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The GUARD Act Isn’t Targeting Dangerous AI—It’s Blocking Everyday Internet Use

The GUARD Act Isn’t Targeting Dangerous AI—It’s Blocking Everyday Internet Use

Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minors’ access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving “AI companions” and vulnerable young users. But the text...
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27 Apr 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill

Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill

Speaker Johnson has introduced a new fig leaf over the American surveillance state, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. Introduced with only days to go before Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires and the U.S. government loses one of its most invasive surveillance programs, the bill does nothing to...
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27 Apr 2026 | EFF Amérique N.
Supreme Court signals location data searches should require a warrant

Supreme Court signals location data searches should require a warrant

Privacy advocates had worried that the high court would rule that geofencing does not qualify as a constitutionally protected search, opening the door to much broader use of warrantless reverse searches of all types.
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27 Apr 2026 | The Record International
Tennessee becomes second state to ban cryptocurrency ATMs over scam concerns

Tennessee becomes second state to ban cryptocurrency ATMs over scam concerns

State officials said they observed overseas criminals carrying out government impersonation or tech support cons, as well as romance and pig butchering scams using cryptocurrency ATMs.
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27 Apr 2026 | The Record International
Money launderer for crypto thieves given 5-year sentence

Money launderer for crypto thieves given 5-year sentence

A California man was sentenced to more than five years in prison for his role in supporting a cybercriminal organization that stole about $260 million worth of cryptocurrency from victims.
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27 Apr 2026 | The Record International
Strengthening Digital Rights Awareness and Practice in the Business Sector

Strengthening Digital Rights Awareness and Practice in the Business Sector

By Nadhifah Muhammad | It has been 12 months since the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) championed the Civil Society (CSO) Fund for digital … Continue reading Strengthening Digital Rights Awareness and Practice in the Business Sector The post Strengthening Digital Rights Awareness and...
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27 Apr 2026 | CIPESA Afrique
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