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Virtual wall: how the US plans to boost surveillance at the southern border

AI-enhanced cameras can detect ‘objects of interest’ miles away, which critics say will drive migrants deeper into dangerous desert

The Guardian - US

TikTok ban: "Patriot Act on steroids"

Gen Z, progressives and libertarians can all agree on one thing: Bipartisan effort to ban TikTok is "garbage"

Salon

The Government Is Turning Border Surveillance on Everyday Americans

As the government sets its sights on migrants crossing the border, native-born Americans have also come under its watchful eye.

Reason

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Vladimir Putin offered protection from arrest by South Africa as party PRAISES tyrant

South African opposition minority party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has said Vladimir Putin is welcome to their country despite an arrest warrant being issued

Daily Mirror

Utah Law Gives Parents Full Access to Teens' Social Media

Plus: Theatrics at the House hearing on TikTok, doomsday merger predictions haven't panned out, and more...

Reason

Federal Agencies Are Still Using Our Phones as Tracking Beacons

Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts.

Reason

IMF, Ukraine Reach Staff Level Agreement on $15.6b 'EFF Arrangement'

The International Monetary Fund announced on Tuesday that it reached with Ukrainian authorities a staff have a staff-level agreement that would be supported by a new 48-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Arrangement. It said the EFF, with requested access of around $15.6 billion aims to support the Ukrainian authorities anchor…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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South Africa ‘national shutdown’: What has sparked the anti-government protests?

Economic Freedom Fighters leader calls for peaceful demonstrations against alleged state corruption

The Independent UK

South Africa braces for ‘nationwide shutdown’ as military deployed ahead of protest

Authorities are concerned about a repeat of the deadly unrest two years ago

The Independent UK

South Africans demonstrate and call for president to resign

South African police on Monday monitored protests by the country’s leftist Economic Freedom Fighters party, which is demanding the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa

The Independent UK

South Africa's EFF marches to demand Ramaphosa's resignation

Thousands of protesters marched through South Africa's cities on Monday, calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign over the lack of jobs and electricity, as security forces guarded malls and streets to prevent any violence and looting.

Reuters

Michael Hiltzik: The bogus, homophobic campaign against Biden's stellar FCC nominee

No one should be surprised that telecommunications companies revved up opposition to the 2021 nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. After all, Sohn was known as an effective critic of the industry's monopoly power and a defender of the public interest.

Los Angeles Times

AI and the Law on FIRE's "So To Speak" Podcast (with Nico Perrino, David Greene [EFF], Alison Schary, and Me)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SjUKoEzaSE The title is "Artificial intelligence: Is It Protected by the First Amendment?," but we covered more than that. I much enjoyed it, and I hope you will, too! Here's FIRE's summary: What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the future of free speech and the First Amendment?…

Reason

Colorado Supreme Court to review Denver police’s use of 'digital dragnet' in deadly arson case

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court will review the Denver Police Department’s controversial use of a Google search warrant that led officers to identify and arrest three teenagers in connection with the 2020 arson of a Green Valley Ranch home that killed five family members.

The Denver Post

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Analysis: Countdown to perdition or 2nd term for SA’s Ramaphosa?

President Ramaphosa could survive an impeachment vote this week but seeking re-election could be harder.

Reason

San Francisco Votes To Allow Killer Robots

Plus: Same-sex marriage bill passes Senate, Montana "mountain man" takes property rights case to SCOTUS, and more...

Reason

See the Surveillance State at Work in Your Own Community

The Atlas of Surveillance lets us monitor the agencies that snoop on the public.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rating Agencies Cite ‘Cautious’ Positive Outlook for Lebanon after Maritime Demarcation Deal with Israel

The conclusions of two international credit rating agencies agreed on the initial positive outlook for Lebanon and its economy following its signing of the US-mediated sea border deal with Israel. “The agreement is credit positive for Lebanon because it establishes the necessary geopolitical security conditions for international energy companies to…

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Salon

Police use app for warrantless tracking

New tool shows where and when people work and live, with whom they associate and what places they visit

The Conversation

What is Fog Reveal? A legal scholar explains the app some police forces are using to track people without a warrant

Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal.

360info

Cloak-and-dagger policing

While people were worrying about military-style policing, US law enforcement quietly deployed the tools of spycraft against their fellow citizens.

Al Jazeera

Can scandal-hit Ramaphosa survive as South Africa’s president?

Ramaphosa’s opponents want him impeached over a growing scandal, but he still retains significant support in the ANC.

The Independent UK

Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’

Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press

Reason

U.K.'s Online Censorship Bill Causes Far More Harm Than It Attempts To Prevent

The innocuously-titled Online Safety Bill threatens citizens' rights to privacy and to speak freely.

Reason

Police Can Access Your Ring Camera Footage Without a Warrant

After Amazon admitted it gives Ring footage to police departments upon "emergency" request, San Francisco Mayor London Breed wants cops to be able to access any camera at any time.

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