Boston Police Department Set to Join Trend of Using Internet Surveillance Tech
By Joe Wright A whole host of reasons are being given to justify the increased surveillance and data mining of social media and the wider…
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Ontario Proposes Forced Reeducation For Parents Who Choose To Not Vaccinate Their Children
By Joe Wright When it comes to regulatory tyranny, Canada and the United States have been one-upping each other for some time. For most people…
Twitter Says No to Intelligence Agencies’ Plans for Social Media Surveillance
By Joe Wright Over the past several years I have been reporting on the disturbing open-door policies that social media companies have been granting to…
Navy Enlists Public To See Something, Say Something If Hobby Drones Are Spotted Near Bases
By Joe Wright In military terms, I suppose it could be called blowback – if the consequences are presumed to be unintended, that is. After…
Proposed Zika Solutions Cause the Same Symptoms Blamed on the Virus
By Joe Wright Boy that was quick. Stir up a bit of fear in the media about a disease that is not even proven to…
Downing A Drone To Protect Privacy Is Now Officially Labeled “Criminal Mischief”
By Joe Wright As hobby drones continue to proliferate across the United States and commercial applications rise, the rules about drone use remain murky, as…
Audit the Fed Bill Wins 53-44 Majority in Senate, Blocked by Democrats Filibuster
By Joe Wright GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul was able to persuade Bernie Sanders and 51 additional senators to vote in favor of auditing the central…
Penalties Continue For Downing Drones; FAA Seeks Mandatory Registration
By Joe Wright As hobby drones continue to proliferate across the U.S., the rules about their use remain murky, as do the rules for blasting…
Anonymous Publishes List of ISIS Targets for Sunday Attacks
By Joe Wright Hacktivist group Anonymous has declared all-out cyber war on ISIS following the Paris terror attacks. #OpParis went live just days ago, which…
Dispersants Did Not Help In BP Spill, Half Of Oil Not Accounted For: Study
By Joe Wright The fallout continues from the Deepwater Horizon explosion that directly killed 11 workers and ravaged the food chain and the environment more…
Instagram Joins Trend of Social Media Surveillance
By Joe Wright A whole host of reasons are being given to justify the increased surveillance and data mining of social media: terrorism, suicide prevention,…
U.S. Claims $5 Billion Intelligence System “Offline” At Time of Afghan Hospital Bombing
By Joe Wright Apparently any time something happens that calls into question the nobility of the U.S. mission to protect the planet, you can chalk…
DOJ Creates New Position to Target “Anti-Government Views”
By Joe Wright “Americans motivated by anti-government views and racist ideologies” will be the focus of a new Department of Justice position, John Carlin told…
New Tech Aims to Authenticate Citizen Journalists’ Cellphone Footage
By Joe Wright In light of how an increasing number of people have called into question the media presentation of such events as the Virginia…