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 · Mar 28, 2023
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 · Mar 24, 2023
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 · Mar 24, 2023
Federal Agencies Are Still Using Our Phones as Tracking Beacons Our mobile devices constantly snitch on our whereabouts. Reason · Mar 24, 2023
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 · Mar 22, 2023
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 · Mar 20, 2023
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 · Mar 20, 2023
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 · Mar 20, 2023
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 · Mar 20, 2023
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 · Feb 3, 2023
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 · Jan 27, 2023
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 · Jan 21, 2023
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. Al Jazeera · Dec 12, 2022
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 · Nov 30, 2022
Reason · Nov 21, 2022 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 · Oct 28, 2022 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…
Salon · Oct 18, 2022 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 · Oct 17, 2022 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 · Sep 30, 2022 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 · Sep 28, 2022 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 · Sep 1, 2022 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 · Aug 10, 2022 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 · Jul 26, 2022 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.
The Guardian - US · Jun 25, 2022 Tech firms under pressure to safeguard user data as abortion prosecutions loom Private information collected and retained by companies could be weaponized to prosecute abortion seekers and providers
Al Jazeera · Jun 2, 2022 Marikana victims rally in South Africa as Ramaphosa sued EFF rallied with survivors of Marikana shooting in Johannesburg where a lawsuit against the president is being heard.