Nicole Acevdeo reports: A nurse in Florida has been fired after posting photos of a baby born with a birth defect on social media, according to hospital officials. Officials at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami first learned of the incident on Sept. 8, Lidia Amoretti, a hospital spokesperson, told NBC News in an email…
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When the FBI seizes your messages from Big Tech, you may not know it for years
Jay Greene and Drew Harwell recently reported: At first, Ryan Lackey thought the email was a scam. It arrived one morning in March, bearing news that Facebook had received an order from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to turn over data from personal accounts Lackey uses to chat with friends and exchange cat photos. Even…
Customs & Border Protection ordered to disclose social media surveillance rules
Nicholas Iovino reports: U.S. Customs and Border Protection cannot withhold information on its rules for authorizing agents to use fake identities and nongovernment accounts to spy on social media users, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Government lawyers had argued that disclosing the information would reveal sensitive law enforcement techniques that could help criminals elude justice. Read more…
Massachusetts Supreme Court Being Asked To Decide Whether Cops Can Engage In Warrantless Surveillance Of Social Media Users
Tim Cushing writes: The top court in Massachusetts is asking itself (and legal counsel representing both sides) questions that — on the surface level — don’t really appear to be that difficult to answer. Here’s how Thomas Harrison sums it up for Courthouse News: The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struggled Wednesday to figure out whether police…