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Witnesses testify at a US Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism hearing on "Examining the Harm of AI Chatbots" on Tuesday, September 16, 2025. (L-R) Jane Doe, mother; Megan Garcia, mother; Matthew Raine, father; Robbie Torney, Common Sense Media; Dr. Mitch Prinstein, the American Psychological Association.

Lawsuits Exposed How Chatbots Endanger Children. Can the Senate's New Bills Fix It?

The World Is Already Resisting AI. Now, There is a List to Prove It.

At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin arrived in China for a state two-day visit in May 2024. Source

At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin arrived in China for a state two-day visit in May 2024. 

How AI is Powering Transnational Repression

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The Web Is Being Made Accessible for AI, Not People

New York, USA - February 23, 2026: iMessages icon application on smartphone screen close up with pink reflection on pink background

Apple-Google Encrypted RCS Buries the Interoperability vs. Security Myth

Civil Society Role Grows in EU’s DMA Case Against Apple

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Hype, Paranoia, and the Fascist Propensity in Tech

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Office of European Commission in Brussels. 

Charting the Transatlantic Far Right Campaign Against Europe’s Digital Rules

Cybersecurity Will Swallow Digital Policy in the AI Age

India’s AI Ecosystem: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Berlin: A sign with a skull and crossbones designed as a globe is held by participants in a climate demonstration on April 18, 2026. Photo by: Michael Ukas/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

AI Detection Was Built for Faces. Climate Deception Targets Environments.

Stylized flat-illustration of five faceless figures arranged in a row against a deep blue background, each holding a smartphone up in front of their chest with both hands. Wi-Fi signal arcs radiate upward from each figure's head, with the central, largest figure emitting the biggest signal. The figures wear solid block-color robes — mustard yellow, mauve, white, rust red and dark teal from left to right — and have featureless dark navy heads. The composition is symmetrical, with the tallest figure in the center and smaller figures stepping down on either side. The overall effect evokes mass connectivity, surveillance or broadcast.


What's at Stake in Chatrie v. United States

Transcript: Senate Hearing Uses Social Media Verdicts to Press the Case for KOSA

Coalition for Independent Technology Research executive director Brandi Geurkink makes remarks outside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington, D.C., which houses the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, as members of the coalition (including the author) look on. (Photo credit: Joe Newman)

Dispatch from the Coalition for Independent Technology Research v. Rubio District Court Hearing

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The Ninth Circuit Provides a Potential Roadmap for Future Child Safety Laws

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier who is charged with using his access to classified information about the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January to win money on Polymarket, walks near a federal court building in New York on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Why Prediction Markets Need Trust and Safety Professionals

Illustration of a human head with a black hole inside it.

The Founders’ Case for Human Authorship in the Age of AI

Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario Evan Solomon speaks during an announcement at Les Ateliers Beau Roc in Vars, Ontario, on Monday, May 4, 2026. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s AI Strategy Must Address the Technology’s Use in K-12 Education

Brazil's 2026 Elections Are Its First Real Stress Test for AI Regulation

Surveillance Technology is Silencing Journalists in Kashmir

The Meta logo on a smartphone in front of an image of CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Meta’s Worker Surveillance Tests EU Rules on AI and Labor

A GrabFood delivery rider on a bicycle. (Singapore Press via AP Images)

How Platform Labor Laws are Shaping Gig Work in Singapore and Malaysia

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