If data brokers can track the devices you take with you, they know where you live, where you go, and what you do. And the stakes are only poised to climb higher, now that surveillance companies that sell automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) are getting in on the game. Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your…

The UAE Cabinet has approved a resolution barring children under 15 from holding a social media account, state news agency Wam reported on Thursday, and enforcing it will mean verifying every user in the country, adult or child.

Anyone below 15 will be barred from creating, using or operating a personal account once the resolution is ratified and locked out of publishing, commenting, sharing and joining public groups or open channels. The Cabinet, led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President…

OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — A final attempt to stop Bill C-9 was defeated, meaning that the bill, which threatens to criminalize quoting parts of the Bible, including on homosexuality, has officially passed Canada’s Parliament and will soon become law.

On Wednesday, June 17, a majority of MPs voted down an attempt by Conservative MP Andrew Lawton to stop Bill C-9 “once and for all.”

TRENTON (LifeSiteNews) — The New Jersey legislature is considering a bill that would criminalize “interference with reproductive health care services,” potentially opening peaceful protesters of abortion and “gender transition” facilities to new legal persecution.

Bill A2218 states that someone is “guilty of interference with reproductive health care services” if he or she knowingly and intentionally “inflicts or attempts to inflict bodily injury on another person” or intimidation for the purpose of…

Controversy continues to swirl around Major League Baseball (MLB) after the league issued a warning to three San Francisco Giants pitchers for writing a biblical reference on the team’s Pride-themed onfield caps.

Among those raising concerns is Josh Hawley, United States senator for Missouri, who is threatening to use his position in the Senate to cast doubt on MLB’s legal status that shields it from federal antitrust investigations.

Last Friday (June 12), the…

An Orthodox Jewish man in Ohio is taking his legal dispute with his hometown to the Supreme Court after he was told he couldn’t host a prayer gathering at his house.

Daniel Grand invited a dozen of his friends by email to come to his home in University Heights in January 2021.

A neighbor saw the email and informed then-Mayor Michael Dylan Brennan about it, according to Alliance Defending Freedom, a law firm.

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraq is set to begin implementing the Development Road project, a significant infrastructure initiative that aims to connect the Gulf region to Europe, in the coming months.

Head of the state-owned General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI), Farhan al-Fartousi, said that the planning process for the Development Road project and the al-Faw Grand Port have made tremendous progress, with essential operating plans already submitted to the government, Rudaw News reported.

Iraq is experiencing its most stable period in the past two decades and amidst this change, a renewed sense of confidence and optimism has sparked bold projects.

With a vision to transform itself into a regional transit hub, the country has embarked on a significant project that will connect the Grand Faw Port in Southern Iraq to the border with Turkey, and then to European transit networks. Such a route would not only link the Middle East to Europe via Turkey, but also connect Turkey to the Middle East Gulf states.

Former Avalon member Melissa Greene, who is featured on the new version of “Testify to Love” with founding Avalon member Michael Passons and country singer Ty Herndon, says that Christian music and gospel music have been “built, honestly, on the back of so many queer people.” Greene, Passons, and Herndon appeared on Jen Hatmaker’s podcast this week, where they discussed their spiritual journeys and how they are “reclaiming” the hit song.

“I just want to note one thing,”