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Florida Rejects Controversial Encryption Backdoor Bill

3 weeks ago | alethonews.com | Didi Rankovic |Debbie Lerman

Florida Rejects Controversial Encryption Backdoor Bill By Didi Rankovic | Reclaim The Net | May 13, 2025Legislators in the US state of Florida have shot down a bid to introduce a law that would have mandated encryption backdoors. The outcome of the effort – known as SB 868: Social Media Use by Minors – means that the backdoors would have allowed encryption to be weakened in this fundamental way affecting all platforms where minors might choose to open an account.
Rumble Taps Veteran Antitrust Lawyer In Lawsuit Against Google's Monopoly Power

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

Prominent attorney David Boies has joined the legal team representing video-sharing platform Rumble in its multibillion-dollar antitrust case against Google, further escalating a legal battle that alleges the tech giant unfairly stifled competition in the online video space. Boies, who has spent decades at the center of landmark legal showdowns, is no stranger to high-profile antitrust litigation.
The EU’s New “Democracy” Shield Looks a Lot Like a Speech Muzzle

3 weeks ago | sgtreport.com | Didi Rankovic

by Didi Rankovic, Reclaim The Net: A censorship law dressed as a safeguard, the Shield quietly turns EU-funded fact-checkers into the arbiters of acceptable opinion.
Florida Rejects Controversial Encryption Backdoor Bill

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

Legislators in the US state of Florida have shot down a bid to introduce a law that would have mandated encryption backdoors. The outcome of the effort – known as SB 868: Social Media Use by Minors – means that the backdoors would have allowed encryption to be weakened in this fundamental way affecting all platforms where minors might choose to open an account.
The EU’s New "Democracy" Shield Looks a Lot Like a Speech Muzzle

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

The European Parliament (EP) Special Committee on a censorship initiative known as “the European Democracy Shield” has published a working document, “on protecting European democracy and our values.” The pretext for the initiative is the Brussels bureaucracy’s assertion that the bloc and member countries have been subjected to “escalating” threats in terms of foreign information manipulation and interference, hybrid attacks, and disinformation – originating from “third-country actors.” The...
Meta May Add Facial Recognition to Ray-Ban Smart Glasses

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

According to reports, work may be underway to add facial recognition capabilities to Ray-Ban Meta “AI-powered” smart glasses, as well as the same class of earphones, equipped with cameras. If and when this feature is added to the wearables – and articles based on a story published by The Information are careful to use “might” and “would” as qualifiers – depending on how it is implemented, it could raise significant privacy concerns.
UK Government Issues Draft Strategic Priorities for Online "Safety," Pressuring Ofcom to Enforce Censorship, Surveillance, and Age Verification Under Online Safety Act

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

The UK government has published a policy paper, “Draft Statement of Strategic Priorities for Online Safety,” that sets sweeping censorship, surveillance, and online age verification demands before the regulator Ofcom, which is responsible for enforcing the Online Safety Act.
EU Commission Sues Five Member States Over Censorship Law Non-Compliance

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

Five EU member countries are being taken to court by the EU Commission for failure to “effectively” comply with the bloc’s online censorship law, the Digital Services Act (DSA). DSA, and the Digital Markets Act (DMA), are EU’s key regulations often criticized for centralizing the bloc’s power in the digital sphere at the expense of free speech, and tech companies’ business interests – but also, it appears, the sovereignty of member countries.
UK Inspector Andy Cooke Pushes for Stronger Powers to Curb Viral "Misinformation" After Southport Riots

3 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

UK’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary Andy Cooke, and the Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS), continue to focus on online speech (social media) in an attempt to explain last year’s Southport riots, and how similar scenarios should be prevented going forward.
X Complies with Over 8,000 Indian Government Censorship Orders, Blocks News and User Accounts

4 weeks ago | reclaimthenet.org | Didi Rankovic

The X Global Government Affairs team has revealed that the social company has received over 8,000 censorship orders from the Indian government, affecting access in that country to entire accounts. We obtained a copy of the memo for you here. Among them are executive orders to block accounts of international news organizations and prominent X users, the post said, adding that the company will comply by “withholding” those accounts only in India.