Harmful to Minors
Happy May! I’m Caden, a technologist with COSL, and on behalf of COSL, I’d like to start the month by announcing the […]
Beyond the Filter: Project 2025
Under Trump and Project 2025, censorship isn’t creeping in — it’s charging full force. From gutting public media and defunding the arts […]
The Fight for Secure Communication: Why Encryption Backdoors Threaten Us All
In January 2025, the UK government secretly ordered Apple to unlock its end-to-end encrypted iCloud backups, demanding “blanket access” to user data […]
Beyond the Filter: Pilot Episode
In the inaugural episode of Beyond the Filter, hosts Jeremy Malcolm and Brandy Brightman discuss the complexities of censorship in the digital […]
Age Verification Laws: Trading Privacy for Protection That Doesn’t Work
Over twenty U.S. states have passed or are pushing laws that hold websites liable to civil lawsuits if they host material deemed […]
Liberato
Liberato is COSL’s flagship project under our safer hosting priority area. It is a non-profit project to host websites and dedicated virtual […]
Introducing COSL: Defending Your Digital World
The internet is our lifeline—and a battleground. Abusive imagery spreads unchecked, private data falls to hackers and governments, and censorship looms larger […]