Romania's Land Registry Goes Dark After Cyberattack
A breach has paralyzed Romania's digital land registry, bringing real estate transactions across the country to a halt. The govern…
Why Elon Musk's X Is Suing the Irish Media Regulator
Elon Musk’s X has launched six new High Court actions against Coimisiún na Meán, bringing the total number of actions it has taken…
France's Social Media Age Ban: A Trojan Horse for Digital Surveillance
France’s new social media age-verification law is being presented as a child protection measure, but it lays the foundations for u…
The End of Wikipedia’s Neutrality Myth
Wikipedia’s co-founder Larry Sanger says the world’s largest encyclopedia has abandoned neutrality for ideological conformity – an…
Identity Checks at the Gates of the Internet
In the US, pressure is growing on platforms to sort users by age and identity in the name of child protection. Age checks, liabili…
A Supervised Twitter for Europeans
WSocial is still available only in beta. Yet doubts are already growing over whether the new social network can keep its promises …
Social Media Bans Unite Left and Right in Opposition
Criticism of bans aimed at blocking children from using social media over safety concerns has become a rare point of agreement amo…
Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Failing – Europe Wants One Anyway
Europe is moving toward social media bans for children. Polls show broad support, but Australia’s experience suggests the harder q…
Google Wants to Become the Internet’s Gatekeeper
Zero-knowledge technology is widely regarded as highly secure because the website receives only a yes or no answer. But if Google …
Tell Me Whom You Follow
US court orders demanded identifying data from Google on users who had watched certain YouTube videos, according to Forbes. If eve…
Britain Casts Online Life as the New Smoking
Medical arguments are giving new momentum to Britain’s debate over age and identity checks online. The Starmer government wants to…
Germany’s New Battle for Control of the Feed
German media regulators want approved Public Value journalism to receive greater prominence on social platforms. Presented as a wa…
X Bows to Pressure From Britain’s Censors
Britain’s communications regulator can now count on X to review and remove content more quickly. Hate and disinformation are the s…
Ofcom’s Reach for the Global Internet
A British regulator wants to punish an American website for allegedly violating British law. Does the arm of the UK’s media watchd…
Fears Grow EU Set to Clamp Down on VPNs
The EU is considering regulation on VPNs as part of its age-verification push, but tech experts warn it is a “slippery slope” towa…