A new tech partnership augurs a bleak vision for the future of public safety and health emergencies where algorithms and mass profiling of entire populations make the social contract obsolete. (By: Raul Diego, Mintpress News) ...
A new pro-Israel policy framework proposed by the US Chamber of Commerce is bolstering the ongoing merger between the US and Israeli national security states. (By: Raul Diego, Mintpress News) A two-pronged initiative by the ...
“If you thought the antitrust cases of big tech were a memory, you’d be mistaken.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Anti-monopoly groups are celebrating news that the Justice Department and state attorneys general are investigating ...
“[The] ASIO bill amendment [is] one more step towards a totalitarian state.” On Wednesday, the Australian government put forward a bill in parliament to give more power to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) including ...
Google’s move is merely the latest in a long line linking big tech companies ever more closely with the government and the security state. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) In the fight against COVID–19 (coronavirus), ...
“It’s unthinkable to extend these spying powers to the same agencies that have so often sidestepped safeguards and ignored Americans’ fundamental privacy rights.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) Ahead of a vote that could take ...
Over a dozen groups call for a full congressional investigation in the online giant citing threats to privacy, security, and civil liberties posed by Alexa, Ring, and Rekognition. (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Amazon must ...
“The Patriot Act extension passed the House with nearly all Democrats voting for it. When Pres. Trump signs it into law, Democrats will be just as responsible for warrantless surveillance as Trump and the GOP. ...