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Social•Feb 21, 2026
Alt‑right Moral Panic Threatens Reproductive and LGBTQ Internet Freedoms
Why are we listening to an alt right Christian fundamentalist, who thinks selfies are moral decay and women’s bodies should be regulated by the government, feed a moral panic that is being used to strip repro rights content, LGBTQ ppl etc from the internet
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Cynical Support Aims for Top‑Down Control of Speech
They do understand it, they just cynically support that mission because they want top down control over our information landscape and online speech.
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Ro Khanna Pushes Censorship, Backs Heritage’s Section 230 Repeal
Once again @RoKhanna is calling for mass censorship and surveillance. Here he says a bunch of good sounding things abt big tech then ends w boosting Heritage Foundation tech policy of ending Section 230. Politicians need to be called out...
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Support for Data Rights Contradicted by Backing KOSA
Would LOVE a data bill of rights. But if that’s what you actually believe in then why do u support surveillance legislation like KOSA that strips anonymity from the internet and forces companies to collect far MORE data, making it...
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 21, 2026
Privacy Experts Warned: Digital ID Age Checks Inevitable
This was inevitable and it’s what EVERY SINGLE PRIVACY advocate said would happen. Not even a week in and this is the norm. There is no safe and private digital ID system, ban age verification of the internet now
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Digital ID Tracking Has Been Power's Goal Since 2017
I've been reporting on this legal effort since 2017 in the U.S. (and it started far before that). Whitney Webb is 1000% correct that the goal of Digital ID and tracking everything every person says/consumes online has long been the...
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Fake ICE Tip Line Reveals Widespread Fear and Paranoia
This @drewharwell_ story about a man who set up a fake ICE tip line, and the sheer range of people who called in, is gutting https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/02/20/fake-ice-tip-line-viral/
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Privacy Sacrificed Under the Pretext of Child Protection
When are people going to wake up and realize that they're trying to obliterate all privacy in the name of "protecting children"??
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Kids' Chats Aren't Gambling: Regulation Misconstrues Communication
Comparing kids messaging other human kids (which is the primary way young ppl use social media) to online gambling and chatbots is dirty work. Speech/communication is fundamentally different than gambling, but you’re trying to conflate the two so you can...
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 20, 2026
Open‑source, Audited, Decentralized Tools Succeed without Government Control
“The tools that actually work in this space work because they’re open source, independently audited, decentralized, and not run by any government.” 🎯
By Taylor Lorenz
Social•Feb 19, 2026
History Repeats: Same Censorship Debates Across All Media
No, bc speech and content is nothing like alcohol. We have literal exact 1-1 parallels of what’s happening w the internet now and what happened before w comic books, TV, video games, novels, even the telephone. The EXACT groups and...
By Taylor Lorenz