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Windscribe rolls out new tools to let you manage your VPN IP address your way
By Krishi Chowdhary published
Windscribe introduces IP Pinning and Rotation, giving users more control over their VPN IP and reducing login issues, CAPTCHAs, and streaming errors.

Missouri enforces mandatory age verification
By Chiara Castro last updated
Missouri is the latest US state to enforce age verification legislation, and it's set to provoke yet another surge in VPN usage. Here's what's at stake for your privacy, and what you can do about it.

UK issues £1 million fine to adult platform for failing to comply with age verification rules
By Chiara Castro published
AVS Group Ltd also got hit with an additional £50,000 fee for failing to respond to information requests as Ofcom strenghts its grip on Online Safety Act's enforcement.

Ofcom weighs "further action" on VPNs following Online Safety Act
By Samuel Woodhams published
The agency will continue to "collect information about VPN adoption in the UK" to inform their decision

Experts "deeply concerned" by India's plan to force all smartphones to run pre-installed security app
By Chiara Castro last updated
Authorities said the state-owned Sanchar Saathi app comes as a way to halt cybercrime, but digital rights experts fear for users' privacy and mission creep. Here's all we know.

"A disaster waiting to happen" – The privacy tech world reacts to the new Chat Control bill
By Chiara Castro published
While an agreemnet on "voluntary" chat scanning has now been reached, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, and the Netherlands are still against the compromise. And privacy experts aren't celebrating.

Australia expects platforms to "stop under-16s from using VPNs" to evade social media ban
By Samuel Woodhams published
The regulator has refused to say how this will work in practice

Russia's Digital Iron Curtain: WhatsApp next on the chopping block
By Rene Millman published
Russia's communications regulator has threatened a complete ban on WhatsApp. The move comes as the Kremlin's crackdown on internet freedom intensifies.
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