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Post-9/11 Surveillance Has Made The U.S. Less Free. Reversing It Won’t Be Easy, Advocates Say
17+ hour, 51+ min ago (759+ words) The U.S. is measurably less free than it was when the government launched its war on terror 25 years ago, according to the most comprehensive global index of civil liberties. The most worrisome aspect of this backsliding, advocates and scholars warn, is…...
Surveillance, secrecy and shrinking civil rights: 9/11 and the Australia it gave us
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (176+ words) Crikey A lot of things kick the breath from you at the 9/11 Memorial in New York, the underground museum at the site where the World Trade Centre once stood. You can stand beneath a knotted row of steel beams from…...
Claiming to Be a "Private Citizen"… Asking Questions While Posing as a Reporter Sparks "Surveillance" Controversy
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (339+ words) An official belonging to the Prime Minister's Secretariat posed as a private citizen to ask questions to independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, leading to the exposure of the official's identity. When Lawmaker Han questioned whether the Prime Minister's Secretariat was conducting…...
Case: Copyrights/Summary Judgment (S.D. Fla.)
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (87+ words) news.bloomberglaw.com A federal district court in Florida granted RedOak Communications Inc.'s motion for partial summary judgment on its action against an individual for copyright infringement relating to the film “Just Before Dawn a/k/a The Last…...
HOMEFRONT Act Would Let Americans Challenge Foreign Censorship Orders
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (436+ words) Join Reclaim The Net to see where online censorship is heading and help push back. Warren Davidson, a member of the US House of Representatives, has introduced a bill that would protect Americans and US companies from foreign governments trying…...
There Is No Off Switch: How Surveillance Followed Us Home and Almost Everywhere
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (97+ words) The television is off. The screen is dark. The family has stopped watching. But what if the television has not stopped watching them? The potential scale is enormous. LG Ad Solutions says its global footprint encompasses approximately 216 million LG smart…...
The Legacy of 9/11: A Surveillance Society
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (543+ words) When the attacks of September 11, 2001, stunned America 25 years ago, the Prospect had just moved to Washington and brought on a new executive editor in Harold Meyerson. In about a week, we managed to assign and edit an issue that was…...
Your Politics Won???t Protect You from the Surveillance State: News Article
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (427+ words) Federal surveillance is not new, but today’s scale and scope are unprecedented. The newly appointed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Erica Schwartz, made federal priorities clear during her recent confirmation hearing: “Abortion surveillance is absolutely…...
Texas Police Bought Chevy Tahoes That Can Track Your Phone on the Highway
5+ day, 5+ hour ago (249+ words) Texas DPS paid Cognyte $3.9 million for Israeli cell-site simulators hidden inside four standard-looking patrol SUVs It’s not reading your texts — it’s tracking where you are, in real time, at highway speed. DPS called it urgent; the Texas Legislature had already…...