U.S. News
When the Fourth of July Was a Black Holiday:
"After the end of the Civil War in 1865, the nation’s 4 million newly emancipated citizens transformed Independence Day into a celebration of black freedom. The Fourth became an almost exclusively African American holiday in the states of the former Confederacy—until white Southerners, after violently reasserting their dominance of the region, snuffed these black commemorations out."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/07/fourth-of-july-black-holiday/564320/
https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/too-la-loo-fourth-july
Doocy to WH's Jean-Pierre: Why Is There A Voicemail Of Biden Talking To Hunter About Business When He Said He Never Has?
Greenwald Slams Hunter Biden Laptop Coverup As "Biggest Media Fraud" In A Decade:
Biden Sold 1 Million Barrels From Strategic Petroleum Reserve To Chinese Firm Hunter Invested In:
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee Leading Efforts to Dismantle the UN Inquiry on Palestine:
As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court:
NYT China Data Leak Story Ignores Scandalous Treatment of Personal Information in the U.S.
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/nyt-china-data-leak-story-ignores-scandalous-treatment-of-personal-information-in-the-us
BS WARNING: China uses ‘mind-reading AI’ (facial recognition) to test party member loyalty
"The Smart Political Education Bar uses AI to read facial expressions and brain waves to discern the level of acceptance for ideological and political education, according to a video from the Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/07/04/china-uses-mind-reading-ai-test-loyalty-communist-party-members/
People around the world said Covid response caused a drop in civil liberties:
https://reclaimthenet.org/survey-people-said-covid-response-caused-a-drop-in-civil-liberties/
Pfizer Asks Court to Dismiss Whistleblower Lawsuit Because Govt Was Aware of Fraud:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfizer-whistleblower-lawsuit-fraud/
DOJ Investigating Texas’ Operation Lone Star for Civil Rights Violations:
https://www.propublica.org/article/operation-lone-star-doj-investigation-abbott
DHS Officers Indicted for Helping China to Harass Chinese Dissidents in US:
DHS Agents Spied For China? Charged With Attempts To Suppress Critics Of CCP:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/dhs-agents-spied-china-charged-attempts-suppress-critics-ccp
Hundreds of Thousands of Women on Parole Face Travel Bans for Seeking Abortion Care:
https://gizmodo.com/roe-v-wade-abortion-parole-women-travel-bans-1849143680
What the History of Criminalizing Black Mothers Tells Us About the Post-Roe Legal Landscape:
Sabre and Travelport help the FBI secretly spy on air travelers:
New TSA biometric tech lets passengers skip boarding passes at some DFW Airport checkpoints:
New York Mets expand Wicket’s facial recognition trial at Citi Field:
https://www.sporttechie.com/mets-wicket-facial-recognition-ticketing-citi-field
Long Beach technology commission formally asks city for moratorium on police facial recognition:
Match.com does not want you to know about facial recognition FTC case:
BS Warning: Amazon and Microsoft deny using Flickr pics for facial recognition
Carnegie Mellon draft policy would allow university police to use facial recognition to ID everyone on campus:
Visa and Mastercard Are Using Facial Recognition Sourced From a Sanctioned Chinese Firm (SenseTime):
Hyundai becomes first manufacturer to use AI to monitor drivers posture, heart rate, and brainwaves:
"Hyundai Mobis has become the world's first to develop an integrated controller that analyzes the driver's vital signs, such as posture, heart rate, and brainwaves, the company announced on June 23."
One year of the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism: Where are we now?
