Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Empire Touches Down in London
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Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Empire Touches Down in London
Controversial Worldcoin backed by Sam Altman expands to the UK with biometric IDs, Orbs, World ID 2.0, and crypto rewards.
The UK just published draft rules for its new "Online Safety Super-Complaints" process; a sanitized name for a bureaucratic filter on internet speech. Here’s what it means, and why it matters: The mechanism lets select organizations file formal complaints about systemic risks or "harms" online. But only approved groups can do this, and only every six months. Who qualifies? Groups that OFCOM, the UK’s speech regulator, deems sufficiently independent, reputable, and compliant... image
Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, is effectively being detained in France, under a legal fog so dense even he can’t explain it. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Durov described a surreal ordeal: no direct accusations, no transparency, just months-long forced stays in France based on the implication that some users of Telegram may have done bad things. image
France is now moving to label X an adult site, which would force it into the country’s age verification and digital ID laws. That means anyone in France wanting to use X would need to show ID. Not to get into adult content. Just to get in. Requiring ID to access the internet is how free speech dies and mass surveillance begins. image
Seventy-five years later, we’re red-penciling the warnings instead of heeding them.
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Orwell’s 1984 Gets a Trigger Warning
Seventy-five years later, we’re red-penciling the warnings instead of heeding them.
A digital vision cloaked in diplomacy, the EU’s global strategy turns infrastructure into ideology with identity at its core.
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European Union Unveils International Digital Strategy Pushing Digital ID Systems and Online Censorship
A digital vision cloaked in diplomacy, the EU’s global strategy turns infrastructure into ideology with identity at its core.
A pandemic-era workaround inches closer to permanence, swapping consent for convenience in the name of public health.
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New Jersey Proposes a Vaccine Registry No One Asked For
A pandemic-era workaround inches closer to permanence, swapping consent for convenience in the name of public health.
The High-Stakes Auction Where 15 Million People's DNA is the Product
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The High-Stakes Auction Where 15 Million People's DNA is the Product
The fate of 15 million people's genetic blueprints now hinges on courtroom bidding wars they never agreed to join.
Worrying about immigration might get you flagged faster than Googling “how to build a bomb.”
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UK: Mainstream Beliefs Meet the Terror Watchlist
Worrying about immigration might get you flagged faster than Googling “how to build a bomb.”
A billion-euro charm offensive blurs the line between public information and political theater...
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Inside the EU’s Billion Euro Media Machine
A billion-euro charm offensive blurs the line between public information and institutional self-promotion.