You don't own a "digital" purchase.
https://reclaimthenet.org/sony-deletes-551-studiocanal-movies-playstation-owners-paid-for

2026-06-30 19:18:07 UTC

The House just passed the KIDS Act (267-117): a Trojan horse sneaking federal online ID checks into "kids safety" bills.
Platforms must "know or should have known" if you're a minor or face liability. That forces age verification, ID checks, and tracking for everyone.
Meanwhile, the Senate version of KOSA keeps the dangerous "duty of care" provision that would force platforms to censor broad categories of protected speech to avoid liability.
There's a huge rift: Senate authors called the House bill dead on arrival. Neither chamber protects freedom...one pushes ID checks, the other pushes algorithmic control.
Gridlock between two evils is currently the only thing stopping a full assault on online anonymity and speech.
https://reclaimthenet.org/the-house-just-voted-for-kosa

2026-06-29 21:27:01 UTC

MASSIVE 6-3 SCOTUS WIN for privacy
Geofence warrants are DEAD.
Police can no longer throw a digital dragnet around a crime scene and vacuum up EVERY phone location in the area.
The 4th Amendment applies - your movements aren’t open season just because you carried a phone.
https://reclaimthenet.org/supreme-court-geofence-ruling

2026-06-29 15:39:58 UTC

Canada’s Bill C-8, Explained, and What It Means for Your Privacy
https://reclaimthenet.org/canadas-bill-c-8-explained-and-what-it-means-for-your-privacy

2026-06-28 16:35:35 UTC

EU governments lost the fight over mass surveillance of private chats and now they want a rematch on their own terms.
Ambassadors pushed Friday to revive temporary scanning of WhatsApp, Messenger, and more for "CSAM."
This is after Parliament voted it down 311 against in March and the legal basis already expired.
The Council wants to override Parliament and scan 450 million people's messages, treating everyone as suspects. Error rates hit 13-50%.
This clears the path for next week's big "Chat Control" push into end-to-end encryption.
https://reclaimthenet.org/brussels-could-reopen-the-fight-to-scan-your-private-chats

2026-06-27 16:46:17 UTC

Brazil just hired American lawyers to defend its censor-in-chief in a Florida courtroom.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered Rumble to block even people in America, including a person granted US asylum, then fined them $9k/day and banned the platform when they refused.
Now Brazil claims "sovereign immunity" means a foreign judge can reach into America, delete First Amendment-protected speech, demand user data, and face zero consequences.
https://reclaimthenet.org/brazil-enters-rumble-case-to-defend-pro-censorship-judge

2026-06-26 16:51:12 UTC

The British government just said they don't trust you to scroll your own phone.
They want to force YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook to shove BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 to the top of Britons' feed whether they asked for it or not.
"Trusted news sources" they call it.
Creators getting buried, real voices pushed down, all so the BBC can sit at the top like it earned it.

2026-06-26 16:41:27 UTC

How Britain Plans to Lock Legacy Media Into People’s Feeds
https://reclaimthenet.org/how-britain-plans-to-lock-legacy-media-into-peoples-feeds

2026-06-25 15:03:24 UTC

NO FAKES Act Clears Senate Committee: Delete First, Ask Never
https://reclaimthenet.org/no-fakes-act-clears-senate-committee-delete-first-ask-never

2026-06-24 17:05:18 UTC

Illinois Gov. Pritzker just signed a $55.9B budget with a “social media platform fee” that taxes platforms based on how many Illinois users they have.
Bigger audience = bigger bill. Literally taxing speech.
Pritzker’s defense: make companies “pay for the mental health and educational degradation they’ve caused.”
Taxing publishers for the alleged effects of what they publish is unconstitutional censorship with a price tag.
SCOTUS has killed this type of thing before.
https://reclaimthenet.org/pritzkers-social-media-tax-a-200-million-bet-against-the-first-amendment

2026-06-22 15:26:52 UTC

The UAE just approved a ban on social media for under-15s. To enforce it, every adult has to verify their age too, by ID or face scan. Companies have 12 months to comply.
https://reclaimthenet.org/to-keep-kids-off-social-media-the-uae-will-id-every-user

