After Dobbs, Advocates Fear School Surveillance Tools Could Put Teens at Risk Monitoring software could be easily adapted to flag abortion-related searches By: Todd Feathers As states rush to enact laws criminalizing abortion-related care in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Wade, health advocates and civil rights groups are warning…
Biden signs executive order on abortion, declares Supreme Court ‘out of control’
Jeff Mason and Nandita Bose report: U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to…
UK “Online Safety Bill” wants a backdoor on end-to-end encrypted messaging apps
Ken Macon writes: A proposed new amendment to the UK’s controversial “Online Safety Bill” would force tech companies to scan people’s private messages on end-to-end-encrypted apps. End-to-end encrypted messengers allow people to communicate securely without a 3rd party being able to see messages. Such technology is available in platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal. We…
The Best & Worst States in America for Online Privacy
You can probably guess what state stacks up as the best, but can you accurately guess what state ranked the worst in this analysis by Private Internet Access? Thanks to Joe Cadillic for sending in the link for this.