Tag: online privacy

Senate Authorizes Insane Warrantless Surveillance Program

America lost something important today, and hardly anyone heard. The headlines of state-aligned media screech and crow about the nefarious designs of your fellow citizens and the necessity of foreign wars without end, but find few words for a crime against the Constitution. https://t.co/VvgVQcq2NE —…

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Meta to Pay $725 Million Settlement Over Cambridge Analytica Data

I don’t even understand what this means. Reuters : Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has agreed to pay $725 million to resolve a class-action lawsuit accusing the social media giant of allowing third parties, including Cambridge Analytica, to access users’ personal information . The proposed…

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New York Requires Social Media to Monitor and Report “Hate”

NOW – Gov. Hochul: "In the state of New York, we're now requiring social media networks to monitor and report 'hateful conduct' on their platforms." pic.twitter.com/5LctpfRuqo — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) June 6, 2022 Texas and Florida are trying to force social media companies to allow more…

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Telegram Hands User Data to Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany

NEW – Telegram has released user data to the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany in several cases, Spiegel reports. The NGO CeMAS monitors 3,000 German-language channels & groups for "disinformation, antisemitism, and right-wing extremism." https://t.co/ib75xumI7L — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) June 4, 2022 Bad news! Turns…

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CIA Doing Mass Surveillance on Americans, Declassified Documents Reveal

Huge: CIA mass ("bulk") surveillance has been carried out “entirely outside the statutory framework, and without any judicial, congressional or even executive branch oversight. The nature and full extent was withheld even from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence." https://t.co/qF4OowjDku — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February…

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