Americans to government: Hands off our civil liberties
In a pleasant surprise, voters are more concerned about retaining basic rights in wake of the Boston bombing
Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 10News Boston Bombings
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News Boston Bombings
Police, politicians push for increased surveillance post-Boston
Measures include giving law enforcement officials access to cameras used to monitor traffic
Thursday, May 2, 2013 4:06 AM UTCTechnology Associated Press, Philadelphia
Mike Bloomberg’s ugly “stop and frisk” freakout
He equates the NYCLU with the NRA, race-baits the New York Times and lets the NYPD profile blacks and Muslims
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 6:33 PM UTC 98News Michael Bloomberg
Government giving AT&T, others secret immunity from wiretap laws
DoJ helps AT&T, other service providers evade wiretapping laws so government can conduct Internet surveillance
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 8:10 PM UTCTechnology Surveillance, Privacy, cispa
Boston police: Facial recognition software didn’t help
FBI will soon roll out large-scale facial recognition apparatus, but the software did not pick up the Tsarnaevs
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 2:25 PM UTCTechnology Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
In Boston, our bloated surveillance state didn’t work
Beefed-up expenditures and laws failed to stop the Boston bombing, and did little to help capture the suspects
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 84Media Boston Explosions, Surveillance
Bush aide leverages Boston explosion to boost Big Brother
A conservative warhorse exploits the Boston bombings to argue for more government surveillance. He's wrong
Friday, Apr 19, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 23Technology Boston Explosions
The Boston bombing privacy lesson
The surveillance state thrives on acts of terror. All the more reason why we need more protections for our rights
Tuesday, Apr 16, 2013 5:37 PM UTC 15Technology Boston Explosions, Surveillance
IRS may be reading emails without a warrant
New FOIA'd documents suggest IRS is violating Fourth Amendment, says ACLU
Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 4:49 PM UTCBusiness IRS, Taxes, Spying, Surveillance
Suddenly, NYPD doesn’t love surveillance anymore
Law enforcement agencies monitor our most basic acts. But try assigning them a watchdog and they resist with fury
Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 44Politics Michael Bloomberg
FBI pursues greater real-time Gmail spying powers
The agency wants to expand real-time surveillance of online communications
Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 3:32 PM UTCTechnology FBI, Surveillance, Wiretapping
Amazon to build CIA cloud
The online giant has reportedly won a contract for CIA efforts to "collect everything and hang on to it forever"
Thursday, Mar 21, 2013 1:15 PM UTC 13Technology CIA, cloud computing, amazon
Senate: Drones require new privacy laws
As domestic surveillance drones proliferate, the public needs greater protection experts tell hearing
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2013 8:20 PM UTCTechnology Drones, Domestic drones, Privacy
Surveillance software used to spy on activists around the world
Technology designed to monitor criminals is used by numerous governments to survey dissent
Wednesday, Mar 13, 2013 4:35 PM UTCTechnology finspy, Spying, Surveillance
New York’s finest Islamophobes
A new report sheds light on NYPD’s secret surveillance of Muslim communities. And what it reveals about liberals
Monday, Mar 11, 2013 8:45 PM UTC 18Politics Muslims, NYPD, Surveillance
How to think about drones
As Rand Paul's filibuster demonstrated, the drone debate is about more than judging technology
Friday, Mar 8, 2013 1:00 AM UTC 30Technology Drones, CIA, counterterror, Privacy
Golden Gate surveillance
Prepare to be tracked: Cash will no longer be accepted at the toll gates of America's most famous bridge VIDEO
Friday, Feb 22, 2013 6:05 PM UTC 46Technology Video, Surveillance, Privacy
Work becomes more like prison
Supermarket chain TESCO is one of a few companies that use high-tech surveillance to track employee productivity
Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 6:34 PM UTCLife AlterNet, Labor, Surveillance
What does a police state look like?
Violence, arrests of Occupy protesters and stop-and-frisk. Plus: A worshipful media
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 1:29 PM UTC 61Politics Police, Civil Rights
CISPA creeps back to the House
The cybersecurity bill is back, but concerns about privacy breaches have not been resolved
Monday, Feb 11, 2013 8:52 PM UTCTechnology cispa, Privacy
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