Canada’s New Border Law Hides a Surveillance Time Bomb
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Canada’s New Border Law Hides a Surveillance Time Bomb
Buried beneath the rhetoric of national security is a digital dragnet designed to sidestep the courts.
Visa’s Head of Digital Identity just called the EU Digital ID Wallet a “gamechanger.” She’s right: but not in the way she thinks. Slated to go live EU-wide by 2026 and mandatory by 2027, the Wallet will hold your government-issued ID, verify your income, and be required for payments. It promises seamless banking and borderless access to services. But it also creates the most centralized identity system ever attempted in the West. Civil liberties groups are sounding alarms, and rightly so. Centralized identity is surveillance infrastructure. Function creep is real. Governments and corporations will push new “features” with every update. And most users won’t even realize how much control they’ve ceded until it’s too late. image
In Brazil, telling the wrong joke now carries more jail time than most white-collar crime...
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Brazilian Comedian Leo Lins Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Stand-Up Routine
In Brazil, telling the wrong joke now carries more jail time than most white-collar crime.
A single notification can quietly map your habits, your network, and your name...
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UK Leads Global Push For Notification Data Requests
A single notification can quietly map your habits, your network, and your name.
The NSO Group, maker of Pegasus spyware, is fighting back hard in court. Ordered to pay WhatsApp $167 million over a 2019 hack that hit 1,400 users, the surveillance firm is now asking a judge to either slash the fine or toss the verdict entirely. image
TikTok just nuked the “SkinnyTok” trend globally; not because it broke laws, but because the French government told them to. image
UK illegal immigration surges. Borders “lost.” And now: digital ID. Labour’s answer to record Channel crossings isn't border security, it’s surveillance. A Gov Wallet set to launch this summer could also eventually tie e-visas, identity checks, and eventually all credentials to a centralized app. Veteran cards and licenses this year. Everything by 2027. Presented as immigration enforcement, it’s really the birth of a digital identity regime. Built fast, without debate, in the chaos of a crisis... image
A man’s freedom is on the line in New Jersey, and the prosecution’s key witness? An algorithm. Not a transparent one. Not a vetted one. A faceless, corporate-built black box the state refuses to explain. In State v. Miles, the cops fed Instagram photos into mystery facial recognition software. It spat out a name; Tybear Miles. That was enough. No eyewitness. No fingerprints. Just a suggestion from an informant and a computer that might be more Magic 8-Ball than Sherlock Holmes. Now, defense attorneys are asking for the basics of the software: error rates, testing methods, how this algorithm even works. The state says: Sorry, trade secret. image
The FTC is digging into what is alleged to be one of the biggest collusion scandals in modern media — and it's not on the front page. A federal antitrust probe into a network of advocacy and ad groups has escalated. At the center: claims they coordinated a mass advertiser pullout from Elon Musk’s X platform and other media organizations to enforce their own ideological filters on online speech. The FTC is demanding documents from nearly a dozen organizations, including global advertising watchdogs, investigating whether “brand safety” campaigns crossed into illegal economic warfare; a potential violation of the Sherman Act. image
Pakistan Uses Geofencing to Track, Disable Digital IDs of Protesters
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Pakistan Uses Geofencing to Track, Disable Digital IDs of Protesters
A single protest can now cost you your identity, your mobility, and your access to the state.