France passes bill to allow police to remotely activate phone camera, microphone, and GPS, in order to spy on people privacy Article 312 words 79 votes
Apple threatens to pull FaceTime and iMessage in the UK over proposed surveillance law changes apple privacy security Article 380 words 71 votes
Apple formally endorses right to repair US legislation after spending millions fighting it apple Article 817 words 67 votes
Reddit moderators of r/law and r/scotus filed an amicus brief in US Supreme Court first amendment case Moody v NetChoice LLC social media PDF 62 votes
Canada demands Facebook lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing facebook social media Article 228 words 51 votes
Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval internet Article 373 words 48 votes
ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it Article 747 words 47 votes
In major privacy win, US Supreme Court rules police need warrant to track your cellphone privacy Article 1036 words 40 votes
California passes strongest right-to-repair bill yet, requiring seven years of parts apple Article 448 words 39 votes
Conservative government would require websites to verify age to watch porn: Pierre Poilievre internet Link 36 votes
Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill - The CASE Act and a felony streaming proposal are included Article 448 words 36 votes
Illinois just passed the first law in the US protecting financial rights of children of influencers social media Article 561 words 35 votes
The most dangerous Canadian internet bill you’ve never heard of is a step closer to becoming law internet Article 1059 words 34 votes
"By all means, go after big tech. But for the love of the next generation, don’t pretend that it’s going to help vulnerable youth." social media Article 3142 words 33 votes
US Supreme Court leaves in place a Texas law requiring pornographic websites to verify users' ages internet Article 217 words 32 votes
Amazon shared Ring security camera and video doorbell footage with police without a warrant amazon privacy security.home Article 524 words 31 votes
US President Donald Trump signs executive order designed to limit the legal protections that shield social media companies from liability for the content users post on their platforms social media Article 527 words 31 votes
EU passes “Right to repair” Law to make large appliances easier to repair starting from 2021 Article 341 words, published Oct 2 2019 31 votes
A lawsuit argues Meta is required by law to let you control your own feed facebook social media Article 510 words 30 votes
Meet the customer service reps for Disney and Airbnb who have to pay to talk to you Article 6824 words 29 votes
UK's Online Safety Bill: Crackdown on harmful social media content agreed social media Article 741 words 27 votes
European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps Article 751 words, published Sep 6 2023 27 votes
Trump promises to veto crucial defense-spending bill unless it includes a full repeal of CDA 230, the law that protects online platforms from liability social media internet Article 916 words 27 votes
European Union approves landmark AI law, leapfrogging US to regulate critical but worrying new technology Article 26 votes
In US lawsuit, ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law amazon Article 1499 words 25 votes
Google formally endorses right to repair, will lobby to pass repair laws google apple Article 556 words 25 votes
Denmark bans Chromebooks and Google Workspace in schools over data transfer risks privacy google Article 596 words 25 votes
Google US antitrust trial - judge ordered trial exhibits removed from the web - the Verge responds by publishing them google Article 353 words 24 votes
Apple keeps shutting down employee-run surveys on pay equity - and labor lawyers say it's illegal apple Article 1033 words 24 votes
Emoji are showing up in court cases exponentially, and courts aren’t prepared Article 971 words 24 votes
Apple would be forced to allow sideloading and third-party app stores under new EU law ios apple.app store Article 529 words 23 votes
Nextcloud signs public letter, opposing German plan to force decryption of chat privacy Article 631 words 23 votes
noyb issues more than 500 GDPR complaints in aim to end “cookie banner terror” Article 978 words 22 votes
It's not just TikTok. ByteDance has a variety of apps that could also be banned. Article 523 words, published Apr 23 2024 21 votes
SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas argues for regulating large internet platforms as common carriers internet Article 535 words 21 votes
Facebook announces that if Australia's proposed News Media Bargaining Code becomes law, they will no longer allow Australians to share any news on Facebook or Instagram facebook social media Article 581 words 21 votes
The text of Article 13 and the EU Copyright Directive has just been finalised Article 1296 words 21 votes