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If one NATO member attacks another, the alliance’s core legal instrument—Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty—creates a collective-defence obligation, but it does not automatically prescribe how All...
Australia’s new rules requiring platforms to take “reasonable steps” to prevent under‑16s from having social media accounts take effect on 10 December 2025 under the Social Media Minimum Age rules (th...
Most reputable recent estimates place Europe's Muslim population near 45–46 million in 2025, roughly 6% of the continent, up from about 19.5–24.9 million (3.8–5%) around 2000–2010 depending on definit...
A small set of privacy-focused general search engines—Swisscows, MetaGer, Mojeek, DuckDuckGo/Startpage and privacy metasearch tools like SearX—offer the strongest protections when used to look up adul...
Yes — people have been arrested in Europe over social media posts, but available reporting shows arrests most often involve allegations that posts were illegal (hate, incitement, harassment or other o...
There is no federal mandatory “digital ID” in the United States today; federal action has focused on guidance, pilot acceptance (e.g., TSA checkpoints) and creating task forces rather than mandating a...
Global estimates in recent reporting place people of predominantly European descent at roughly 14–16% of the world population in 2024–2025, and some specialist counts say “about 14%” worldwide in 2024...
Using the Tor Browser is legal in many jurisdictions, but legality depends on use: merely running Tor or visiting sites is not a crime in most countries, whereas downloading or knowingly possessing il...
Vimeo has recently implemented mandatory age verification for users in the UK and EU, combining multiple verification options including to gate unrated or mature content and to meet regional regulator...
The claim that St. Ignatius of Loyola was of Jewish ancestry rests less on definitive genealogical proof and more on scholarly interpretation of ambiguous early-modern records and patterns of Jesuit r...
Viewing or possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is treated as a crime in U.S. law and by major advocacy groups: federal statutes and state laws make creation, possession, or distribution of C...
Many countries ban pornography outright—lists compiled by trackers cite dozens of states in the Middle East, Asia and parts of Africa where production, distribution or online access is illegal (exampl...
Reporting and specialist monitoring indicate "STYX" refers to a darknet marketplace focused on financial fraud (vendors, cash-out, escrow) that has operated since at least 2023 and remains discussed i...
The best available reporting indicates roughly 12,000 arrests in the UK in 2023 for communications offences that include social media posts, a figure widely cited by The Times and synthesised in Freed...
YouTube’s AI age-verification system flags some users as under‑18 and then applies built‑in teen protections; adults who are wrongly flagged are given options to verify age by uploading a government I...
Privacy experts point to a small stable of alternatives to DuckDuckGo — notably Startpage, Brave Search, MetaGer, Mojeek, Qwant and Searx — each chosen for different tradeoffs between independent inde...
Germany’s age of sexual consent is 14 under current law; that rule traces back to the Imperial Criminal Code of 1872 and was retained through post‑war divisions and reunification, with modern statutor...
Consumer Reports tested 23 protein powders and flagged Huel Black Edition for elevated lead (reported as 6.3 µg per 90 g serving) and cadmium, recommending avoidance of that single product; Consumer R...
Spotify collects broad categories of personal and usage data — including profile details, listening history, device and location data, and third‑party info — and has faced criticism and regulatory act...
Tommy Robinson (born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon) is widely described in reporting and research as an anti‑Islam, anti‑immigration activist who has called for restrictions on Muslim immigration and framed I...