2026-06-21 19:39:44 UTC

Meta opposed the Kids Online Safety Act for years. Then the Senate bundled it with another digital ID mandate and a block on state AI laws, both things Meta spent millions lobbying for. Suddenly Meta was on board...
https://reclaimthenet.org/why-meta-suddenly-loves-the-kids-online-safety-act

2026-06-20 16:20:21 UTC

Texas Just Leaked 3 Million Driver’s Licenses and Passports
The same government now demanding digital ID to enter websites just proved it can’t guard the identity documents it already holds.
https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-just-leaked-3-million-drivers-licenses-and-passports

2026-06-19 21:40:12 UTC

Apple’s New Subdomain Kills “Hide My Email” Cover
https://reclaimthenet.org/apples-new-subdomain-kills-hide-my-email-cover

2026-06-19 14:28:09 UTC

Florida Sues TikTok Over Age Verification Failures as Digital ID Mandate Takes Effect
https://reclaimthenet.org/florida-sues-tiktok-age-verification-law-online-id-checks

2026-06-18 22:35:21 UTC

Google Removes the Final Workaround for Full Ad Blocking in Chrome
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-removes-final-workaround-for-full-ad-blocking-chrome

2026-06-18 19:22:12 UTC

The Broad New Powers Hiding Inside Poland’s Child Safety Bills
https://reclaimthenet.org/poland-internet-laws-age-verification-content-blocking

2026-06-18 15:48:38 UTC

UK Even Wants Image Scanners on Millions of Unsupported Devices
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-even-wants-image-scanners-on-millions-of-unsupported-devices

2026-06-17 14:24:19 UTC

Calling 4chan a tech giant is like calling a group chat a telecommunications conglomerate.
https://blossom.primal.net/6a4de104ae4e7041639bf000439aa8bbd01b1de19d344ff0387c88bff1451840.jpg

2026-06-16 23:11:34 UTC

India blocked Telegram for 150 million Indians because one "NEET" exam paper leaked.
The leak came from insiders inside the exam system, not Telegram.
Yet they shut down the whole app until June 22...
https://reclaimthenet.org/india-shut-down-telegram-for-150-million-users-over-one-exam-leak

2026-06-16 19:53:03 UTC

Senator Blackburn Demands Kik Verify the Age of Every User
https://reclaimthenet.org/senator-blackburn-demands-kik-verify-the-age-of-every-user

2026-06-16 14:00:28 UTC

France’s Own Hack Is the Best Argument Against Its War on Encryption
https://reclaimthenet.org/france-tchap-breach-undermines-encryption-backdoor-push

2026-06-15 19:27:19 UTC

Step 1. Introduce censorship laws to make platforms "protect kids"
Step 2. Ban kids
Step 3. Leave adults with heavily censored, neutered, state-controlled platforms

2026-06-15 16:40:15 UTC

The children are the reason you are being asked to stop thinking. They are not the reason this is being built...
https://reclaimthenet.org/starmers-social-media-ban-surveillance-state

2026-06-14 21:04:33 UTC

13 years ago this month, the Guardian broke the Snowden story...the biggest mass surveillance exposé in history.
Today it calls your concern about ID-linked browsing, spyware in your photos and messages, and broken encryption, "fake outrage" while Starmer's government demands backdoors into your iCloud and calls for people to be arrested for tweets.
The watchdog became the lapdog.
https://blossom.primal.net/d4ab9c89ae97f6ec56f0fa5a1eebf48dd46cb97076ec88e51e0bdb0e8b3eb5e3.jpg

2026-06-14 20:08:01 UTC

US Opposes UK Online ID Mandate as Nine States Expand Age Checks
https://reclaimthenet.org/us-opposes-uk-social-media-ban

2026-06-14 14:22:29 UTC

UK Regulator Targets World Cup Social Media Speech
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-regulator-targets-world-cup-social-media-speech

2026-06-12 15:19:14 UTC

Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media
https://reclaimthenet.org/bill-c-34-canadas-new-law-wants-your-id-or-your-face-to-use-social-media

2026-06-11 23:23:17 UTC

Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline. Why “Going Dark” Is a Myth.
https://reclaimthenet.org/section-702-surveillance-friday-deadline-going-dark-myth