Civil Liberties Groups Applaud Reporting Requirements for CP3 in House Report as First Step Toward Ending CVE:
EPIC Urges PCLOB to Investigate Fusion Centers, Aerial Surveillance:
https://epic.org/documents/epic-comments-to-the-pclob-on-domestic-terrorism-final/
EPIC To Attorney General: Improve Oversight and Regulations Around Federal Funding of Predictive Policing:
EFF to File Amicus Brief in First U.S. Case Challenging Dragnet Keyword Warrant:
This is the Code the FBI Used to Wiretap the World:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7veg8/anom-app-source-code-operation-trojan-shield-an0m
DHS Disinfo Governance Board is Back: ‘White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse'
Researchers use biased AI to predict crime: biased policing in cities
The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America:
https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-reader-alpr-surveillance-abortion/
California, AZ and TX Adopt Digital License Plates for Commercial Vehicles:
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/states-adopt-digital-license-plates-cmvs
San Diego City Council Guts Surveillance Ordinance to Protect Federal Task Forces:
At least 7,000 San Diegans, from crime victims to judges, may be impacted by state firearms data leak:
Twenty Years Later, It Is Still Time to Dismantle the War on Terror:
https://truthout.org/articles/twenty-years-later-it-is-still-time-to-dismantle-the-war-on-terror/
Siemens acquires Brightly Software for $1.75B to expand smart cities across the country:
https://www.brightlysoftware.com/en-au/resources/siemens-acquires-brightly-software
California fire department uses drones to crack down of illegal fireworks:
"Kern County Fire Chief Aaron Duncan said the KCFD contracted the drone service through a company with former military professionals who will operate the 10-foot-long drone that has a 16-feet wingspan, which is about the size of a small SUV."
Police Violence
Arizona to ban people from filming police within 8ft:
How Philly will spend nearly a billion dollars on more police officers:
Maryland to spend $122.5M to re-fund police departments through State Aid for Police Protection program:
https://goccp.maryland.gov/grants/programs/sapp/
Revenue Over Public Safety How Perverse Financial Incentives Warp the Criminal Justice System:
Mass incarceration did not result simply from increased policing and harsher criminal penalties. Economic and financial incentives established by local, state, and federal agencies also played a role. Police, prosecutors, and corrections agencies competed for these benefits by escalating their enforcement practices. Law enforcement came to depend on these funding sources, particularly as declining tax receipts and intergovernmental transfers left them grasping to fill budget holes. These incentives are a persistent structural driver of punitive enforcement and mass incarceration. “Driving on a suspended license is one of the top five criminal charges,” Lisa Foster a retired judge said. “What does that have to do with public safety? Absolutely nothing.”"
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/revenue-over-public-safety
https://www.brennancenter.org/media/9813/download
Vallejo California allowed six police officers to kill again before their first cases were decided:
https://www.propublica.org/article/vallejo-police-killing-investigations
Prosecutor Lauded For Investigating Trump Also Wants to Send Teachers to Prison:
https://theappeal.org/atlanta-cheating-prosecutions-fani-willis-rico/
Prosecutorial Misconduct Implicated in 550 Death Penalty Reversals, Exonerations:
"Many defendants who were convicted or sentenced to death as a result of undisclosed or unredressed misconduct have already been executed, and others face the difficult task of convincing a court not only that misconduct took place, but that it was harmful to their case. By its nature, much prosecutorial misconduct — especially Brady violations — involves concealment, and ongoing attempts to keep the misconduct hidden mean that defendants lack the evidence to prove that their convictions were unconstitutionally obtained through improper means. The list does not include the even more numerous cases in which courts found that prosecutors had committed misconduct but excused it on grounds of supposed immateriality or harmless error or the misconduct reversals in cases in which capital charges had been pursued but defendants were convicted of lesser charges or sentenced to life or less."
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/prosecutorial-accountability
Innocent Black man accused of double murder reaches $12.5M settlement:
Prosecutors presented no physical evidence tying Lamonte McIntyre to the killings and their case largely hinged on testimony that was allegedly coerced.The following year, McIntyre and his mother sued the unified government and former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective Roger Golubski, who they have accused, along with other police, of framing McIntyre for the killings. Their lawsuit sought up to $123 million in damages.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article263100808.html
https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-06-13/lamonte-mcintyre-clears-legal-hurdle-in-lawsuit-accusing-kansas-city-kansas-cop-of-framing-him
Supreme Court Officials Allegedly SHOCKED To Learn That Supreme Court Rules Apply To The Supreme Court:
"Oh no! An unelected official who took it upon themselves to spit on the Constitution is sad that 100 people are peacefully outside the house? Um… didn’t the Supreme Court say something about this?"
https://abovethelaw.com/2022/07/supreme-court-officials-shocked-to-learn-that-supreme-court-rules-apply-to-the-supreme-court/
'Payoff for 40 Years of Dark Money': Supreme Court Delivers for Corporate America
How Charles Koch Purchased the Supreme Court’s EPA Decision:
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-epa-climate-charles-koch/
The Supreme Court’s Shock-and-Awe Judicial Coup:
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/30/supreme-court-climate-epa-coup/
Have Supreme Court justices become 'politicians in robes?'
