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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Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell

ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition

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Sweeping Ban on Drone Flights Across Chicago Looks Suspiciously Like an Attempt to Ban Press Coverage

We can’t let government block drone photography of newsworthy events simply by claiming a need to fly their own aircraft in an area or claiming the existence of vague “security threats”

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