During the last eight years, the Obama administration failed to live up to its promise reverse the Bush era’s mass surveillance of American citizens. In fact, it was expanded and justified. If you were silent, the sweeping power controlled by the president may not be on your radar for the right reasons. While there is…
You can’t make this stuff up. Well, they do.
The USA Freedom Act was sold as pledge to end NSA’s bulk collection program concerning of metadata. However, this law didn’t end bulk collection of metadata. It shifted the responsibility to telecommunications providers. The result of this law, has actually increased the spying efficiency of the NSA. In other words, the promised “reform” made NSA…
The USA Freedom Act was sold as pledge to end NSA’s bulk collection program concerning of metadata. However, this law didn’t end bulk collection of metadata. It shifted the responsibility to telecommunications providers. The result of this law, has actually increased the spying efficiency of the NSA. In other words, the promised “reform” made NSA…
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (Nov. 7, 2016) – The Hattiesburg City Council will consider an ordinance that would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state. Councilwoman Deborah Delgado will sponsor the ordinance. It would require the Hattiesburg Police Department…
LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 3, 2016) – A bill introduced in the Michigan legislature would prohibit state and local law enforcement from providing photographs to the FBI’s facial recognition database, but it would have little practical effect. Rep. Peter Lucid introduced House Bill 5870 (HB5870) in September. The legislation bars Michigan law enforcement agencies from forwarding…
Communications company AT&T spies on you at the behest of the federal government and rakes in millions of taxpayer dollars in the process. Through the program known as Project Hemisphere, AT&T searches trillions of call records for the DEA and other law enforcement agencies. The company collects data from every call that flows through its…
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio (Oct. 24, 2016) – An Ohio town will consider regulations on drones that may include limits on law enforcement surveillance. The legislation would not only establish important privacy protections at the local level, it would also help thwart the federal surveillance state. According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, earlier this month, the…
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 23, 2016) – The Miami Beach city commission will consider an ordinance that would take the first step toward limiting the unchecked use of surveillance technologies that violate basic privacy rights and feed into a broader national surveillance state. Commissioner Michael Grieco introduced the measure earlier this month. The ordinance would…
On this episode of Tenther Tuesday, Mike Maharrey and Michael Boldin talk about a few of big wins for the nullification movement. In California, Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed asset forfeiture reform into law, closing a loophole that allowed police to circumvent more restrictive state forfeiture laws by passing cases of to the feds. A…