“Former head of US Intelligence James Clapper just admitted ‘we tried to manipulate or influence elections or even overturned governments’ in those citizens’ ‘best interests’.”
“Today, a federal appeals court reinstated a lawsuit against 24 FBI agents alleging that they had placed or kept law-abiding American Muslims on the No-Fly List in an attempt to coerce the men into spying on their communities.”
“The first leak case of the Trump era, the first head on a pike.”
Read more: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/03/reality-winner-nsa-paul-manafort/
“Since Prince Harry is now part of the household of a U.S. taxpayer, his financial affairs — and those of the entire royal family — are now reportable to the IRS.”
Read more: https://banyanhill.com/royal-family-tax/
“Instead of looking to government to fix our health care system, we should be looking to innovators like Dr. Devi Shetty.”
“The excruciating DMCA section 1201 exemption process is upon us again, and the right to repair tractors, cars, and electronics is at stake.”
Read more: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mbxzyv/dmca-1201-exemptions
“The company plans to unveil new ethical principles about its use of AI next week.”
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/google-plans-not-to-renew-its-contract-for-project-mave-1826488620
“It’s not just happening in California. Nashville, Tenn., Seattle, Wash., and Somerville, Mass., now have ordinances requiring local government approval for surveillance technology on the books.”
“The proposed legislation would offer hate crime protections to police officers, making police officers an even more protected class.”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/government-police-are-latest-persecuted-victim-group
“Police might be tracking a lot more than we even know on our phones, often without the warrants that are usually needed for comparable methods of invasive surveillance.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/03/cyrus-farivar-book-excerpt-stingray-218588