“A large group of Internet pioneers have sent an open letter to the European Union urging it to scrap a proposal to introduce automated upload filters, arguing that it could damage the internet as we know it.”
Read more: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/12/eu_copyright_filter/
“Prosecutors claim the police framed the teen so that the department could boast perfect burglary arrest statistics.”
“Kevin Shipp reveals IN DETAIL how the Shadow Government (CIA) destroys whistleblowers. It includes information never made public, including the personal side of what a true whistleblower must face.”
“FBI agents and federal prosecutors aren’t evaluated for their allegiance to scientific principles. They’re evaluated on their ability to close cases and win convictions. Therefore, there’s a strong incentive for them to sacrifice sound science for expedience.”
“The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.”
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/fire-breaks-ballot-warehouse-baghdad-180610144257131.html
“Sites will have to pay to license the technology to match submissions to the database, and to identify near matches as well as exact ones. Sites will be required to have a process to allow rightsholders to update this list with more copyrighted works. Even under the best of circumstances, this presents huge problems.”
“This system poses a very real threat to First Amendment-protected activities. Further, DHS has a well-documented history of poor data management, and face recognition has a high rate of misidentifications.”
“Footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public.”
Read more: https://qz.com/1299947/this-is-the-week-that-the-drone-surveillance-state-became-real/
“Why didn’t any of the evidence about a possible second gunman come out at the trial?”
“The Fed’s downgrade took place ‘secretly’ about a year ago, and hasn’t been previously made public until today.”