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What Burnham’s 'do better' promise could mean for your privacy
By Chiara Castro Last updated
Will the new UK Prime Minister steer the same course as Starmer's divisive digital policing, or are Brits about to chart new privacy waters?

Suspicious content? NordVPN's new AI bot will check it for you on WhatsApp, X, and Instagram
By Rene Millman Published
Completely free to use, NordBot acts as a quick safety checker for messages, URLs, and images across popular social platforms

'$3.7B lost to deepfakes' — Why social media is the perfect launchpad for AI fraud
By Monica J. White Published
Social media accounts for 47% of all recorded deepfake fraud losses, Surfshark warns

'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark Anne Frank copyright ruling
By Rene Millman Published
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that publishers and VPN providers aren't liable for copyright infringement

'It’s time to punch more holes in the closed Internet' — This free VPN now promises to be even better at evading censorship
By Rene Millman Published
Unredacted’s FreeSocks v2 is here with upgraded stealth protocols, zero IP logging, and full server ownership. Discover how this free VPN is staying one step ahead of global state censors.

The death of private messaging? What the EU’s Chat Control gambit means for the future of our digital privacy
By Chiara Castro Last updated
The temporary CSAM scanning law got the green light despite the majority of MEPs voting against it — three months after Parliament killed it

US sanctions on rogue VPN accidentally break Telegram's short links worldwide
By Rene Milman Published
Telegram’s t.me domain was swept up in a global outage following US Treasury sanctions against First VPN services, causing millions of web links to break worldwide.

'This is the right call' — VPN industry praises the UK’s decisions to leave VPN alone
By Chiara Castro Published
Officials confirm that VPN restrictions are off the cards as data proves that only a minority of kids use them to bypass age checks

Russians need a VPN to access Google and Apple as unexplained nationwide outages hit
By Rene Millman Published
Russian internet users awoke to broken connections across Google, Apple, and GitHub websites. While state censors deny involvement, the outages highlight why VPNs are more crucial than ever.

'We decided not to limit VPNs': UK government U-turns on age-gating privacy tools
By Rene Millman Published
The UK government has confirmed it will not restrict VPN access as part of its upcoming social media bans, prioritizing digital privacy while introducing new curfews for 16- and 17-year-olds.
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