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Porn Stars Aim to Turn Viewers With Anti-Project 2025 Blitz

NAKED AGENDA

More than a dozen adult entertainment stars have established a campaign against right-wing efforts to ban pornography.

Lily Mae Lazarus | Published Oct 07, 2024

Instagram to Start Blurring Nudes to Protect Teen Users

KEEP IT PG

The move is part of a wider push by the platform to regulate the kinds of content minors interact with.

Amanda Yen | Published Apr 11, 2024

TikTok Hit With Huge $367M Fine for Mishandling Kids’ Data

BIG BUCKS

The social network says it “respectfully” disagrees with the Irish Data Protection Commission’s ruling.

Josh Fiallo | Published Sep 15, 2023

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opinion

Republicans Can’t Decide If They Want Online Privacy or Not

WHOSE PANIC IS IT ANYWAY?

They’re terrified of a social credit system like the one the Chinese Communist Party uses, but they want to force Americans to show ID to use the internet.

Corbin Barthold | Published Sep 05, 2023
opinion

Crackdowns on Encrypted Messaging Don’t ‘Help the Children’

DO NO HARM

The U.K.’s Online Safety Bill is a “well-meaning” law that is a grave threat to individual privacy—especially for people at risk. And the U.S. and E.U. are poised to follow.

Paige Collings | Published Aug 30, 2023
opinion

You Have No Privacy—the Government Bought It From Big Tech

WHAT FOURTH AMENDMENT?

Congress needs to put some meaningful guardrails on law enforcement’s ability to buy our data from private entities.

Albert Fox Cahn, Justin Sherman | Published Sep 27, 2022

Panicked Women Urge Each Other to Delete Period Tracker Apps

BIG BROTHER

Two of the most popular apps have vowed to keep users’ data safe.

Alan Halaly | Published Jun 24, 2022
opinion

Protect Pregnant People, Make Google Delete Location Data

THEY’RE TARGETS NOW

Abortion-seekers will have targets on their backs once Roe v. Wade is overturned, and law enforcement already relies on Big Tech to track citizens.

Albert Fox Cahn | Published May 30, 2022

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SAFE SURFING

Prevent third-party cookies from tracking your internet search and stream content from anywhere for less than half the monthly price on NordVPN.

Thomas Price | Published Apr 25, 2022

Snapchat Researched New iPhone Privacy Controls Workaround

DEFEAT DEVICE

Instant messaging app admits running extensive program which would avoid new iPhone privacy controls, but says it always intended to abandon it.

Tom Sykes | Published Apr 02, 2021

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