Government

Mar

'26

Papers, please: Age verification laws threaten everyone's online security and privacy

Laws that require adults to upload their driver's licenses or passports to access apps, websites, and VPNs will make the entire web less safe.

7 min read

a photo of a computer screen showing an age verification check, saying "confirm your age" and presenting two buttons, one saying I am 18 years old or older, and I am under 18 years old.

Feb

'26

FBI agents visited my home about an article I wrote, and now I can't go to Mexico

Mexico formally requested the FBI's help in seeking answers about one of my stories. Having federal agents on my doorstep sparked my own years-long effort to pry information out of the FBI to explain why it came to my house to begin with.

7 min read