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Monique Barrow

@moniquebarrow.bsky.social

🌻Writer, Gamer, Introvert, Privacy Enthusiast 🌐Website: https://monique-barrow.com/ 📩Privacy Newsletter: https://theprivacycloud.substack.com/ ❤️Support Me: https://monique-barrow.com/support-me/

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2d ago

Showing your ID to a bartender isn’t the same as uploading your ID online and having it saved in a database. If the SCREEN Act passes, that’s what many adults will have to do to see lawful content online. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

The SCREEN Act Threatens Privacy Far Beyond Adult Websites

The Senate Commerce Committee is set to consider S. 737, the SCREEN Act, a sweeping age-verification bill that would require online services to verify users’ ages before they can access any sexually

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Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 4d ago

"The Silent World Cup Winners are the Companies Normalizing Surveillance" "Cities Are Ditching Flock Safety Cameras – Then Hiring Axon to Do the Same Job" "Mapping the spread of age-verification laws" (1/2)

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · last mo.

"The Surveillance Hubs: How Data Centers Enable The Modern Police State" "‘You Will Not Speak on Flock Tonight’: County Commissioner Refuses to Let Residents Opposing Flock Speak at Meeting" "Apple plans Hide My Email domain change that could make anonymous signups easier to block" (1/2)

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · last mo.

(1/2) "FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones By Forcing Telecoms to Get All Customers’ IDs" "Soccer Fans, You’re Being Watched" "How Pokémon Go players may have unknowingly helped train military AI" "Age Verification: What countries require you to perform ID checks & for what websites and platforms?"

Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · last mo.

🚨THE KIDS ACT IS AN INTERNET SURVEILLANCE BILL🚨 Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows" "Linux devs are fighting the new age-gated internet" "After Town Bans Flock, Councilmember Crashes Out, Proposes Internet and Phone Ban" "Google is shrinking free storage from 15GB to 5GB unless you add a verified phone number"

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“But instead, politicians seek to massively invade everyone’s privacy and undermine democratic rights on a global scale. In other words, the latter is the real objective – they do not want to protect children; they want to impose control.” #privacy #ageverification mullvad.net/en/blog/age-...

Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet? | Mullvad VPN

So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully gov...

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Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Utah Wants Websites To See Through VPNs. That’s Not How VPNs Work." "Major VPN provider says it could leave Canada over lawful access bill" "Cities Are Covering Flock Cameras With Trash Bags" "DuckDuckGo installs are up 30% as users reject being ‘force-fed’ Google’s AI Search"

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We have 99 days to stop Google from implementing the Android Developer Verification program, which demands developers verify themselves before they can develop Android apps. Keep Android Open is a campaign being raised that calls for Google to drop the verification program. keepandroidopen.org

Keep Android Open

Your phone is about to stop being yours. In September 2026, Google will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with them.

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Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Discord now has e2ee voice and video calls, but not DMs. Interesting timing since in a few months, Discord will roll out their global age verification measures for a second time (originally meant for March 2026, it’s now set for the second half of 2026). www.digitaltrends.com/computing/di...

Discord calls finally get end-to-end encryption, but your DMs didn’t make the cut

Discord's multi-year encryption project is done. Every call is now E2EE by default across consoles, mobile, and browsers. However, there’s a catch that you might want to know.

digitaltrends.com

Monique Barrow@moniquebarrow.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Meta’s ‘Pervert Glasses’ Are Turning People Into Creeps" "Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S." "Why you should refuse to let your doctor record you" "AI’s New Training Data: Your Old Work Slacks And Emails" Utah’s New Law Targeting VPNs Goes Into Effect Next Week"

Techlore@techlore.tech · 4mo ago

The playbook's the same: Industry harms people → regulators don't touch industry → individuals get surveilled instead Kids exposed to addictive products? Scan everyone's face. Kids on social media? Scan everyone's face. Zero accountability for companies. Maximum surveillance for everyone else.

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