Financial Rights
Is Publishing Crypto Code Protected Speech?
Coin Center published a paper in April 2026 arguing that publishing cryptocurrency software, whether a blockchain node client, a smart contract, or a user interface, is protected speech…
Future Forecasting
146 Countries Are Now Exploring a Digital Currency
The Atlantic Council's CBDC tracker, updated in May 2026, put a number on something WikiActivism has been watching for years: 146 countries and currency unions, representing over 98…
Digital Rights
The Privacy Bugs AI Coding Tools Hide From You
Privacy International tested four real applications built with popular AI coding assistants and found the tools routinely shipped broken encryption, unencrypted messages, missing password salts, and hardcoded values…
Civil Rights
Police Are Filing ‘LOL’ as Their Reason to Search You
The Electronic Frontier Foundation published an analysis on September 15, 2026, of internal search logs from Flock Safety's automated license plate reader network, the mass surveillance system used…
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Future Forecasting
Italian Villages Are Paying Cash for New Entrepreneurs
A handful of small towns in Italy's Calabria region are paying newcomers up to 28,000 euros, paid out as a lump sum or as a monthly stipend of…
Financial Rights
Russia’s Digital Ruble Goes Live This Month, Mandatory
Russia's central bank confirmed that mass implementation of the digital ruble begins September 1, 2026: the country's major banks and retailers whose revenue exceeds 120 million rubles a…
Digital Rights
The UK Just Backed Down on Mandatory Digital ID
The UK's newly installed Burnham Labour government confirmed on January 14, 2026 that it was abandoning the compulsory element of the digital ID scheme announced by the previous…