2026-06-11 20:18:26 UTC

The White House’s AI Deal: Kill State Laws, Demand Your ID
https://reclaimthenet.org/ai-preemption-age-verification

2026-06-11 13:41:55 UTC

UK Encryption Backdoor Could Hit US Data, Jordan Warns
https://reclaimthenet.org/jim-jordan-presses-uk-on-secret-encryption-order

2026-06-10 21:26:16 UTC

Ofcom’s Crisis Censorship Protocol Arrives Just as Belfast Erupts
https://reclaimthenet.org/ofcom-crisis-protocol-belfast-riots

2026-06-09 14:40:05 UTC

UK Wants Message Scanning on Phones, Jail CEOs Who Refuse
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-wants-message-scanning-on-phones

2026-06-08 20:52:16 UTC

Starmer Calls for Spyware on All Phones
https://reclaimthenet.org/starmer-calls-for-spyware-on-all-phones

2026-06-07 15:55:00 UTC

SDSU Wired Its Dorms with 1,300 AI Cameras Without Telling Students
https://reclaimthenet.org/sdsu-adds-1300-ai-cameras-330-in-student-dorms

2026-06-06 19:26:20 UTC

Google Wallet is about to start holding your government ID in five EU countries this summer. The selling point is age verification. The part they skip over: an ad company now sees every time you prove who you are online.
https://reclaimthenet.org/google-wants-to-be-the-id-checkpoint-for-europes-internet

2026-06-05 22:52:07 UTC

Florida vs. OpenAI: The Fight to ID Every ChatGPT User
https://reclaimthenet.org/florida-openai-age-checks-lawsuit

2026-06-05 19:38:15 UTC

Germany Fines Citizens a Month’s Wages for Insulting Chancellor Merz on Facebook
https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-fines-merz-insults

2026-06-04 19:23:49 UTC

A federal appeals court just ruled the Coast Guard Auxiliary could expel a volunteer over his LinkedIn posts. The court didn't need proof his words actually harmed anything. A reasonable guess that they might was enough.
https://reclaimthenet.org/court-backs-coast-guard-auxiliary-firing-over-linkedin-posts

2026-06-04 19:07:01 UTC

“Dystopian” Police.AI Launches in UK Amid False Arrests
https://reclaimthenet.org/dystopian-police-ai-launches-in-uk-amid-false-arrests

2026-06-04 14:24:40 UTC

Seattle Children’s Hospital Spied on Searches, Parents Tell WA Court
https://reclaimthenet.org/seattle-childrens-hospital-spied-on-searches-parents-tell-wa-court

2026-06-03 22:55:55 UTC

“Dystopian” Police AI Launches in UK Amid False Arrests
https://reclaimthenet.org/dystopian-police-ai-launches-in-uk-amid-false-arrests

2026-06-03 14:02:54 UTC

DOJ Sought YouTube Subscriber Data
https://reclaimthenet.org/doj-sought-youtube-subscriber-data

2026-06-02 15:06:52 UTC

California Assembly Passes Under-16 Social Media Ban
https://reclaimthenet.org/california-assembly-passes-under-16-social-media-ban

2026-06-01 21:10:04 UTC

EU-Backed Appeals Center Accidentally Confirms the DSA Censorship Regime Is Unworkable
https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-dsa-appeals-centre-report-exposes-content-censorship-failures

2026-06-01 13:56:08 UTC

Samsung Throws Its Support Behind Digital ID
https://reclaimthenet.org/samsung-throws-its-support-behind-digital-id

2026-05-31 14:29:14 UTC

Minnesota Law Requires Platforms to Monitor and Age-Estimate All Users
https://reclaimthenet.org/minnesota-social-media-age-surveillance-law

2026-05-30 17:19:36 UTC

DuckDuckGo’s US app installs surged 30.5% week-over-week after Google’s I/O move to replace traditional search with AI.
Google now decides more what you see, how you see it, and whether any original source gets traffic at all.
A growing number of users are making the switch...
https://reclaimthenet.org/duckduckgo-gains-users-after-google-ai-search-shift

