20 years in jail for using a VPN? The RESTRICT act aims to tackle TikTok. But it's overly-broad and has major privacy and free speech implications.

by Alphix to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Politicians, journalists are locked out of Twitter for tweets about trans shooter targeting Nashville Christian school

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

OpenAI founder’s Worldcoin claims “iris recognition technology is capable of distinguishing individuals on a billion people scale”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Brazil outlines law to ban online "fake news" and "hate speech"

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

The CDC purchased private location data on over 55 million Americans to monitor lockdown compliance

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Coronavirus from (reclaimthenet.org)

Jacinda Ardern is tipped for top internet censorship role

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Deutsche Bank and WEF look towards the end of cash

by TheRealPanzer to /s/economy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Western governments are on the verge of introducing expiring money

by TheRealPanzer to /s/economy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Eric Schmidt testifies that there should be no “true anonymity” when accessing generative AI platforms

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

In China, men are modeling lingerie after ban on women streamers

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Trudeau announces $5.5 million to fight “disinformation”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/canada from (reclaimthenet.org)

Joe Rogan and Russell Brand discuss benefits of Rumble and why YouTube can't be trusted

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Utah introduces digital driver's licenses, following plans to introduce online platform age checks

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Florida bill would require bloggers to register with the state to write about elected officials

by Drewski to /s/politics from (reclaimthenet.org)

Australia agrees on digital ID rollout and data sharing

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

World Health Organization pushes for global vaccine passports

by Drewski to /s/NoNewNormal from (reclaimthenet.org)

Ron DeSantis' chooses Rumble, welcomes the company to Florida

by Drewski to /s/business from (reclaimthenet.org)

Slack permanently bans Libs of TikTok

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

UK tests tracking citizens’ habits, rewarding them for good behavior

by TheRealPanzer to /s/UnitedKingdom from (reclaimthenet.org)

Klaus Schwab: Those Who Master New Technologies "Will Be the Master of the World"

by Drewski to /s/Dystopia from (reclaimthenet.org)

The sudden global push for age verification to end online anonymity and drive digital ID uptake

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

The New York City Department of Health created "Misinformation Response Unit" to monitor social media

by Drewski to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

Unvaccinated New York teachers had their fingerprints sent to the FBI

by Drewski to /s/Education from (reclaimthenet.org)

Kenya is being used as a testing ground for biometric-based vaccine tracking for babies

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Canada passes online censorship bill

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

The strange censorship of HBO movie posters

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

UK’s “Nudge Unit” recommends various online psychological manipulations when people shop and travel to push a “net zero society”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/ClimateChange from (reclaimthenet.org)

Anti-war Russian teen faces jail for social media posts criticizing Ukraine war

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from (reclaimthenet.org)

YouTube censors and punishes Project Veritas over undercover Pfizer video

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

German government secretly met with US Big Tech to censor speech

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

In Argentina, getting a new SIM card will now require giving up biometric data

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Facebook and Instagram reinstate President Donald Trump’s accounts

by TheRealPanzer to /s/SocialMedia from (reclaimthenet.org)

Elon Musk agreed to EU’s censorship laws, France’s digital minister says

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Delta introduces facial recognition to match with digital ID for more “convenient” travel

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

The way you walk is apparently as unique as your fingerprint and the UAE wants to use it to track criminals

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

Ontario regulatory body orders Dr. Jordan Peterson to undergo "social-media communications retraining"

by HongKongPhooey to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

New browser extension replaces Wikipedia pages in search results with Encyclosphere pages

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

NYT op-ed: "Privacy at all costs" is "dangerous," use of Signal and similar tools "puts us all at risk"

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

The FBI won’t name other social media companies it pays

by TheRealPanzer to /s/SocialMedia from (reclaimthenet.org)

NYC Mayor Eric Adams: “Big Brother is protecting you”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is helping to fund the salaries of dozens of Biden officials

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

Truth Social launches direct messages

by TheRealPanzer to /s/SocialMedia from (reclaimthenet.org)

Senator Wyden to investigate whether domain registrar Neustar sold user data to the US government

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Corporate coalition pushes government to create digital ID infrastructure. It's not the mark of the beast though. Yet.

by iamonlyoneman to /s/whatever from (reclaimthenet.org)

Israel to introduce sweeping online censorship law

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Twitter bans accounts of Mastodon, journalists that cover banning of Elon Musk flight tracker account

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Twitter staff knew Trump hadn't broke the rules so used the justification of "coded incitement" to ban him

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Indian citizens that don't link account numbers to Digital ID will soon face financial blacklisting

by Drewski to /s/Dystopia from (reclaimthenet.org)

New Zealand admits it has direct access to Facebook takedown portal where it can flag content for censorship

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Macron wants more Twitter censorship to stop people saying “crazy things” about vaccines, pandemics, and war

