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House Intel Democrat Jim Himes: 'I Am Not Aware' of NSA Purchasing Americans' Data
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (378+ words) House Intel Committee Ranking Member Jim Himes (D-CT) last Friday said that he was "not aware" of the National Security Agency (NSA) purchasing Americans" private communications despite years of reporting about the intelligence community purchasing Americans" private information. Privacy activists…...
Uthmeier wants more platforms to help 'protect our kids"
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (434+ words) Florida's attorney general hopes other companies follow Meta's lead and comply with the state's social media ban. In March 2024, Governor Ron De Santis (R) signed the "Online Protections for Minors" act, a bill that restricts access to social media platforms for…...
Op-Ed: The faulty assumptions of the Michigan Senate's online safety approach
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (1067+ words) The "Brussels Effect" describes how European Union (EU) regulations extend far beyond the continent, reshaping business practices worldwide simply because companies want access to its massive markets. Americans enduring endless cookie popups online can thank an Eurocrat for that. Similarly,…...
Creepy surveillance: why some cities are shutting down Flock cameras amid privacy concerns
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1764+ words) Some cities are cutting ties with firm that provides license plate reader cameras, others are signing new contracts and many are still looking for their footing In recent city council meetings in Dunwoody, Georgia, a spokesman for Flock Safety, a…...
Opinion: The surveillance state's First Amendment problem is no longer theoretical
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (440+ words) For more than 50 years, the Supreme Court has treated the First Amendment costs of government surveillance as speculation. In 1972, Laird v. Tatum dismissed a challenge to Army domestic intelligence operations, ruling that a "chilling effect" on protected speech from the mere…...
Beijing's High-Tech Surveillance Turns Daily Life Into a Series of ID Checks, Locals and Travelers Say
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (459+ words) Basically, everywhere you go, you have to scan your ID," he said in a video shared on We Chat. At tourist sites, subway stations, and many public spaces, there are ID checkpoints. Your trip gets interrupted again and again." His…...
Apple FORCES i Phone Users To Prove Age With ID Or Lose Unrestricted Internet Access
1+ week, 1+ day ago (642+ words) Digital ID social credit system by the back door UK i Phone and i Pad owners updating to the latest i OS 26. 4 are now confronted with a stark choice: verify you are an adult by providing a credit card or…...
Review: Church Committee report on illegal spying is relevant again in the Trump era
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (142+ words) The committee, chaired by Sen. Frank Church (D'Idaho), was formed after Watergate to answer basic questions about domestic surveillance: Who was the government spying on? How was it spying? What was it doing with the information? And was it following…...
Government's Efforts to Monitor Social Media Users Skyrocket | The Star News Network
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (546+ words) by Daily Caller News Foundation | Apr 3, 2026 Major tech companies shared data from over 3. 5 million user accounts with the U. S. government between late 2024 and early 2025, according to a report from digital privacy firm Proton. Proton's'report'focuses on Apple, Google and Meta, and finds…...
A. I. tracking technology: Coming soon to a vehicle you own
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (623+ words) A new law requires new cars to include some rear seating, so to speak, for Big Brother. According to reports such as this one in Blaze Media, the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act requires that: "Car manufacturers will need to…...