Brussels launched an age checking app. Hackers took 2 minutes to break it(politico.eu)

276 points by axbyte 6 months ago | 174 comments

The UK’s new age-gating rules are easy to bypass(theverge.com)

55 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 104 comments

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules(cyberinsider.com)

364 points by ggirelli 3 months ago | 140 comments

Cyber Insider news article reporting that the EU is one step away from reviving rules for scanning private messages (Chat Control).

Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149(cyberinsider.com)

196 points by adrianwaj 7 months ago | 127 comments

Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?(mullvad.net)

463 points by StrLght 4 months ago | 367 comments

Mullvad VPN blog post arguing that social media age verification laws spreading worldwide lay the foundation for a government-controlled internet.

Europe’s agenda for undersea internet cables(euractiv.com)

128 points by walterbell 3 years ago | 65 comments

Espionage Against the European Parliament(citizenlab.ca)

381 points by ledoge 3 months ago | 92 comments

Citizen Lab research report finding that a member of the European Parliament committee investigating spyware was hacked with NSO Group's Pegasus.

Chat Control passed first round in EU Parliament(heise.de)

525 points by miroljub 3 months ago | 234 comments

Heise Online news article on proponents in the EU Parliament using a procedural move to revive Chat Control 1.0, enabling indiscriminate scanning of chat messages.

Surveillance is not safety: A statement on the UK's latest threat to privacy [pdf](signal.org)

630 points by g0xA52A2A 4 months ago | 270 comments

Signal's PDF statement opposing a UK government demand that all content on devices be scanned for nudity using age verification and content scanning.

EU now one step away from reviving private message scanning rules(cyberinsider.com)

364 points by ggirelli 3 months ago | 140 comments

Cyber Insider news article reporting that the EU is one step away from reviving rules for scanning private messages (Chat Control).

European ISPs Want Rightsholders Held Accountable for Overblocking Damage(torrentfreak.com)

348 points by Brajeshwar 3 months ago | 98 comments

TorrentFreak article reporting that EuroISPA asks the EU Commission to hold rightsholders liable for damage caused by overblocking in site blocking orders.

Chat Control Must Be Stopped(privacyguides.org)

594 points by Improvement 1 year ago | 184 comments

Privacy Guides article urging readers to act against the EU's proposed Chat Control regulation, explaining what it is and why it harms privacy and children.