Surveillance & Privacy
Australia caught Roblox letting adults message 1.7 million kids—now the platform faces $49.5 million in fines
Australia's regulator fined Roblox $49.5M for failing to stop adults from contacting 1.7M children. The…
Chinese hackers spent three years planting ‘digital bombs’ inside 5,000 US water utilities—and nobody has a plan
Chinese state hackers embedded malware in thousands of US water systems. A war game revealed…
Nielsen now requires panelists to wear wrist devices that listen to everything on TV — starting August 31st
Nielsen's new wearable meters will track what panelists watch at home. Starting August 31st, research…
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Disneyland quietly deployed face recognition on all visitors starting May 2026 — and most guests have no idea
Disneyland is now scanning visitors' faces without explicit consent. Here's what the surveillance system does and what it means for…
Russia just went silent on launch schedules after Ukraine targeted its main cosmodrome in April 2026
Russia stops publishing space launch schedules after Ukrainian strikes on its largest spaceport. What the blackout reveals about military vulnerability.
Seven states just blocked public access to police license plate reader data—and EFF says it’s dangerous
Seven states are passing laws to hide police license plate reader data from public records requests, blocking transparency that exposed…
EFF warns UN of systematic killings and digital isolation targeting Palestinian journalists since October 2023
The Electronic Frontier Foundation documents a wave of journalist killings and systematic internet censorship targeting Palestinians since October 2023 in…