Chat Control 1.0 Isn’t Law Yet. Here’s What Actually Happened on July 9Did Chat Control pass on July 9? Not yet. Parliament amended the Council's text, sending it back to Brussels. Here's what the official vote sheet actually shows.Jul 13, 2026News
What’s All Included in Your Instagram Data File Download?See what’s inside an Instagram data file, including messages, followers, posts, reels, comments, likes, search history, ad data, and more.Jun 12, 2026Instagram
Meta Employees Protest AI Training Tool That Records Their Mouse MovementsQuick Story Summary Meta employees in the United States are protesting mouse-tracking software installed on company computers, reportedly distributing flyers and urging workers to sign an online petition. The software reportedly records computer-use behavior such as mouse movements, clicks, and menu navigation as Meta develops AI agents that can complete everyday computer-based tasks. Workers argueMay 14, 2026Meta
Free Downloadable Social Media Policy Templates by IndustryDownload social media policy templates by industry and learn how clear guidelines help organizations reduce privacy, compliance, and risks.May 13, 2026Business
5 Ways to View an Instagram Story AnonymouslyWant to view Instagram Stories anonymously? Here are 5 methods that actually work, from the half-swipe trick to burner accounts, plus the risks of each.May 11, 2026Privacy Guides
The UK’s Child Safety Law Has a Moustache ProblemA third of UK children have bypassed Online Safety Act age checks using fake birthdays, borrowed IDs, and drawn-on moustaches.May 6, 2026Online Safety
Full list of known and upcoming Facebook datacenters as of May 2026.Meta is building 32 AI data centers worldwide, including Hyperion and Prometheus, gigawatt-scale campuses powered by your scraped Facebook posts.Apr 29, 2026Facebook
Deleted iPhone Messages and Photos Are ReappearingiOS 26 surfaced years of deleted messages for thousands of iPhone users, and a separate flaw let the FBI recover deleted Signal messages.Apr 28, 2026Apple
How To Opt Out of Slack AI TrainingSlack uses your messages and files to train its AI models and you were opted in by default. Here's exactly how to opt out in under 5 minutes.Apr 21, 2026Privacy Guides
Meta and Scale AI Used Gig Workers to Scrape Your Social Media DataScale AI, 49% owned by Meta, employed tens of thousands of gig workers to harvest personal social media data, copyrighted images, and explicit audio to train AI.Apr 13, 2026Data Privacy
Meta and YouTube Found Liable for Addicting Children in Social Media TrialA Los Angeles jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in designing addictive platforms that harmed a young user.Mar 30, 2026Social Media
Is The FBI Buying Your Location Data?FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed the agency purchases Americans' data from data brokers without a warrant.Mar 25, 2026Government
Aura’s 900K-Record Data Breach Proves the Best Data Protection Is Local DeletionAura's 2026 breach exposed 900,000 records from a forgotten server-side database. Learn why privacy tools that store your data create the very risk they claim to solve, and why local-first deletion is the answer.Mar 20, 2026Data Breach
Meta Is Killing Instagram’s Encrypted DMsMeta is removing end-to-end encryption from Instagram DMs on May 8, 2026. Here is what the change means for your privacy.Mar 17, 2026Meta
America Wants to ID You Before You Download an AppThe App Store Accountability Act would require age verification for every app download in the US and what it means for your dataMar 14, 2026Tech Policy
Workers in Kenya Are Watching Your Most Private Moments From Meta Ray-Ban Smart GlassesMeta's smart glasses have been sending footage from inside users' homes to human reviewers in Kenya. Here's what happened and what Meta has said.Mar 12, 2026Meta
Discord Delays Global Age Verification to H2 2026: What Changed and What Didn’tDiscord's CTO admits the company "missed the mark." The global age verification rollout is delayed to H2 2026, Persona is dropped, but behavioral profiling remains.Feb 26, 2026Discord
Discord Bulk Deletions Surge 350% After Global ID Verification AnnouncementDiscord users are mass-deleting their message history following the platform's controversial age verification announcement. Here's what our data shows - and why it matters.Feb 12, 2026Discord