Tamara “Tammi” Hamby, a former Crawford County Library Board member, plans to use Arkansas’ “choice of evils” defense against charges arising after orchestrating an insane staged kidnapping of her 22-year-old daughter, who has developmental and physical disabilities. According to prosecutors, Hamby organized a frightening “scare tactic” intended to teach her daughter a lesson about online…
Recently, the FCC has proposed a policy that would create a broad “know your customer” rule for phone service providers, requiring telecoms to collect and retain identifying information from new and renewing customers before allowing them to use phone services. The full proposal can be read in this Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM). At…
On Monday, June 29th, 2026, the US House of Representatives voted 267-117 to pass the KIDS act. This is the makings of a dystopian future, opening the door wide for the government and big tech to force age verification across the entire internet, begin censorship, and implement a plan of mass surveillance. The KIDS act…
The US House has recently come to a new agreement on the Kids Online Safety Act, or KOSA. This bipartisan deal pushes a new act, the KIDS Act, which forces overbearing restrictions on social media for minors, and causes social media companies to enforce digital ID for age verification. Reports are saying that the House…
Recently, it seems like the entire world has been moving all at once to launch extremely strict social media bans and restrictions for minors. Just over a week ago, the UK announced that it was going to ban all social media for minors under 16 years old. Now, the US has followed suit with a…
Recently, the UK has announced that it plans to ban all minors under 16 from all social media platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, and other platforms. Along with this, they are going to enforce excessive restrictions on 16 and 17 year olds to prevent them from communicating with strangers online, and livestreaming. They have…
The UK has recently taken a harsh stance against teenagers being able to use social media, with the announcement that minors under 16 will be completely banned from using social media. The UK plans to ban social media platforms from offering services to children under 16, with the first regulations expected before the end of…
Over the last few years, lawmakers across the country have zeroed in on blaming social media as the central culprit behind youth mental health struggles. The result has been a patchwork of state laws, some already on the books, others tied up in court, that try to impose age limits, parental consent rules, or design…
In different parts of the world, there is a growing attempt to solve education problems with simplistic and authoritarian measures. Among them, the prohibition of cell phone use in schools has been presented as a magic solution to inattention, low performance, and indiscipline. But this narrative ignores a fundamental truth: taking away rights does not…
In three states, Mississippi, Virginia, and Utah, Pornhub has completely banned user access due to mandatory online ID checks that are supposed to prevent minors under 18 from accessing content. Websites complying with regulations, like xHamster, require users to upload a picture of their photo ID and face. While I think porn can be harmful…
