Episode 57 - Age Verification Is Becoming Digital Border Control

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Section 702 reauthorization bill still lacks a warrant requirement

Top Priority Stories for On-Air

1. Utah targets VPNs around age verification — age gates become privacy-tool restrictions.

2. Canvas/Instructure breach — centralized school platforms become student dossiers.

3. Citizen Lab: adtech powers Webloc surveillance — commercial tracking becomes state surveillance.

4. DHS sought Google data over anti-ICE speech — platform-held data becomes political surveillance leverage.

5. GM privacy settlement — cars are data brokers with wheels.

6. Meta removes opt-in encrypted Instagram DMs — defaults are policy; optional privacy dies quietly.

7. New Orleans live facial recognition — local biometric surveillance outruns public consent.

8. LinkedIn GDPR paywall complaint — platforms monetize access to your data while resisting legal access rights.