Quick Story Summary Australia’s Social Media Minimum Age (SMMA) law forces platforms to block and remove accounts held by Australians under 16. Meta and YouTube are already enforcing the ban, with hundreds of thousands of teen accounts affected and under-16s forced into log-out, view-only modes. To comply, platforms are leaning on age-assurance tools like ID […]
The European Union is once again reshaping its legal approach to fighting online child sexual abuse material (CSAM). On the surface, every country agrees on the mission: protect children from exploitation, abuse, and increasingly AI-generated child sexual abuse material. But the real debate is how to protect children – without undermining the privacy and security […]
Summary Poly.app markets itself as an “intelligent file browser”, or more specifically “intelligent cloud file browser” that lets you store, browse, research and organize your personal files and media with AI, across web and desktop (Poly App). Recent announcements show Poly emerging from stealth with $8M in seed funding, led by Felicis with participation from […]
Old replies on Threads can pile up fast and they often resurface when you least expect it. If you want a full reset, Redact makes it easy to delete all Threads replies at once. Whether you need to clean your profile for privacy, professionalism, or just peace of mind, Redact lets you instantly clear everything. […]
The year the patchwork became a quilt: how U.S. state online privacy laws have finally hit critical mass In short: 2025 turned a patchwork of state privacy rules into a workable baseline across much of the United States. Universal opt out is moving from idea to requirement, browsers can send a single signal that sites […]
A look at the claims, the actors amplifying them, and the absence of a formal campus disclosure On July 31, 2025, a dark-web monitoring firm said a “full university database” tied to UC Berkeley had been put up for sale. Within days, another cyber-intel team published a summary of a forum listing that allegedly offered […]
We gave the leading AI models a prompt asking them to act as a lawyer and convert ChatGPT’s Privacy Policy from legal mumbo-jumbo to real-world speak that everyone can understand. OpenAI & Your Privacy Quick summary OpenAI collects account details, your inputs and uploads, and device data. By default, your chats may be used to […]
The retailer says names, addresses, emails, and phone numbers were copied from a customer database. Passwords and payment data were not included, according to notices sent this week. What happened, in brief What data was exposed Notices and media reports state the leaked dataset includes names, mailing addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. Current reporting […]
Want to mass unlike all of your TikTok liked videos at once? Unfortunately, TikTok doesn’t natively support bulk unlikes. Our guide will walk you through how to clean up your “Liked” feed efficiently (and safely) using the Redact app. Over time, most TikTok users accumulate hundreds or even thousands of liked videos – many of […]
Want to mass delete all of your TikTok videos at once? TikTok doesn’t offer an easy way to do this – but Redact does. Skip to the guide if you want to get started right away. Most sources recommend TikTok users post at least once a day, ideally multiple times every day. For many new […]
