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ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
Everyone knows, or should, that perfect (balanced, targeted, transparent, swift and swiftly appealable) content moderation at scale is impossible. That doesn’t mean powerful social platforms don’t have to try to get at least reasonably…
While in office, he was a sponsor of four fetal “personhood” bills that aimed to ban nearly all abortions nationwide.
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
New records obtained by EFF expose additional issues with Medicare’s AI-driven prior authorization program and show why we need stronger legal limits around government use of automated decision-making. EFF sued the government back in March…
Authorities say a man serving a life sentence for murder escaped from a prison in northwest Tennessee, stole a truck and remained at large early Tuesday.
Donald Trump’s second term has been a financial boon to the private prison industry.
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
A nonprofit service that protects internet users’ privacy is leaving France. Quad9, a free DNS resolver, has said it will reluctantly stop serving users in France on November 24. This follows a French court order that Quad9 must block…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
A new bill before Sri Lanka’s parliament that grants the authorities sweeping arbitrary powers to tackle ‘organized crime’ and deny suspects’ human rights should be immediately withdrawn, Amnesty International said today. The Prevention of…
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Responding to the news that the New Cairo Misdemeanours court today convicted editor in chief Lina Attalah on charges of operating an unlicenced website, ordering the shutdown of prominent independent outlet Mada Masr and taking her into…
Felipe Galindo Peaceful demonstrations were overshadowed by violence and destruction in the streets of Paris and Limoges. The post French Protests Are Hijacked by Agitators appeared first on The Nation.
A competitive Senate race has gripped the once reliably Republican state of Alaska. If Democratic challenger Mary Peltola wins the election against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, it could tip the balance of power in Washington…
Across the MENA region, governments are imposing internet shutdowns during student exams. Read our exam shutdown report card and join the call for governments to keep this academic year free of internet shutdowns. The post #NoExamShutdown…
THE LEVER CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY
David Sirota sits down with Lever reporters Katya Schwenk and Luke Goldstein to dive into their investigation that traces how the Israel lobby is furtively routing millions.
The Pakistani government’s removal of the country’s last opposition provincial government is the latest stage in a long-running confrontation between the military and former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
🚨🚨MUST READ🚨🚨: Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a group of fellow basketball enthusiasts have been secretly using the NYPD Police Academy’s gymnasium in Queens to play pickup ball, according to four people familiar with the games. The mayor and…
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
Last week, researchers at Citizen Lab revealed a horrifying new malware campaign, dubbed “AdFection.” It used an ad network to distribute spyware to journalist’s devices to infect them without the target ever needing to click anything…
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION CIVIL LIBERTIES
The vast amount of information on the open web requires researchers and journalists to adapt with new tools to make sense of it all. Checking facts, gauging public opinion, and other lines of inquiry depend on being able to analyze the…
All around us, authorities work to steal our life force. I won’t let them take it in the time I have left.
A new lawsuit argues that Trump administration policies are robbing migrant children of due process.
Peter Guttman Oct. 17 2026. The post No Kings Protest appeared first on The Nation.
The Justice Department charged a CIA contractor with violating the Espionage Act. He allegedly shared reports on Israel and the war on Iran.
DECLASSIFIED UK NATIONAL SECURITY
Almost 30 years after Sean Brown was kidnapped from a football club, British intelligence is still censoring files that could help solve his murder The post The murder MI5 wants to hide appeared first on Declassified UK.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Wins Historic Fourth Term as President, Longtime Serbian Leader Vučić Concedes Defeat to Student-Led Movement, French Police Arrest More Than 1,300 People During Saturday Protests, Thousands of…
The post In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests appeared first on ProPublica.
The Alaska Senate candidate and her family sustained minor injuries, her campaign announced Sunday.
