Disinformation and the State: The Aptly Named RESTRICT Act
By Ryan Turnipseed The RESTRICT Act (Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology Act) has recently been making the rounds…
Social Media
Like a Tweet, Lose Your Job
By Brownstone Institute The president of Thomas Jefferson University may lose his job for liking tweets from Alex Berenson on his personal account. The episode…
More American School Districts Sue Social Media Companies; Is Yours One of Them?
By B.N. Frank Over the years, numerous reports and studies have determined that social media use can and does harm children and teens – even…
Your Messaging Service Should Not Be a DEA Informant
By Mario Trujillo A new U.S. Senate bill would require private messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers to report their users to…
The Tower For Twitter? UK Minister Calls For Jailing Social-Media Bosses Who Do Not Censor Speech
By Jonathan Turley As previously discussed, after Musk decided to buy Twitter, Hillary Clinton called upon European countries to force social-media companies to censor Americans….
Congresswoman Threatens Matt Taibbi with Years in Prison Over Reporting on Twitter Files
By Matt Agorist Continuing the chilling display of corruption and authoritarianism put out by the Biden administration, Rep. Stacey Plaskett, the Democratic delegate representing the…
Got Facebook? You Can Submit a Claim to Receive $ from Class Action Lawsuit
By B.N. Frank It’s not been a good year for Meta (formerly Facebook). In February it was reported that the company has lost billions on…
Security Firm Spied on Pipeline Opponents via Aerial Surveillance, Radio Eavesdropping, Social Media Monitoring, Undercover Personnel
By B.N. Frank A growing number of Americans – lawmakers included – are opposed to fuel pipelines of any kind being installed in or near…
Biden Looking at Expanding Internet Surveillance After Discord Leaks
By Dave DeCamp The Biden administration appears poised to increase internet surveillance in response to the leaked Pentagon documents that appear to have been posted…
The Broad, Vague RESTRICT Act is a Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation
By Jason Kelley and David Greene The recently introduced RESTRICT Act (S. 686, Sen. Warner and Sen. Thune) rightfully is causing a lot of concern….
Clearview AI Copied 30B Images Without Users’ Permission from Social Media Sites; Customers Include “more than 3,100 US agencies”
By B.N. Frank Facial recognition and other sources of artificial intelligence (A.I.) technology can be biased, inaccurate, and privacy invasive (see 1, 2, 3, 4,…
The Digital Iron Curtain: How the RESTRICT Act Threatens to Devastate Privacy and Crush Free Speech Online
By Matt Agorist In an era where the world has become more Orwellian than Orwell himself could have ever imagined, it should come as no…
How Social Networks Became a “Subsidiary” of the FBI and CIA
By Jonathan Cook The US Congress last tried to grapple with what the country’s ballooning security services were up to nearly half a century ago….
Reducing Social Media Use Reduces Teens’ Body Image Concerns (Study)
By B.N. Frank Over the years, numerous reports and studies have concluded that social media use can and does harm children and teens. In fact,…