How Government Agencies Make Criminals of Crypto Traders
By Graham Smith A New Jersey man has been indicted this week for converting over $2 million to bitcoin and operating a private exchange business…
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5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Cybercrime
By Scott Shackelford, Indiana University High-profile data breaches at companies like British Airways and Marriott get a lot of media coverage, but cybercriminals are increasingly…
The Myth of Authority: Mnuchin Denies USD Is Used Criminally
By Graham Smith U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has once again weighed in on Bitcoin, claiming the U.S. dollar has not been used to finance…
Hawaii Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, Expunges Some Criminal Records
By Michael Maharrey Earlier this month, a bill to decriminalize marijuana possession and expunge the records of certain marijuana offenders became law without the governor’s signature….
Former News Anchor Threatened for Speaking Out on Crime in Trinidad and Tobago
By Flora Thomas Trinidad and Tobago’s Housing Development Corporation (HDC), a state agency that provides public housing assistance, has been criticised for not doing enough…
Amazon Ring Worked With Police in Sting Operations; Posting Facebook Ads Of Petty Crime Suspects
By Aaron Kesel Amazon Ring is working with police departments all across the U.S. to stage sting operations on would-be package thieves according to several…
Police Departments Begin Dumping Faulty Pre-Crime A.I. Programs
By Nicholas West Slowly but surely it seems the promises made by Big Tech that the answers to crime could be provided by mass surveillance…
Trinidad & Tobago Set to Decriminalize Marijuana, Joining Other Caribbean Islands
By Jada Steuart In late 2018, Prime Minister Keith Rowley announced that the Trinidad and Tobago government would decriminalise marijuana as early as June 2019…
Facebook to Hand Over Users’ Info to French Govt For “Hate Speech” Prosecutions
By Chris Menahan Facebook is going to work in concert with the government of France to rat out its own users so they can be…
Ring & Law Enforcement Use Walk Lights And Flood Lights To Spread Fear
6 Facts Obama Got Wrong about Guns While Speaking in Brazil
Mexico City to Decriminalize Sex Work to Combat Human Trafficking
Law Enforcement’s National Threat Assessment Program Predicts If You Pose A Future Threat
By MassPrivateI It has been nearly two years, since I reported on the dangers of creating a law enforcement run Mental Health Assessment (MHA) program. In…
Does the State Care More About Tax Evasion than Murder?
By Lee Friday Rape and murder are violent acts. Ordinary citizens consider these to be far more serious offenses than acts of theft. Accordingly, as…