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• Google’s FLoC Is a Terrible Idea

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on March 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement.  No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it. For more than two decades, the third-party cookie has been the lynchpin in a… Read More ›

• The Life and Death of an Anti-Fascist

  By theintercept on March 3, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Few anti-fascists were as influential on Portland’s recent protest scene as Sean Kealiher. He rarely missed a protest, and he would have been front and center last summer when the insurrectionary activism he had long advocated for became a staple… Read More ›

• The Justice in Policing Act Does Not Do Enough to Rein in Body-Worn Cameras

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on March 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Reformers often tout police use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) as a way to prevent law enforcement misconduct. But, far too often, this technology becomes one more tool in a toolbox already overflowing with surveillance technology that spies on civilians. Worse,… Read More ›

• Andrew Cuomo Is Living to Regret the Deal He Pushed on Letitia James

  By theintercept on March 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In 2003, Letitia “Tish” James shook the New York Democratic political establishment, becoming the first City Council candidate to win office solely as a nominee of the Working Families Party. James spent the next 15 years as an outspoken, independent-minded… Read More ›

• Officials in Baltimore and St. Louis Put the Brakes on Persistent Surveillance Systems Spy Planes

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on March 2, 2021 • ( 0 )

  Baltimore, MD and St. Louis, MO, have a lot in common. Both cities suffer from declining populations and high crime rates. In recent years, the predominantly Black population in each city has engaged in collective action opposing police violence. In… Read More ›

• What the AT&T Breakup Teaches Us About a Big Tech Breakup

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on March 1, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The multi-pronged attempt by state Attorneys General, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Trade Commission to find Google and Facebook liable for violating antitrust law may result in breaking up these giant companies. But in order for any of… Read More ›

• India Targets Climate Activists With the Help of Big Tech

  By theintercept on February 27, 2021 • ( 0 )

  

  Climate activist Disha Ravi is granted bail during a hearing at Patiala House Court in New Delhi on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo: Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The bank of cameras that camped outside Delhi’s sprawling Tihar jail was the sort… Read More ›

• Federal Court Agrees: Prosecutors Can’t Keep Forensic Evidence Secret from Defendants

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  When the government tries to convict you of a crime, you have a right to challenge its evidence. This is a fundamental principle of due process, yet prosecutors and technology vendors have routinely argued against disclosing how forensic technology works…. Read More ›

• From Creativity to Exclusivity: The German Government's Bad Deal for Article 17

  By electronicfrontierfoundation on February 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  The implementation process of Article 17 (formerly Article 13) of the controversial Copyright Directive into national laws is in full swing, and it does not look good for users’ rights and freedoms. Several EU states have failed to present balanced… Read More ›

• Soldiers in Cameroon, a Close U.S. Ally, Commit Mass Rape, Report Says

  By theintercept on February 26, 2021 • ( 0 )

  In the predawn hours of March 1, 2020, more than 50 Cameroonian soldiers entered the village of Ebam and conducted an atrocity-filled raid that included the rape of at least 20 women, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch…. Read More ›

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