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🚨🇪🇺 Ursula's Democratic European Union Plans to Crack Down on VPNs! "The new EU age ID verification system will not be 'bypassed' via VPN access." Not even China does this to their citizens. pic.twitter.com/W7UbqKPTTe — Based Hungary 🇭🇺 (@HungaryBased) May 1, 2026
Ich war nie ängstlich in meinem ganzen Leben. Aber die Vorstellung, was auf die Menschen so alles zukommt, macht mir langsam Angst. — PUBNGER (@pubnger) May 1, 2026 h/t 1guynAz
House Resolution 8250, a bill to require mandatory age verification on operating systems like Windows, iOS, and Android, is being described as a “Trojan horse” for a national digital ID system. Guest Austin Steinbart calls the bill a “disaster” and a privacy nightmare, noting it delegates implementation authority to the FTC, which could use biometrics. …
pic.twitter.com/S6nY5Kt0o0 — Damocles561 (@Damocles561) April 15, 2026
Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Florida SAVE Act to Strengthen Election Integrity and Security April 1 2026 THE VILLAGES, Fla.—Today, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the Florida SAVE Act, legislation that continues Florida’s efforts to lead the nation in secure, transparent, and efficient elections. “Safeguarding the electoral process to improve oversight and prevent unlawful influence has been …
🚨🚨RED ALERT!!! Texas just opened the gates to digital tyranny. SB2420, a dystopian UK-style online ID law, will force Texans by Jan 2026 to verify their age to access the most basic online services marking the first step towards nationwide Digital ID. pic.twitter.com/wCBUIq6TWy — ZeeeMediaOfficial (@zeeemedia) October 16, 2025 Starting on January 1, 2026, Apple …
Android has always let you install apps from outside the Play Store, a process called sideloading. It’s how people get apps that aren’t available in their region or alternative versions of popular apps. Starting next year, Google is tightening the rules: developers will need to verify their identity before their apps can be sideloaded on …
Reddit threads like r/stopsmoking and r/IsraelCrimes are now blocked in the UK. Spotify, dating apps, even Discord face sweeping age checks. “The rollout of the Online Safety Act has shown just how disastrous this type of regulation can be,” said Mike Stabile of the Free Speech Coalition. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/porn-censorship-is-going-to-destroy-the-entire-internet/ar-AA1KJLaS In the U.S., 24 states already demand …
“Americans should take note: the UK’s age verification rollout has been chaotic, invasive, and often useless. Reddit users report being locked out of forums, forced to upload IDs, and flagged by facial recognition tools that constantly misfire.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/americans-should-be-warned-lessons-reddits-chaotic-uk-age-verification-rollout Digital ID and biometric facial scans are rapidly becoming the new passports to the internet, driven by …
Meta, Google, and Apple are not really protecting kids. They are racing to control who scans them first. This is about power, not safety. New laws in Utah, Texas, and Louisiana force platforms to check user ages, get parental consent, and block harmful content. The tech giants are at odds. Meta wants app stores to …
Does that look like free speech? Banned for telling the public her account was fucked with by Elon and having her subscribers removed by X/Twitter. Thats not free speech. .@elonmusk is now admitting it’s retaliation. “Play stupid games, win stupid prizes”. He said, “yes”. So calling out mass migration is “a stupid game”? So much …
An operator is going to have to confirm there is an actual crime event taking place before dispatching police, starting October 1st. This is being done to cut down the amount of times an officer is dispatched when an alarm goes off and there is not an emergency and to increase surveILLance capabilities. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/soon-seattle-police-wont-respond-alarm-calls-without-evidence-crime/GFFSN3VCQJCMRDIDSTACHLR6SU/
When someone in Kansas visits an adult site, they’ll see a pop-up window. To continue, the user must upload information proving they’re 18 or older. Some websites that don’t enforce this could face penalties worth tens of thousands of dollars. Kansas has joined a national trend of states passing laws that supporters hope will protect …
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