Katie Mulvaney reports: The state retirement system is suing Facebook and its co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that the social media giant and its leaders breached their financial duties in connection with the collection of private data of millions of users. “As Treasurer, my job is to stand up for the financial wellbeing of all Rhode…
Category: U.S.
Florida Sheriff’s Office Now Notifying People It Will Be Inflicting Its Pre-Crime Program On Them
Tim Cushing writes: The Pasco County (FL) Sheriff’s Office has been swamped with negative press coverage centering on its predictive policing program. The Office claims it’s not “predictive policing,” but rather “intelligence-led policing.” Whatever you call it, it sucks. The Sheriff’s Office may have some lofty goals that involve stopping crime before it starts, but the…
CIA Drove Spike In Media Leak Investigation Requests Under Trump
Jason Paladino, Nick Schwellenbach, Ken Klippenstein report: New data obtained by The Intercept adds considerable detail to what we already know about former President Donald Trump’s relentless campaign against whistleblowers and leakers in the intelligence community. The Trump administration referred far more media leaks for criminal investigation each year than any of the previous 15…
Rep. Castor Introduces KIDS PRIVCY Act to Protect Children, Teens
From EPIC.org: Today, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) introduced an updated “Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth Act” or the “Kids PRIVCY Act” to strengthen the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). “Representative Castor’s bill makes critical updates to our children’s privacy laws to address the dangers of today’s technologies,” said Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director, Electronic…