2026-05-29 22:50:02 UTC

5th Circuit Lets Texas Enforce App Store Age Checks
https://reclaimthenet.org/5th-circuit-lets-texas-enforce-app-store-age-checks

2026-05-29 13:42:48 UTC

California’s New Age-Verification Bill Frees Linux But Expands Age Tracking to the Open Web
https://reclaimthenet.org/california-wants-an-age-tracker-for-the-whole-web

2026-05-28 19:21:54 UTC

Texas Sues Discord, Seeks Mandatory Age Verification
https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-sues-discord-seeks-mandatory-age-verification

2026-05-28 13:52:39 UTC

Germany is considering what is being described as a state-controlled “Ministry of Truth” for social media.
State media regulators plan to force X, Facebook, Instagram & TikTok to algorithmically boost content from government-approved “public value” outlets, decided by politically appointed bodies.
A leaked document reveals the plan: politicians → state regulators → “reliable” media label → mandatory visibility quotas in people's feeds.
https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-social-media-approved-news-boosting

2026-05-27 19:18:02 UTC

Even Google warns Canada’s Bill C-22 would build a “surveillance infrastructure” that weakens cybersecurity for everyone.
It joins Apple, Meta, Proton, Signal, and more in opposition.
The bill forces companies to enable mass surveillance, store metadata on millions of innocent users for a year, and create backdoors that break end-to-end encryption.
https://reclaimthenet.org/even-google-warns-canada-bill-c-22-creates-surveillance-backdoors

2026-05-27 14:27:48 UTC

Florida federal court summons Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to face Rumble + Truth Social’s anti-censorship lawsuit.
He has 21 days to respond or risk default judgment.
Moraes tried to force US platforms to censor American users and hand over their data.
One foreign judge can’t dictate what Americans can say online.
https://reclaimthenet.org/us-court-summons-moraes-in-rumble-lawsuit

2026-05-26 19:47:34 UTC

UK gov “consulted” the public on banning social media for under-16s, then announced they’d do it anyway before it even closed.
Former Health Secretary Wes Streeting says it’s like Big Tobacco.
Nonsense. It’s all about a push for mandatory digital ID checks for every adult to post online.
https://reclaimthenet.org/westminster-recycles-tobacco-style-panic-campaign-for-internet-crackdown

2026-05-26 13:12:56 UTC

Big Tech just voluntarily handed UK speech regulator Ofcom preview access to new features before they launch.
Facebook, Instagram, Roblox, Snap & YouTube all agreed. TikTok refused.
Meta is now rolling out AI to scan Instagram DMs under the premise of detecting “sexualized conversations," right after quietly killing E2EE.
This is how free speech and privacy die: companies willingly building the surveillance state for the regulator. All for “safety.”
https://reclaimthenet.org/facebook-instagram-roblox-snap-youtube-ofcom-preview-new-features

2026-05-25 13:24:30 UTC

Jennifer Combs had a clean record. Then Trinidad, TX police arrested her on a felony charge for a Facebook post about brown tap water and residents getting sick.
The city issued a boil water notice after threatening felony charges for talking about it.
Now she's suing for retaliation.
The small town used bomb-threat laws to silence complaints about dirty water. Wild.
https://reclaimthenet.org/texas-woman-arrested-for-facebook-post-about-town-water-quality

2026-05-23 17:09:28 UTC

South Carolina just passed a law requiring platforms to estimate your age every 100 hours of use, or any time they run their algorithms on you. 80% confidence minimum, $10k fine per wrong guess. The incentive is to collect more data about everyone, including kids.
https://reclaimthenet.org/south-carolina-social-media-surveillance-law

2026-05-22 19:00:20 UTC

The UK speech regulator's incoming chair calls VPNs a "technical problem," wants new powers over YouTube, and deliberately avoided meeting any tech companies before taking the job.
He only consulted a group pushing for broader censorship laws. Ian Cheshire is building a speech police force and calling it safety.
https://reclaimthenet.org/incoming-chief-of-uk-speech-regulator-takes-aim-at-vpns

