The Plain Dealer reported: The city of Beachwood and its police chief, Katherine McLaughlin, went to court to unmask the identity of an anonymous online critic. In a lawsuit filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, the city says that “John Doe” is behind a series of accounts that left comments on the Beachwood Police…
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Bill would force period tracking apps to follow privacy laws
The AP reports: When the Supreme Court last June stripped away constitutional protections for abortion, concerns grew over the use of period tracking apps because they aren’t protected by federal privacy laws. Privacy experts have said they fear pregnancies could be surveilled and the data shared with police or sold to vigilantes. Some Washington state lawmakers want to…
EU Trying to Bring in ‘Mass Surveillance’ with Proposed Chat Control Law – MEP
So okay, this is definitely NOT okay from this blogger’s perspective. Breitbart reports: A senior MEP within the European Parliament has accused the EU of trying to bring in “mass surveillance” with a new law controlling private online chats. Dr Nicolaus Fest MEP, the leader of the populist Alternative für Deutschland party within the European Parliament,…
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google
Jennifer Gollan of ProPublica reports: Online pharmacies that sell abortion pills are sharing sensitive data with Google and other third parties, which may allow law enforcement to prosecute those who use the medications to end their pregnancies, a ProPublica analysis has found. Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on…