OWS activists’ bail affected by refusing iris scans after brutal crackdown
image credit: Chad Miller/Flickr Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post I have spent a great deal of time covering biometrics and how this information is…
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Court Declares Newspaper Excerpt on Online Forum is Fair Use, Righthaven in Ruins
Kurt Opsahl EFF Late Friday, the federal district court in Nevada issued a declaratory judgment that makes is harder for copyright holders to file lawsuits…
Senator Schumer calls for FTC investigation into Google and Apple privacy policies
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post United States Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer has recommended that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate the reports which claim…
FBI LulzSec Hacker Informant: Hacking Groups Government Black Op?
Brit Dee, Contributing Writer Activist Post Five key members of the hacker group LulzSec have today been arrested, with the revelation that the alleged leader…
Google’s New Privacy Policy, or Spying-On-You Policy Has Begun
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Official List Of Words Feds Monitor On Social Networking Sites
Alexander Higgins, Contributing Writer Activist Post The Feds have been forced to release their social network monitoring manual, which contains the list of words the…
Internet Freedom Killer ACTA Suspended for Questionable Legality
Youtube – RT The EU has suspended the ratification of a controversial anti computer piracy agreement, questioning its legality. It will now be investigated to…
McCain to introduce cybersecurity legislation giving even more domestic control to NSA, military
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post During the Senate’s major hearing on cybersecurity last week, Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, announced that the…
Government Pressures Twitter to Hand Over OWS Protester’s Location Without a Warrant
Wiki image Hanni Fakhoury EFF On October 1, 2011, over 700 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge. Most of the protesters,…
NSA Warns “Cyber Terrorists” Anonymous Can Take Out Entire Power Grid
Alexander Higgins U.S. officials step up cyber terrorism rhetoric, warning Cyber Armageddon is inevitable, and demanding “cyber terrorists” be subject to NDAA battlefield detention.
The intensifying Silicon Valley data collection arms race
Google staff being iris scanned (source: Google) Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post As I have repeatedly pointed out in articles and in radio appearances,…
FBI, DHS, Pentagon, & Federal Reserve using social media for spying, propaganda
James Corbett globalresearch.ca RELATED ARTICLE FEMA Solicits Firms to Monitor Media Coverage of Their Activities
US claims cyber war is the new terrorism
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Members of UK Parliament Recommend Censoring Online Extremism
Natalie Nicol EFF In a report published last week, members of the United Kingdom Parliament concluded that the Internet plays a major role in the…