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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 3, 2026
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
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...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 2, 2026
Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Is A Bad Deal For Teens And All Social Media Users
Meta’s settlement with 52 state attorneys general is a bad deal for all internet users, and especially for teens. That’s what we said the day the settlement was announced. In this post, we go through the Settlement’s provisions in detail and explain why that is so, including how: The Settlement embeds age assurance technology and...
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Techdirt
TechdirtSep 2, 2026
Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Is A Bad Deal For Teens And All Social Media Users
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 31, 2026
Would The Next George Floyd Video Survive Meta’s New Teen Safety Rules?
Earlier this year, one of the smartest internet rights people around, Heather Burns, suggested the "Darnella Test" regarding any kind of "kid safety" rule online. It's named after Darnella Frazier. You might not recognize her name, but you've seen her work. She was the 17-year-old who was walking to the corner shop when she happened...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 31, 2026
Would The Next George Floyd Video Survive Meta’s New Teen Safety Rules?
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 21, 2026
Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
Age verification (laws and regulations requiring platforms and websites to assure or estimate that a user seeking to use an online service is of a certain age) is everywhere. At the time of writing, about half the states in the US have some internet age verification law in place, and dangerous proposals, from the KIDS...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 21, 2026
Zero Knowledge Proofs Aren’t Age Verification Silver Bullets
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TechdirtAug 19, 2026
French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country
Even as the wider EU was grinding through a long, drawn-out process to figure out which regulatory levers to pull on kids' safety online, France decided to YOLO it earlier this summer by jumping at the chance to ban all social media for kids under 15. This kind of thing has become popular with out...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 19, 2026
French Constitutional Council Blocks Under-15 Social Media Ban, In A Ruling That Should Concern Every Other EU Country
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 10, 2026
New Mexico Judge Appoints Himself Meta’s New Product Manager
Earlier this year, following the initial verdict in the state of New Mexico's case against Meta (arguing that Meta caused harm to children by doing things like encrypting messages), we noted that even if you believe that Meta is a terrible company (as I do), that Mark Zuckerberg cannot be trusted (ditto), and that the...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 10, 2026
New Mexico Judge Appoints Himself Meta’s New Product Manager
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TechdirtAug 6, 2026
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases Of Their Patrons?
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those images are used for facial recognition. A broader privacy...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 6, 2026
Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases Of Their Patrons?
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404 Media [Unofficial]
404 Media [Unofficial]Aug 4, 2026
The SCREEN Act is a Christian Nationalist Nightmare
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 3, 2026
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually explicit content. If this bill passes, it will force millions of adult internet users to give up their anonymity, privacy, and security before...
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Techdirt
TechdirtAug 3, 2026
The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites
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Techdirt
TechdirtJul 20, 2026
Australia’s Next Target In The War On Kids Online: Your VPN
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Diff
DiffJul 20, 2026
Online age verification explained (Part 1/3): What is it, a timeline of age-based restrictions, and why it matters
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Techdirt
TechdirtJul 13, 2026
The UK’s New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents
Recently, politicians in the UK pushed forward with plans to eviscerate privacy and free speech on the internet by announcing a ban on social media for users under 16 that is set to take effect in Spring 2027. The UK government continues to falsely characterize this policy as a necessary response to growing concerns about...
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Techdirt
TechdirtJul 13, 2026
The UK’s New Under-16 Social Media Ban Will Cause More Harm Than It Prevents
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Techdirt
TechdirtJul 10, 2026
Adults Broke The Internet, And They’re Trying To Fix It By Kicking Kids Off
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Android News [Unofficial]
Android News [Unofficial]Jul 6, 2026
The Supreme Court Declines to Block Texas Age Verification for App Stores, Leaving Kids’ Access in Flux
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Home ━ The European ConservativeJul 6, 2026
From Digital Euro to Chat Control: The Risk of Function Creep
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the deep dive
the deep diveJul 6, 2026
No, EU Is Not Requiring Passports for All Internet Access
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