A Radical Supreme Court Term in Review:
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/a-radical-supreme-court-term-in-review
Supreme Court Effectively Grants Absolute Immunity to Federal Cops:
Rogue Cops: The Supreme Court Is Turning America Into a Constitution-Free Zone
Why the US Marshals spend millions on sex-offense registrant sweeps:
https://theappeal.org/us-marshals-spend-millions-on-sex-offense-registrant-sweeps/
Mississippi police use texts, web searches about abortion to prosecute women:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/03/abortion-data-privacy-prosecution/
LAPD's Militarized Response to Peaceful Abortion Protests Makes the Case for Police Reform—Again:
https://reason.com/2022/07/05/lapds-response-abortion-protests-makes-case-for-police-reform/
Jaylan Walker protesters met with riot police in Ohio:
Relatives Of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake Arrested At Jayland Walker Protests:
Jacob Blake Sr. arrested at protests:
White Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice Briefly Hired by Small Pennsylvania Town:
https://reason.com/2022/07/07/cop-who-killed-tamir-rice-briefly-hired-by-small-pennsylvania-town/
Black man freed from prison after 44 years says in lawsuit he was framed by police for attempted rape:
Police chief admits shooting practice targets are images of Black men:
https://news.yahoo.com/police-chief-admits-shooting-practice-140000166.html
White police chief has apologized after it emerged that the department used images of Black men during target practice:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/us/farmington-hills-police-department-black-target/index.html
NYPD cops fired 100 bullets at mentally ill man threatening to kill governor:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/10/nyc-man-shot-by-cops-was-mentally-ill-unhinged-neighbors/
NYPD Veteran in ‘Let’s Go, Brandon’ Shirt Flips Off Department as He Retires:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/02/20-year-nypd-veteran-retires-by-giving-the-department-the-finger/
Police Chief Who Lied About Destroying $10.8M Worth of Illegal Cannabis on Tribal Land, Says He Intentionally Released Misinformation as a 'Test'
https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2022/jul/3/new-hoopa-valley-police-chief-inaccurately-stated/
California Cops Can No Longer Arrest Suspected Sex Workers For Standing On Curbs:
Do Chicago Speed Cameras Perpetuate Racial Biases?
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-speed-cameras-safety-racial-disparities
Louisiana State Police Chief Who Urged Fellow Ofiicers To Ticket People For Speeding Was Going at Least 90 MPH, Given a Warning:
https://www.wbrz.com/news/top-state-trooper-busted-doing-90-on-the-basin-bridge-not-given-a-ticket
RI cops slammed man's head onto pavement for parking violation:
Washington Cop: “We Can Find a Reason to Pull You Over”
“PSA to everyone out there, I’m speaking for myself but I’m probably speaking for other officers out there if we’re driving on the freeway in our police car, get the f*** out of the way,” said Federal Way police officer Straus. “If us officers stay behind you long enough, we can find a reason to pull you over.”
NH State Police Stage Vehicle Stops To Ticket 80 Motorists For Failing To Move Over:
“The purpose of the saturation patrol,” Amber Lagace, the public information officer for state police, said, “was to dedicate a large number of troopers to patrol the specific area for a set time to increase visibility of commercial motor vehicle enforcement while simultaneously identifying operators who failed to move over for emergency vehicles as required.”https://patch.com/new-hampshire/concord-nh/move-over-law-saturation-patrol-new-hampshire-leads-80-stops
Appeals Court: Calling drug dog before the stop helped show the stop was prolonged for dog’s arrival
https://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/H047360.PDF
When Pullovers Turn Deadly For People of Color:
The nation's most revered gay cop was supposed to teach at the FBI National Academy arrested for having sex with a minor:
Within three years of Lt. Brett Parson's being put in charge, the unit won a distinguished service award from the city's Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, an organization formed in part to protest discrimination by law enforcement. LGBTQ rights pioneer Frank Kameny, who became a national icon after he was fired from his job for his sexuality, handed the award to Parson.
