A commission under Spain's Ministry of Culture has ordered ISPs to block the archive.today web archive and its mirror domains without any court ruling, and OONI measurements show the effect.
Based on 7 sources, including Ministerio de Cultura, Reclaim The Net, Banda Ancha
The European Commission recommends that member states launch an age verification app by the end of 2026; users outside the EU are not affected. According to the Commission, the app keeps no ID documents or biometric data, while EDRi questions its privacy protections. Under the Commission's specification released in September, apps and websites must implement zero-knowledge proofs, falling back only on devices without support to a plain method that an issuer could trace.
Based on 11 sources, including European Commission, EDRi, EU Digital Identity Wallet
