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Refugees and immigrants are having their digital lives exposed at America’s borders. Continue reading Digital Rights Advocates Want the UN to Stop Social Media Searches at the US Border
ACLU and other civil rights groups beat back unprecedented police surveillance proposals in Boston. Continue reading When It Comes to Police Surveillance, Local Politics Matter
EFF is dismayed by the cavalier attitude by law enforcement over warrantless searches of trillions of phone records and its refusal to turn over documents. Continue reading EFF Blasts DEA in Ongoing Secret ‘Super Search Engine’ Lawsuit
Opponents of the controversial Rule 41 say they are committed to fighting the government’s expanded powers. Continue reading Rule 41 Opponents Vow to Fight Government’s New Hacking Powers
The app, Geofeedia, has been using data streams from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to monitor protests. Continue reading Facebook, Twitter, Instagram cut off surveillance tool used to track protesters
According to a new study published today from the American Civil Liberties Union, major social networks including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have recently provided user data access to Geofeedia, the location-based, social media surveillance system used by government offices, private security firms, marketers and others.
As TechCrunch previously reported, Geofeedia is one of a bevy of… Read More Continue reading Facebook, Twitter cut off data access for Geofeedia, a social media surveillance startup
Open Whisper Systems, the group behind Signal, was served with a subpoena earlier this year but was unable to produce most of the data it was asked for.
Continue reading Subpoena for Signal Messaging Data Renders Little
But people are still getting busted for weed possession almost every minute. Continue reading Marijuana Arrests Are At a 20-Year Low
It’s kinda about your nude pics. On this episode of Radio Motherboard, we think about Oliver Stone’s biopic and hear from Stone and Snowden’s lawyer. Continue reading ‘Snowden’ Isn’t Really About Snowden
A civil liberties coalition is working with local governments to rein in surveillance it says has run amok, be it by excessive use of stingrays or other technologies. Continue reading Eleven US cities to crack down on warrantless surveillance