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Apple turned off a private communication tool in China just before major protests broke out

by chottohen to /s/TechSec from (reclaimthenet.org)

MetaMask starts tracking user IPs

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Trudeau says he feels "serene and confident" over decision to freeze protesters' bank accounts

by Drewski to /s/canada from (reclaimthenet.org)

Google is sued for auto-installing Covid “spyware” on people’s phones

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Cloudflare: Blocking Kiwi Farms and others caused loss of potential customers, “significant adverse feedback”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

Destructive ruling against LBRY "sets an extraordinarily dangerous precedent" for cryptocurrency in the US

by Drewski to /s/cryptocurrency from (reclaimthenet.org)

Companies want workers to wear smartwatches so their every move can be tracked

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Pressure groups target top Twitter advertisers, encouraging them to put pressure on Elon Musk to censor

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Visitors to the EU will soon have to give up their fingerprint, have their photo taken

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

WEF report explores online “interventions” including content removal, warning labels to "protect kids"

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Japan steps up its digital ID push, tells public they may lose health insurance if they don’t sign up

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Residents push back after Oxford, England proposes dystopian surveillance system that limits driving

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

World Bank consultant: “Digital identity is not enough,” suggests a need for access to data

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Invasive tech analyzes your voice for signs of mental illness

by TheRealPanzer to /s/technology from (reclaimthenet.org)

Germany fines Telegram $5M For allegedly ignoring German law and takedown orders.

by Drewski to /s/technology from (reclaimthenet.org)

10 PayPal alternatives – for privacy or free speech

by Drewski to /s/finance from (reclaimthenet.org)

10 PayPal alternatives – for privacy or free speech

by Drewski to /s/technology from (reclaimthenet.org)

JPMorgan Chase bank deplatforms Kanye West following social media posts

by TheRealPanzer to /s/USnews from (reclaimthenet.org)

Twitter bans Dr. Peter McCullough

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Climate groups demand Big Tech censor climate change "misinformation"

by [deleted] to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

California is sued after getting caught flagging YouTube videos for censorship

by penelopepnortney to /s/WayOfTheBern from (reclaimthenet.org)

Overwatch 2 will record voice chat and require a phone number to play

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

US government plans to develop AI that can unmask anonymous writers

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Bill Gates pushes for “trusted sources,” has a group that tracks what people say about him online.

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

New doorbell technology can deny access to Covid-positive people

by TheRealPanzer to /s/technology from (reclaimthenet.org)

The EU is running a digital ID pilot

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

WEF publishes ideas on a carbon allowance system where surveillance tech is used to track personal emissions

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

Rumble sets new record of 78 million monthly active users

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

NYC to use pension fund investments to push Mastercard and American Express to flag gun sales

by TheRealPanzer to /s/USnews from (reclaimthenet.org)

Google is blocking Trump’s Truth Social app for “insufficient content moderation”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Android from (reclaimthenet.org)

DC Mayor: No vaccine passport, no education - even for virtual learners

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Coronavirus from (reclaimthenet.org)

Spotify never recommends the Joe Rogan podcast, but recommends others

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Internet from (reclaimthenet.org)

World Economic Forum suggests there are “rational” reasons to microchip your child

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Surveillance from (reclaimthenet.org)

Saudi woman is jailed for 34 years over freedom-supporting Tweets

by Drewski to /s/news from (reclaimthenet.org)

Canada starts to roll out biometric kiosks in airports

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Libs of TikTok is locked out of Facebook

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Facebook from (reclaimthenet.org)

Bing is censoring search results for Alex Berenson’s “Unreported Truths” Substack

by TheRealPanzer to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Rumble sets new record, 76% year-on-year growth in active users

by TheRealPanzer to /s/technology from (reclaimthenet.org)

Facebook blocks #diedsuddenly hashtag

by HongKongPhooey to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Canada plots digital ID system after WEF partnership

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Germany plans China-style color code vaccine passport upgrade with multiple tiers of "rights"

by Drewski to /s/NoNewNormal from (reclaimthenet.org)

Scotland wants to scan people’s faces in public

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Germany plans China-style color code vaccine passport upgrade with multiple tiers of “rights”

by TheRealPanzer to /s/Coronavirus from (reclaimthenet.org)

Twitter is continuing to censor scientist involved in anti-censorship lawsuit

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to trial biometrics for entry

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

West Virginia school district to introduce facial recognition tech

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

Protester in Australia banned from using private apps, has to turn over his phone and passwords to cops

by Drewski to /s/Dystopia from (reclaimthenet.org)

YouTube executive: censorship of Russian disinformation is "a constant ongoing endeavor"

by Drewski to /s/censorship from (reclaimthenet.org)

New Jersey is accused of keeping a database of DNA from babies, to use for solving crimes and more

by Drewski to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

UK plots facial recognition tech for “contactless” border crossings

by TheRealPanzer to /s/privacy from (reclaimthenet.org)

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