Earlier this month, Finland's Parliament of Åland passed two new surveillance laws in a nearly empty room. The surveillance laws expand spying powers by military and civilian intelligence agencies and…
The Roskomnadzor, Russia's government censorship agency, has issued formal notices to ten non-Russian VPN providers demanding that they "hook up" to the Roskomnadzor's list of banned sites and start complying…
Over fifty individuals - including eight American citizens - are accusing the US government of violating their privacy rights by tracking them in a secret database compiled and shared between…
Back in 2017, Privacy News Online wrote about a massive police system being built in China that would allow "predictive policing" – the ability to spot criminals before they even…
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued seven letters to internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile broadband providers in the United States demanding a special report regarding their privacy practices.…
The European Union (EU) has passed all articles, including Article 13 and Article 11, of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive. Article 13 of the copyright directive mandates…
The Russian government has passed a new censorship law that allows it to target individuals and websites for such nondescript crimes as spreading “fake news” and “disrespecting” state symbols of…
Last week, you could have been forgiven for thinking that privacy had finally arrived. Mark Zuckerberg published a 3000-word essay entitled "A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking", and wrote: As…
Everyone knows that surveillance is ubiquitous – on the Internet, in the street, at work, at school, in our homes. What made that constant spying possible was the amazing advance…
Will the United Kingdom (UK) start forcing its internet users to prove their age with documents and use a unique identifier if they wish to freely browse pornorgraphic websites on…