Kansas Town Uses License Plate Readers to Go After Man Who Wrote Op-Ed

Targeting followed opinion piece critical of town’s police and anonymously posted anti-ICE fliers

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Trump Administration Claims Sweeping New Power to Take Down Any Drone it Doesn’t Like

Baffling order is likely a move to block drone photography of DHS operations in violation of First Amendment

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Government-Mandated Software a Looming Threat to Freedom

Trend seen around the world — and potentially in the US — opens the door to inescapable censorship and surveillance

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Flock CEO Goes Ballistic on Critics as More Americans Question Mass Driver Surveillance

CEO attacks motives of people who care about privacy, says they are trying to “normalize lawlessness” and “let murderers go free”

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The AI Trapdoor Lying in Wait for Workers

“The pilots were well aware of which lever to pull. It was ‘human error’ that caused the mistake. But laying the blame on the pilots wasn’t ever going to solve the problem.”

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Immigration Agents are Retaliating Against People Who Record Them

We’re filing a FOIA to find out how deep the problem goes

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Flock Can Share Driver-Surveillance Data Even When Police Departments Opt Out, And Other Flock Developments

The company’s default agreement with police departments grants the company license to share people’s license plate data

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There’s Only One State That is Asking the Right Questions About Digital Identity

A digital ID system involves value-laden choices that should be made through explicit political discussion and debate

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Your Smartphone, Their Rules: How App Stores Enable Corporate-Government Censorship

Big Tech Oligopoly helps the Trump Administration crack down on free speech

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