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If you have de-Googled your phone, the EU’s age verification rules will exclude you from using all apps for all services

In late June, the European Union launched a pilot project to test a prototype age verification app in five member states: Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, and Spain. The excuse? Protect children online. The app is built on the technical sp

UK’s Online Safety Act has kick-started a global frenzy of online censorship and surveillance

At the end of July, the UK government enforced its “online safety” regime. The pretext is to keep children safe online. As a collection of articles from 1 August reveals, it has kick-started a censorship and surveillance frenzy with gover

UK’s Online Safety Act is restricting speech globally; the UK government is censoring the world

The UK’s Online Safety Act became fully operational in July 2025. It is being used to restrict content globally. It has caused global and significant concerns about censorship of information that is of public interest. Technology companies

EU’s technocratic border control will be launched in October; it applies to all non-EU visitors

From 12 October, all visitors to all European Union countries will have their biometric data collected and stored by a centralised agency. This agency will not only collect data on our movements but will also collect data from the criminal

Biotechnology and AI have become a religion

The rise of biotechnology and AI has created a new religion that promises a better life, but in reality, it poses significant risks to human health and freedom. Dr. Guy Hatchard explains more by demonstrating how what is happening in the US

Big Tech proposes European Commission adjust water efficiency rules to allow data centres located where water is scarce to be viable

A collaboration of Big Tech and data centre operators has submitted a paper to the European Commission detailing the issues it has with the Commission’s policies on the restriction of water and energy requirements for data centres. Data cen

Russia: Internet Blocking, Disruptions and Increasing Isolation

(Vilnius, July 30, 2025) – Russian authorities have doubled down on censorship online, internet disruptions, and surveillance since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Human Rights Watch said in a report r

How Bill Gates has influenced education, public health, “climate change” and agriculture

Bill Gates maintains the golden rule: he who has the gold, makes the rules. He travels around the world, meeting with elected leaders and using his influence to shape national priorities and agendas, and even spending. Gates’ tentacles of i

Energy and water-hungry AI is bad for the environment

AI giants, including OpenAI, are accused of hiding their environmental footprint. The growth of artificial intelligence is leading to increased energy consumption; data centres’ power consumption is expected to double by 2030. And by 2027,

From corrupt UK judges to the hidden history of giants, I’m clearing out items from my to-do list. But before I do, here they are

My list of articles, videos and resources that I thought looked interesting and intended to take a look at but have never found the time continuously grows. As a way of clearing my desk, so to speak, I am briefly listing and describing som

The Real Price of Convenience: Going Cashless Is Costing You More Than You Think

Spending money is now more seamless than ever. But with digital payments becoming the norm, what exactly are we trading for convenience? Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information report

mRNA covid vaccination during early pregnancy is linked to a significantly higher number of foetal losses, a new study finds

A new preprint investigated the association between mRNA covid injections (almost all Pfizer) and foetal loss rates in early pregnancy in Israel. The study found that covid vaccination during gestational weeks 8-13 is associated with highe

Rates of sickness in New Zealand have gone up by 17-30% since 2019

In some New Zealand public sectors, rates of sickness have tripled among working-age people since 2019. Additionally, a health and medical insurance company, which covers 20% of the population, reported an increase of 17% in claims for sick

Putin knows we are spreadsheet warriors

The European Union has experienced quite a few shocks over the past two decades. The most significant one was not Covid, or Brexit, or the Ukraine war. It was the sovereign debt crisis. The fairytale story is that Mario Draghi single-handed