2026-05-22 14:17:34 UTC

Angela Merkel used her first major speech since leaving office to tell the EU to keep regulating speech online and not worry about getting it wrong.
"We learn through mistakes," she said.
The mistakes she means: satirists censored, opposition leaders silenced, a law her own government built to crush dissent.
https://reclaimthenet.org/merkel-eu-speech-regulation-censorship

2026-05-21 22:17:38 UTC

A new lawsuit says Disney scans 75,000 faces a day at Disneyland without meaningful consent. The opt-out is a small icon at select gates, no verbal notice, no app alert. The suit argues guests should have to opt in, not find their way out of a biometric dragnet.
https://reclaimthenet.org/disney-faces-5m-lawsuit-over-disneyland-facial-recognition

2026-05-21 14:20:57 UTC

Canada's government posted "use a VPN to protect your data" the same week VPN companies threatened to leave the country over Bill C-22, which would force them to log that data.
Windscribe called it a clown show. They're not wrong.
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-vpn-companies-threaten-to-leave-over-bill-c-22

2026-05-20 22:54:47 UTC

A Colorado bill would force your phone's operating system to collect your date of birth and share your age bracket with every app you open.
Chamber of Progress, bankrolled by Apple, Google, and Meta, is lobbying Gov. Polis to sign it.
For now, kids can just type in a fake birthday.
But what it does build is the infrastructure for mandatory ID verification later...
https://reclaimthenet.org/big-tech-backs-colorado-os-level-age-data-bill

2026-05-20 17:37:12 UTC

Canada's military ordered soldiers to create fake social media accounts and spy on opposition political parties during COVID. Soldiers who warned it could be illegal were reprimanded. Six years later, no law prevents it from happening again.
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-military-spied-on-citizens-in-covid-punished-whistleblowers

2026-05-19 22:12:29 UTC

Britain Decides Viral Protest Clips Need Prosecutors
https://reclaimthenet.org/britain-decides-viral-protest-clips-need-prosecutors

2026-05-19 15:36:51 UTC

Ten states sued Roblox over child safety.
Every single one demanded the same fix: more ID scanning, more biometric collection, more face scans.
The pattern is always the same. A crisis, then surveillance.
https://reclaimthenet.org/oklahoma-roblox-lawsuit-child-safety-biometric-age-verification

2026-05-19 13:37:30 UTC

A German man jokingly called former Chancellor Olaf Scholz a bastard on Twitter because his Fortnite download was crawling at 173KB/s. The tweet had 503 views.
Authorities investigated him for committing a criminal offense (insulting a politician) and he was forced to delete it.
Imagine what would happen if they get their way, ban end-to-end encryption, and monitor all of your private messages.
https://blossom.primal.net/4ba6005f790289c6c9f64d46c398fd93091317fc703570e0c73f7f609f6ecd01.jpg

2026-05-18 19:58:37 UTC

TikTok deleted a Reform UK campaign video because someone filed a report under the Online Safety Act.
There's no penalty for bad-faith reports.
The OSA was sold as child protection but the actual incentive structure is this: platforms face billions in fines for under-enforcement, so they delete first and never look back.
Starmer's government says platforms should "uphold freedom of expression" while threatening them with penalties that guarantee the opposite...
https://reclaimthenet.org/online-safety-act-election-censorship-reform-uk-tiktok-zia-yusuf

2026-05-18 14:49:30 UTC

Canada's Public Safety Minister says Apple, Meta, and Signal are "misinterpreting" his surveillance bill.
Apple says the bill would force encryption backdoors. Signal says they'd leave Canada entirely. Meta says it would turn companies into arms of government surveillance.
The minister thinks they just can't read.
https://reclaimthenet.org/canada-says-critics-dont-understand-its-surveillance-bill

2026-05-17 18:51:50 UTC

A nonprofit is suing on behalf of people Rubio sanctioned for pressuring platforms to delete speech.
These are the folks who built advertiser blacklists, ran deplatforming campaigns, and helped write the EU's law forcing American companies to censor legal content.
Now they want a federal judge to protect them. The people who spent years arguing deplatforming isn't censorship are upset about being on a blacklist themselves...
https://reclaimthenet.org/rubio-is-sued-over-visa-bans-on-foreign-censors