Digital ID Can Only End Badly Lauren Smith September 29, 2025 The ‘BritCard’ will be a monument to this government’s authoritarian impulses and staggering incompetence.
Chat Control Vote Postponed Amid Growing Member State Opposition TEC News September 13, 2025 Privacy advocates and several EU countries raised alarms, arguing the measure could lead to mass surveillance.
“Chat Control betrays Europe’s self-professed image as a protector of human rights”—Free Speech Advocate Yaël Ossowski Rafael Pinto Borges September 5, 2025 “Once Chat Control is implemented, it will mean that there is a legal process to mandate that all information be made available to authorities at all times.”
Prague Says No to ‘Chat Control’ Javier Villamor August 27, 2025 The Czech government has said it will vote against the proposal to monitor digital communications when it comes before the EU Council.
Germany To Curtail Civil Liberties in Pandemic Power Grab Zolta Győri August 21, 2025 The Merz government is moving forward with proposed legislation to restrict individual rights, without explanation for why that is needed.
The EU’s Plan To Kill Private Messaging Lauren Smith August 7, 2025 Brussels’ digital mass surveillance regime is about to get so much worse.
“People didn’t lose privacy. They gave it away”—Sociologist Tiffany Jenkins Rob Killick July 31, 2025 “We used to guard the private sphere. Now we livestream it.”
This ‘Dating Advice’ App Is Fuelling the Gender Wars Lauren Smith July 28, 2025 ‘Tea’ encourages women to turn bad dates into public trials and shame men in front of millions of strangers online.
The Digital Euro: A Trojan Horse in the Name of ‘Strategic Autonomy’ Javier Villamor July 16, 2025 What is being presented as a technological defense against external actors could, in fact, become a model of total financial control.
Nordic Countries Face Criticism Over Alcohol Consumption Tests TEC News June 9, 2025 Employers testing people’s off-duty habits in secret is an invasion of privacy, a Finnish legal expert says.
