Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert reports: As abortion bans across the nation are implemented and enforced, law enforcement is turning to social media platforms to build cases to prosecute women seeking abortions or abortion-inducing medication – and online platforms like Google and Facebook are helping. This spring, a woman named Jessica Burgess and her daughter will stand trial in Nebraska for performing…
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Police to use private DNA banks to try to solve two cold cases
DutchNews.nl reports that Dutch investigators will be using American genealogy DNA banks to help solve two cold cases” In particular, police want to access DNA held by two American companies – GEDMatch and FamilyTreeDNA – which were set up to allow people to find out about relatives and ancestry but which are also being used…
New York Attorney General James Leads Coalition of 16 AGs in Calling Out Florida Governor DeSantis for Violating Students’ Right to Privacy
March 3, New York – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 16 attorneys general in sending a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis expressing grave concern over his request for information about Florida public university students receiving gender-affirming care. In the letter, the attorneys general caution that Governor DeSantis’ request for…
Report: ICE and the Secret Service Conducted Illegal Surveillance of Cell Phones
Mathew Guariglia of EFF writes: The Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General has released a troubling new report detailing how federal agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Secret Service have conducted surveillance using cell-site simulators (CSS) without proper authorization and in violation of the law. Specifically, the office of the Inspector General…