By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial Intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased, make errors, and it’s privacy invasive (see 1, 2,…
By Jessica Corbett Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Tuesday dared U.S. prosecutors to come after him like they have Julian Assange by revealing in…
By Jessica Corbett A historic settlement filed in court on Monday highlighted the power of Illinois’ strong privacy law and will result in new nationwide…
By Jessica Corbett Press freedom advocates are heralding what one called a “heartbreaking” statement by the fiancée of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the U.K….
By Jessica Corbett This is a breaking story… Please check back for possible updates… Human rights advocates on Thursday sharply condemned the Supreme Court’s decision…
By Jessica Corbett A report released Sunday, nearly 20 years after the first prisoners arrived at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, details “systematic abuses carried out…
By Jessica Corbett Reporters Without Borders announced Thursday that this year has featured a 20% surge in the number of journalists arbitrarily detained worldwide, documenting…
By Jessica Corbett “Devastating.” “Disturbing.” “Horrific.” “Shameful.” Advocacy groups, human rights defenders, fellow reporters, and other readers of The New York Times were outraged Saturday…
By Jessica Corbett In what civil rights advocates on Thursday framed as yet another example of the need for reforms by companies and governments alike,…
By Jessica Corbett The father and brother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are planning a nationwide tour of the United States next month to advocate…
By Jessica Corbett Echoing recent demands from human rights advocates and former detainees, two dozens members of the U.S. Senate Democratic Caucus on Friday pressed…
By Jessica Corbett A coalition of more than 40 advocacy groups is calling on President Joe Biden to take executive action imposing a moratorium on…
By Jessica Corbett “It’s time to uproot the drug war from our lives.” So says a new Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) project exposing how the…
By Jessica Corbett After U.S. military prosecutors filed formal charges against three longtime prisoners at the Guantánamo Bay offshore prison for nearly 15 years without…