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Connecticut Lawmakers Want to make Prison Phone Calls Completely Free (Intercept, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 02/22/2021 - 06:22
How Biden's FCC Could Bring Fast Relief to Students Struggling With Remote Learning
President Joe Biden's recent pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission, Jessica Rosenworcel, is welcome news to those who have been fighting to help students access the internet during the coronavirus pandemic.
Facebook Managers Trash Their Own Ad Targeting in Unsealed remarks (Intercept, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/24/2020 - 12:59Organizers Push for Stronger COVID Utility Shut-Off Protections as Winter Nears (Intercept, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 10/22/2020 - 15:34Operation Legend is bringing surveillance tech to cities (Intercept, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 18:55Zoom Meetings Are Not End-to-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing (Intercept, The)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 11:15Facebook Warrent Targeting Student Journalists in Puerto Rico Prompts Fears of Political Surveillance (Intercept, The)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 01/20/2020 - 06:23The Trump Campaign is deploying Phone Location-Tracking Technology (Intercept, The)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 12:09The Metadata Trap: The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the US Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers
Government whistleblowers increasingly being charged under laws such as the Espionage Act, but they aren’t spies. While we all live under extensive surveillance, for government employees and contractors — especially those with a security clearance — privacy is virtually nonexistent. When a government worker becomes a whistleblower, the FBI gets access to reams of data describing exactly what happened on government computers and who searched for what in government databases, which helps narrow down the list of suspects. Government insiders charged under the Espionage Act are not allowed to