A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government’s hacking powers failed Wednesday, despite concerns the changes would jeopardize the privacy rights of innocent Americans…
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5 Major Automakers Join Forces to Deploy 400 Ultra-Fast Charging Stations for Electric Cars in Europe…
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Yes, U.S. Government Propaganda Use Against American Citizens Is Officially Legal Now…
Some people still aren’t sure on this point, so just for the record, yes: US government domestic propaganda use against American citizens has been fully made legal. Looking around at what’s going on in “the news” today, that certainly explains a lot, doesn’t it?…
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The UK Is About to Legalize Mass Surveillance…
The UK is due to pass its controversial new surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act…The Act formally legalizes a number of mass surveillance programs revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013… introduces a new power which will force internet service providers to store browsing data on all customers for 12 months…
Bill To Protect Freedom of Speech Online Heads to President’s Desk…
The Consumer Review Fairness Act, which now heads to the President’s Desk for approval, is needed after a number of consumers have found themselves in court, fighting multi-million dollar lawsuits for leaving negative – but truthful – reviews of companies’ services on sites like Yelp or TripAdvisor…
Facebook Employees are Quitting Because of Users Being Censored…
The war on “fake news” embarked upon by Facebook, Google, and Twitter may be earning the media goliaths brownie points with establishment politicos, but users — and even employees — aren’t feeling as enthusiastic…
Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After E-Mail Note…
The man, who wasn’t identified by authorities, sent an e-mail visible to hundreds of co-workers, including Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, before the incident occurred, according to a person familiar with the matter. The man survived the fall from Amazon’s 12-story Apollo building…
Emojis Are So Big They Now Have Their Own Conference..
Emojis are having a moment. What with the New York MoMA acquiring the original set of emojis and Apple’s planned, and then rescinded, changes to its emoji keyboard for iOS 10.2, the tiny pictures on your phone have never been hotter…
FBI Hacked Into 8k Computers in 120 Countries Based on One Warrant…
The FBI hacked into more than 8,000 computers in 120 countries during an investigation into a child pornography website with just one warrant, a court hearing transcript has shown. It represents the largest known law enforcement hacking campaign to date…
Android Malware Used to Hack and Steal a Tesla…
By infecting a Tesla owner’s phone with Android malware, a car thief can hack and then steal a Tesla car…Security experts from Norwegian security firm Promon have chosen to go after Tesla’s Android app that many car owners use to interact with their vehicle…
Reddit’s Pro-Trump Community Calls on CEO Steve Huffman to Resign Following Edit Scandal…
Reddit user UnimatrixZeroOne made an announcement in the subreddit today explaining why they leaked the Slack chat logs featuring conversations between Reddit admins and moderators. “I leaked the chat logs because of my anger at /u/spez for editing someone else’s comment. If he did this”…
Facebook Develops Software to Censor News in China…
Facebook has quietly developed software to suppress posts from appearing in people’s news feeds in specific geographic areas, according to three current and former Facebook employees… The feature was created to help Facebook get into China, a market where…
STUDY: Beware! Law Enforcement Spending Millions to Monitor Social Media…
A new study has found law enforcement agencies spent $4.75 million on social media monitoring tools between 2013 and 2016 to surveil the public and investigate possible crimes, although this sum is “massively understated”…
Here’s How Facebook Plans to Eliminate ‘Fake News’…
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a message for his billion-plus users: “you’re not capable of deciding for yourself what is ‘news’ and what is not, so we will do it for you”…
‘Snoopers Charter 2’ to Pass Into Law, Giving Government Sweeping Spying Powers on its Citizens…
The House of Lords has passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, putting the huge spying powers on their way to becoming law within weeks. The bill – which forces internet companies to keep records on their users for up to a year, and allows the Government to force companies to hack into or break things they’ve…
German Court Rules Snowden Must be Brought to Germany to Answer U.S. Spying Questions…
The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that the German government must make plans to bring former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to Berlin to answer questions from a parliamentary committee looking into US intelligence agency spying…
House Chairman Jumps into Fight Over Adm. Michael Rogers at NSA…
Here’s Ron Pauls ‘Fake News’ List Who Sold the Public on Fake Wars and Fake Politicians…
Ron Paul chimes in on the “fake news” media meme, with a list of fake news outlets that sold the public on everything to Iraq WMDs, to journalists who colluded with Hillary Clinton to rig the Democratic primary election and try to rig the US general election…
James Clapper, America’s Top Spymaster, Steps Down—Here’s What Happens Next…
Staffing the next DNI is especially important for Trump, given his limited experience in espionage and national security…It’s a tough job, since the Intelligence Community is a diverse mix of top secret bureaucracies which don’t always play well together. The IC is made up of 16 different spy agencies—17 if you count the amply-sized Office […]