10th Circuit: Demand for ID requires suspicion of a crime
By Edward Hasbrouck Narrowing the damage done by its 2015 ruling in the Identity Project case of Mocek v. Albuquerque, the 10th Circuit Court of…
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Thought Police: Home Visit For UK Man Who Expressed Anger Online About Sydney Bishop Being Stabbed by Islamist
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Modernity.news A video out of the UK shows a man being visited at home by two police officers and…
Polling Shows How Massively Unpopular Scotland’s ‘Hate Crime’ Law Is
Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news A new YouGov poll has found that Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf’s popularity has nosedived since the introduction of a…
Crime-Ridden San Francisco Wants To Punish Grocery Stores For Fleeing Said Crime
By Tyler Durden Unpunished crime is so out of control in San Francisco that the city now wants to punish grocery stores who want to…
UK government rejects calls for clearer facial recognition laws
By Masha Borak Debates continue among British lawmakers on the legality of police deployment of live facial recognition. After the UK Parliament’s Justice and Home…
How Joe Biden Unleashed The Greatest Border Crisis in US History
By Neenah Payne Todd Bensman warned in the videos below that immigrants from 170 countries are crossing the US southern border. While the surge in…
Gavin Newsom Applauds Rollout Of AI Surveillance Network In California
By Tyler Durden If you’re not a criminal then you have nothing to hide, right? This is the perpetual argument used in favor of state…
Ola Bini Faces Ecuadorian Prosecutors Seeking to Overturn Acquittal of Cybercrime Charge
By Karen Gullo Ola Bini, the software developer acquitted last year of cybercrime charges in a unanimous verdict in Ecuador, was back in court last…
Dubai Deploys AI Robot Police for Scofflaw Cyclists
Activist Post Editor’s Note: This should make it clear that AI robot police will not be used only for the most serious crimes, as governments…
AI fraud may be too much for some financial companies, warns Treasury Dept
By Masha Borak The risks of generative artificial intelligence are looming over the financial services industry. As access to more advanced AI tools becomes available,…
Rule by Criminals: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
By John W. Whitehead and Nisha Whitehead “In these days of worldwide confusion, there is a dire need for men and women who will courageously…
Florida Town Installs Live Facial Recognition to Protect Against 3 Trespassers
By Chris Burt Lakeland, Florida is not known as a particularly violent city. It does not appear on lists of America’s most crime-ridden towns. But…
Nigeria’s Kidnappings Show Urgent Need for Reforms
By Emily Thompson At least 137 school children who were kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria earlier this month have been released. There is widespread…
Responding to ShotSpotter, Police Shoot at Child Lighting Fireworks
This post was written by Rachel Hochhauser, an EFF legal intern We’ve written multiple times about the inaccurate and dangerous “gunshot detection” tool, ShotSpotter. A…