Personal Digest: Consent in Crisis: $35M Fine and Fraying Choice

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Personal Digest: Consent in Crisis: $35M Fine and Fraying Choice
Digest Newsletter · Jul 26, 2026
Personal Digest: Consent in Crisis: $35M Fine and Fraying Choice

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Shutterstock fined $35M — The FTC hit Shutterstock with a $35M penalty for deceptive auto-renewals, highlighting regulatory action against subscription and consent traps.

Informed Consent

Informed Consent

Consent in crisis: from courtrooms to click-through traps

Abortion (pressenza.com) · Artificial Intelligence (myjournalcourier.com) · Consumer Protection (abc7chicago.com)

Sexuality

Sexuality

Teens pull back while leaders stumble on conduct

Adolescence (heritage.org) · Sexual Harassment (courthousenews.com)

Writing

Writing

Cursive is back — and vets are finding voice on the page

Cursive (washingtonstand.com) · Military (military.com)

gender diversity

gender diversity

Data blackout and budget cuts threaten hard-won gains

Employment Discrimination (findlaw.com) · HIV/AIDS (washingtonpost.com)

BDSM

BDSM

From museum case files to movie reviews, BDSM gets museum-quality seriousness

Museum (dailywire.com) · Film Criticism (newyorker.com)

Fiction

Fiction

Book bans push Florida libraries to an existential cliff

Censorship (thepinknews.com)