When the state decides to compile info on someone or investigate them, it should be for the right reasons and not because they spoke up at a public meeting to express disagreement with a proposal. This misuse of power and tools for political purposes is what makes many of us suspicious of giving the government…
Category: U.S.
Your Data Is Up for Sale on Cyber Monday
Oops. I’m late posting this one, but it’s still important to consider. Molly Collett writes: It’s hard to find the most shocking detail about FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that imploded in such spectacular fashion. From borrowing billions of dollars from customer deposits to meet debt obligations, to using corporate funds to purchase employee homes and “personal items”—the story…
Show-Me state censorship: Proposed new rule threatens Missouri’s public libraries
Will Creely and Adam Steinbaugh write: On Nov. 15, Missouri began accepting public comments on a broad new rule, proposed by the Missouri Secretary of State’s office, that seeks to keep books out of libraries rather than welcoming would-be readers in. The proposed rule will impose sharp limits and heavy burdens on what books Missourians can access…
El Faro Journalists, Knight Institute Sue NSO Group Over Spyware
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Represented by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, 15 journalists and other members of El Faro, one of the leading sources of independent news in Central America, today filed suit in U.S. federal court against NSO Group, the company whose malicious surveillance software was used to infiltrate their iPhones and…