Geofence Warrants: What the Supreme Court Case Means for You
Geofence Warrants: What the Supreme Court Case Means for You
The U.S. Supreme Court is preparing to hear arguments on one of the most consequential digital privacy questions in years: are geofence warrants constitutional? The case puts a spotlight on a surveill...
Privacy
Iran's 50-Day Internet Blackout and the Tiered Access Divide
Iran's 50-Day Internet Blackout and the Tiered Access Divide
Iran's internet blackout has now surpassed 50 consecutive days, totaling more than 1,176 hours offline for ordinary citizens. What began as a sweeping shutdown has evolved into something more delibera...
Internet Freedom
Türkiye's VPN Crackdown: What Users Need to Know
Türkiye's VPN Crackdown: What Users Need to Know
Türkiye's telecommunications regulator, the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), has announced a sweeping digital safety package that includes significant new restrictions on VP...
Internet Freedom
Age-Verification Laws Are Driving Mass VPN Adoption
Age-Verification Laws Are Driving Mass VPN Adoption
Age-verification laws were sold to the public as a child-safety measure. Few people argued against the goal. But the mechanism chosen by governments in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, an...
Internet Freedom
France Orders VPNs and DNS Providers to Block Piracy Sites
France Orders VPNs and DNS Providers to Block Piracy Sites
A Paris court has issued a ruling that goes further than most anti-piracy enforcement actions seen in Europe. Rather than simply ordering internet service providers to block piracy websites, the court...
Internet Freedom
EU Parliament Limits Chat Control Scanning Until 2027
EU Parliament Limits Chat Control Scanning Until 2027
The European Parliament has voted to extend a temporary legal exemption that permits online platforms to voluntarily scan private communications for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The extension p...
VPN & Encryption
Bangladesh Election System Exposes 14,000 Journalists' Data
Bangladesh Election System Exposes 14,000 Journalists' Data
A technical vulnerability in Bangladesh's Election Commission (EC) online system left the personal records of at least 14,000 journalists publicly accessible for roughly two hours. The exposed data in...
Data Breaches
Turkey Blocks 1,866 URLs After School Shootings
Turkey Blocks 1,866 URLs After School Shootings
In the weeks following a series of school shootings that shocked the country, the Turkish government launched one of its most aggressive digital crackdowns in recent memory. By April 18, authorities h...
Internet Freedom
EU Age Verification App Breached Within Minutes of Launch
EU Age Verification App Breached Within Minutes of Launch
The European Union's newly launched standardized age verification tool had barely gone live before security consultants found a way through it. On April 18, 2026, researchers publicly disclosed that t...
Data Breaches