Seen at FourthAmendment.com: Nevada recognizes a private right of action for violation of the state constitution’s search and seizure guarantee. Plaintiff sued in federal court for a strip search going into a prison that produced nothing and also resulted in her being barred from prison visitation. The federal court sought answer to this certified question. Mack…
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TSA argues for impunity for checkpoint staff who rape travelers
Ed Hasbrouck wrote: Two years ago, at least a dozen women on a Qatar Airways flight to Sydney were ordered off the plane at Doha Airport in Qatar and subjected to forced vaginal examinations. Australia made diplomatic protests, as both the airline and the airport are controlled by the government of Qatar. The Qatari government issued a public apology and said that, “Those…
Google to pay $29.5 million to settle DC, Indiana lawsuits over location tracking
Jared Gans reports: Google has agreed to pay a total of $29.5 million to settle separate lawsuits with Washington, D.C., and Indiana over its location tracking practices. Under the settlements, Google agreed to not make misrepresentations to users about an individual user’s location information in location history and web and app activity. Read more at…
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Eileen Guo reports: In the fall of 2020, gig workers in Venezuela posted a series of images to online forums where they gathered to talk shop. The photos were mundane, if sometimes intimate, household scenes captured from low angles—including some you really wouldn’t want shared on the Internet. In one particularly revealing shot, a young…