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• At Homeland Security, Anti-Muslim Activist Katharine Gorka Maintained Ties With Islamophobes

  By theintercept on September 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  In October 2018, Clare Lopez, a far-right activist and longtime top figure at the anti-Muslim group Center for Security Policy, wrote to a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security expecting a receptive audience. After all, the recipient of the email was… Read More ›

• Researchers Targeting AI Bias, Sex Worker Advocate, and Global Internet Freedom Community Honored at EFF’s Pioneer Award Ceremony

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on September 14, 2020 • ( 0 )

  Virtual Ceremony October 15 to Honor Joy Buolamwini, Dr. Timnit Gebru, and Deborah Raji; Danielle Blunt; and the Open Technology Fund (OTF) Community San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is honored to announce the 2020 Barlow recipients at… Read More ›

• Amid Terror Warnings, Railroad Industry Group Passed Intel on Environmental Journalist to Cops

  By theintercept on September 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  Environmental reporter Justin Mikulka was unnerved as he scanned through the pages. “A friend had contacted me and said that he had found some documents with my name in them,” Mikulka recalled to The Intercept. “He told me I really… Read More ›

• Operation Legend Is Bringing Surveillance Tech to Cities

  By theintercept on September 13, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  In August, 40 federal agents arrived in Memphis. Some were already on the ground by the time U.S. Attorney Michael Dunavant announced the onset of Operation Legend and the city became, along with St. Louis, the seventh to be targeted… Read More ›

• Georgia Democrat Drops Out, Paving the Way for QAnon Candidate to Enter Congress

  By theintercept on September 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A sign showing support for Marjorie Taylor Greene is seen on a vehicle outside an election watch event, late Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2020, in Rome, Ga. Photo: AP/Mike Stewart. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican nominee for Congress in northern Georgia… Read More ›

• BlueLeaks Documents Bolster Whistleblower Account of Intelligence Tampering at Homeland Security

  By theintercept on September 12, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  If Chad Wolf, the man currently running the largest law enforcement agency in the country, had any idea of what was coming, he didn’t show it. On Wednesday, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security stood before his… Read More ›

• Surveillance in an Era of Pandemic and Protest

  By theintercept on September 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  LIVE: Monday, September 21 at 3 p.m. ET As this summer of pandemic and racial justice protests draws to a close, Naomi Klein will host a landmark conversation between Shoshana Zuboff, author of “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” and Simone Browne,… Read More ›

• 3,000 Dead on 9/11 Meant Everything. 200,000 Dead of Covid-19 Means Nothing. Here's Why.

  By theintercept on September 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  A supporter of President Donald Trump wears a Trump mask in Miami, on May 10, 2020. Photo: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images Lots of people have ridiculed President Donald Trump for telling journalist Bob Woodward that he “wanted to always play [Covid-19]… Read More ›

• EFF to EU Commission on Article 17: Prioritize Users’ Rights, Let Go of Filters

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on September 11, 2020 • ( 0 )

  During the Article 17 (formerly #Article13) discussions about the availability of copyright-protected works online, we fought hand-in-hand with European civil society to avoid all communications being subjected to interception and arbitrary censorship by automated upload filters. However, by turning tech… Read More ›

• Spain’s New Who Defends Your Data Report Shows Robust Privacy Policies But Crucial Gaps to Fill

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on September 10, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  ETICAS Foundation’s second ¿Quien Defiende Tus Datos? (Who Defends Your Data?) report on data privacy practices in Spain shows how Spain’s leading Internet and mobile app providers are making progress in being clear about how users’ personal data is being… Read More ›

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