Should police be able to search millions of users’ data to find a suspect? Reverse searches show why the law needs limits. 

A review of Emily Baker-White, “Every Screen on the Planet: The War Over TikTok” (Norton, 2025).

Age assurance legislation has stumbled amid breaches and backlash. Congress now has a chance to break this pattern. Here’s how.

As the April deadline looms, Congress risks letting one of America’s most valuable intelligence tools wither.

The FBI’s search of a Washington Post reporter’s home raises questions about the protections afforded to journalists in leak cases. 

A review of Patrick G. Eddington, “The Triumph of Fear: Domestic Surveillance and Political Repression from McKinley to Eisenhower” (Georgetown University Press, 2025).

The U.K. government’s latest attempt to access encrypted cloud backups could allow adversarial actors to gain access to sensitive data.

Efforts to govern commercial spyware will continue yielding marginal progress unless three key problems are addressed.

Foreign Antifa designations risk enabling surveillance of domestic critics by creating a foreign nexus for expanded counterterrorism powers.

The Wassenaar export controls offer insights into the regulation of commercial spyware, making them instructive for current initiatives.

Successful reforms from last year’s reauthorization may sell a clean extension in 2026.