Restaurant owners are taking action against food delivery apps that have their eateries listed on the platforms without their permission. Grubhub, one of the most popular mobile food ordering services, is being sued for allegedly placing restaurants and their respective menus on its app without the owners knowing. It’s also being sued for allegedly charging […]
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FCC to Propose Fines of AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon for Selling Your Location Data…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will propose fines for the nation’s largest telecom companies for selling the location data of their customers without consent. In all, the FCC says the carriers should pay around $200 million, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Wall Street Journal first reported the fines, and said the […]
‘Clean’ FISA Renewal Moving Ahead as Key Spygate Reforms Are Pushed Down the Road…
Senate and House Republicans appear to be at loggerheads on whether to reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before or after the controversial law at the heart of the Spygate scandal is reauthorized. Amid frenzied budget negotiations, an obscure provision in the Nov. 18, 2019, measure keeping the government open extended FISA’s expiration at […]
Federal Court Rules YouTube Can Give Preferential Treatment to Liberal Content…
Conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager’s plans to become a champion for conservative justice in a world plagued by liberal media bias are stalled for now. Prager, who founded Prager University (“PragerU”), sued YouTube and its parent company Google, claiming that YouTube illegally censors conservatives while giving preferential treatment to liberals. PragerU also claimed […]
Ex-FBI Unit Chief Blows Whistle on Comey, McCabe over Warrantless Spying…
The FBI agent who ran the bureau’s warrantless spying program said Wednesday he warned ex-Director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe that the program was a useless waste of taxpayer money that needlessly infringed Americans’ civil liberties but his bosses refused to take action. Retired Special Agent Bassem Youssef ran the FBI’s Communications Analysis […]
How Widespread Is Domestic Political Spying?…
Attorney General William Barr recently took the unprecedented step of requiring any future investigation of a presidential campaign to get approval from him and the director of the FBI. But recent statements from the intelligence agencies suggest that political spying — on members of Congress as well as presidential candidates — may be more widespread […]
Sen Rand Paul: President Trump Does Not Support Clean FISA Renewal – Sen McConnell Meets with President to Discuss…
In November of 2019 buried deep in the congressional budget Continuing Resolution (CR) was a short-term extension to reauthorize the FISA “business records provision”, the “roving wiretap” provision, the “lone wolf” provision, and the more controversial bulk metadata provisions [Call Detail Records (CDR)], all parts of the Patriot Act. As a result of the FISA […]
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OPINION: Why Republicans Can’t Win in 2020 by Robert Epstein…
When it comes to election manipulation, left-leaning American technology companies make the Russians look like rank amateurs. No matter which weak candidate the Democrats ultimately nominate, and even with Russia’s help, President Donald Trump can’t win the 2020 election. For that matter, in races nationwide in which the projected winning margins are small—say, under 5 […]
The British Kangaroo Court Proceedings Against Julian Assange…
Britain is currently holding an obscene show trial against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The hearing is designed to end with the extradition of Assange to the United States or with his death. In the U.S. he would be accused of a conspiracy to reveal secrets and put into jail for the rest of his life. […]
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Short Term Stupid – Bill Barr Wants Clean FISA Reauthorization Because He Will Not Abuse It…
This is likely the most insufferably short-sighted political position in decades. Faced with years of evidence showing worsening abuses by government officials using the FISA court, U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr says a clean reauthorization bill is the best option because his DOJ and FBI will not abuse it. Note the import of AG Barr’s […]
45 Civil Liberties Groups Endorse the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act…
Dear Representatives and Senators, The undersigned organizations represent tens of millions of constituents from across the country and the political spectrum. We write to endorse the Safeguarding Americans’ Private Records Act of 2020 (SAPRA) and urge your office to cosponsor this important piece of legislation. The bill would significantly reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act […]
N.S.A. Phone Program Cost $100 Million, Produced Only Two Unique Leads…
A National Security Agency system that analyzed logs of Americans’ domestic phone calls and text messages cost $100 million from 2015 to 2019, but yielded only a single significant investigation, according to a newly declassified study. Moreover, only twice during that four-year period did the program generate unique information that the F.B.I. did not already […]
Inside X, Google’s Top-Secret Moonshot Factory…
Gandalf arrives on rollerblades. It’s morning in the cafeteria at X – formerly Google X – and Astro Teller, X’s Captain of Moonshots, glides over dressed in coarse grey robes and a pointed hat, carrying oatmeal. Jedi stroll past to their desks, gripping coffee. Star Fleet officers queue for breakfast. This, it should be said, […]
Julian Assange Must Be Freed, Not Betrayed by John Pilger…
This Saturday, there will be a march from Australia House in London to Parliament Square, the centre of British democracy. People will carry pictures of the Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange who, on Feb. 24, faces a court that will decide whether or not he is to be extradited to the United States and […]
BEWARE: Chinese Regime Deploys 1,600 Online Trolls to Suppress Information on Coronavirus…
The propaganda department in virus-stricken Hubei Province has engaged over 1,600 censors to scrub the internet of “sensitive” information relating to the coronavirus outbreak, according to an internal document obtained by The Epoch Times. The internal report, dated Feb. 15, detailed the agency’s efforts to ramp up censorship measures. It was drafted after a speech […]
Assange Seeks Asylum In France As Extradition Trial Approaches…
Julian Assange will seek asylum in France, according to the Associated Press. Lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder are currently preparing for his lates hearing, where he faces extradition to the United States on 17 criminal charges for unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources, as well as conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning […]
Massive MGM Data Breach: Guests’ Personal Details Posted on Hacking Site…
An MGM Resorts security breach last summer resulted in the personal details of 10.6 million guests published on a hacking forum this week, ZDNet first reported Wednesday. Why it matters: Federal government employees and high-profile guests were affected by the breach, according to analysis by data breach monitoring service Under the Breach and ZDNet — […]
Dana Rohrbacher Sets Record Straight on Meeting with Julian Assange…
There is a lot of misinformation floating out there regarding my meeting with Julian Assange so let me provide some clarity on the matter: At no time did I talk to President Trump about Julian Assange. Likewise, I was not directed by Trump or anyone else connected with him to meet with Julian Assange. I […]
U.S. Defense Agency Personal Data May Have Been ‘Compromised’…
The U.S. defense agency responsible for secure communications for the U.S. president and other high-level officials said social security numbers and other personal data in its network may have been “compromised”, in a letter seen by Reuters that was sent to potential victims…
Hackers Trick Tesla Cars into Speeding Up by 50 MPH with a Piece of Tape…
Researchers at McAfee reportedly used a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35-mph speed limit sign to trick two Tesla vehicles into misreading the signs as 85-mph and accelerating 50 mph to match the modified sign. The MIT Tech Review reports that two security researchers tricked two 2016 Tesla vehicles into accelerating 50 mph past […]
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