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A retired North Carolina engineer volunteered his professional opinion during a lawsuit, now the state says he’s in trouble for practicing engineering without a license. Continue reading State Charges 77-Year-Old for ‘Practicing Engineering Without a License’
This week co-host Kevin Johnson joins me to discuss the cybersecurity lessons learned from the US Capital riot, why deplatforming is not violating first amendment rights, and much more. ** Links mentioned on the show ** Check out our series on how to b… Continue reading The Capital Riot: First Amendment and Deplatforming, Cybersecurity Lessons Learned
In episode 125 for June 15th 2020: Our top 5 tips for staying private and secure during a protest. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show ** Privacy And Security While Protesting https://silent-pocket.com/blogs/news/privacy-and-security-while-pr… Continue reading 5 Tips to Stay Private and Secure During a Protest
How to keep your digital devices and accounts safe when exercising your right to peaceably assemble. Continue reading How to Protest Without Sacrificing Your Digital Privacy
In episode 123 for June 1st 2020: The controversy continues over fact checking and First Amendment rights on Twitter, and why government mandated encryption backdoors are bad for everyone’s security. ** Show notes and links mentioned on the show … Continue reading First Amendment Rights and Twitter, Encryption Backdoors
When it comes to First Amendment free speech rights, the Supreme Court has sided mostly with consumers. Will that change with a Maine case? In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a California law that mandated that anti-abortion clinics advise pa… Continue reading Maine Suit Challenges Privacy Regulation on First Amendment Grounds
The EFF got in touch with the institutions that have the dataset. Some deleted it, while one refused and others didn’t bother to respond. Continue reading NIST shared dataset of tattoos that’s been used to identify prisoners
It’s not a “state actor”, so isn’t subject to 1st Amendment scrutiny and can censor PragerU’s videos on abortion, gun rights and terrorism. Continue reading Google has right to censor conservative nonprofit on YouTube
It’s my First Amendment right to scrape publicly available face images, its CEO says. Besides, we’re just doing what Google Search does. Continue reading Facebook, Google, YouTube order Clearview to stop scraping faceprints
First amendment rights in the United States only go so far. Shout “fire” in a crowded room for thrills or threaten to kill someone and you will find yourself on the wrong side of the First Amendment interpretation of what constitutes free speech. Jose… Continue reading First Amendment Fight: Twitter Threat Ends in Conviction