https://www.chron.com/news/article/He-was-one-of-the-nation-s-most-revered-gay-cops-17290525.php
Jail Deputy Gets 20 Years for Killing and Trying to Decapitate His Wife:
Why Arab Americans Like Me Are Supporting Efforts to Defund the Police:
Arizona Bans Polygraphs in Law Enforcement Internal Investigations:
Appeals Court: Arizona cops who use deadly force (a police cruiser) to crash into bicyclists cannot be sued because it wasn't clearly established
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2022/06/30/20-17403.pdf
Appeals Court: St. Louis cops who were instructed not to kneel on people's backs when someone is handcuffed cannot be sued
https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/22/06/191469P.pdf
NJ Superior Court: Police cannot stop & frisk people for being in a high crime area
https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/supreme/a_77_20.pdf
Pennsylvania Town Threatens Churches With $500 Fines for Providing Free Meals, Counseling Services:
RI cop pleads not guilty to assaulting political opponent at pro-choice rally:
Florida Cop Arrested For DUI In Marked Police Car:
https://www.wesh.com/article/apopka-officer-arrested-dui/40512193
Two Arizona cops fully naked, fondled during massage investigation:
“I didn't know where to stop it.” Officer Dustin Eberhardt remembers the 'confusion' from his first undercover massage.
NYPD Is Posing as Amazon and FedEx Drivers to Arrest ‘Sexual Offenders’ on the Subway:
NYPD traffic agent suspended after refusing ‘unlawful’ order to tow car in Bronx:
A day after NYC launches push to crack down on covered plates, NYPD cops flout the rule:
NYPD must stop letting officers make up their own rules:
NYC Activists Push Back Against Proposed “Feminist” Women’s Jail in Harlem:
The Correctional Contracts Library shows you what companies are profiting off of incarcerated people in your area:
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2022/07/06/contracts_library/
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/contracts/documents.html
Connecticut Becomes The First State To Make Calls From Prisons Free For Inmates:
Shameful: West Virginia judge rules drug distributors not responsible for opioid epidemic
Latest opioid ruling puts MDL judge further out of step on public nuisance:
Privacy
Biden Signs Executive Order To Address Access To Abortion:
https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/08/politics/white-house-executive-order-abortion/index.html
Biden Family Has 150 Suspicious Activity Reports Flagged By Banks:
"Hunter Biden and Joe Biden's brother, Jim, have had over 150 suspicious activity reports when Bush was president and through Obama, Clinton, Bush, any member of Congress could request from Treasury a list of suspicious activity reports in their congressional districts and in their states."
VSBLTY & Wireless Guardian To Install Phone Surveillance System In 750 Popular Quick Serve Restaurants:
"Using Intel Smart Edge and VSBLTY/Wireless Guardian solutions, the participating QSRs will now enhance the guest experience with interactive brand messaging triggered by proximity and anonymized demographics. Sponsored content will be designed to advertise timely promotions with family-oriented brand partners. The technology will also enable the company-owned and franchised restaurants to receive an increased level of customer analytics and actionable business insights in addition to real-time, world-class security and monitoring. The program will provide a new revenue stream for each restaurant from advertising dollars raised from marketing to customers based on their mobile data. Participating locations also gain increased traffic and higher sales generated by customized messages and brand incentives. Customers are more engaged with in-store digital messages personalized to them, while also receiving coupons and special value offers on their mobile phones."
https://vsblty.net/news/vsblty-wireless-guardian-to-provide-security-technology-funded-by-in-store-digital-media-model-in-up-to-750-popular-quick-serve-restaurants/
Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jul/10/uber-files-leak-reveals-global-lobbying-campaign
Big Tech isn’t Woke. It’s Totalitarian:
The Word THE is Now a Registered Trademark, Owned by Two Parties:
Ohio State University, the famed university in Columbus, Ohio, has registered a trademark for the word “THE.” You might be surprised to hear this, since the word “THE” seems quite generic. You would be correct! However, this is a prime example of how a common word like “THE” can become a trademark.
The People Crafting U.S. Policy Aren’t in America:
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/the-people-crafting-u-s-policy-arent-in-america/
US National Security State Censoring Anti-imperialists:
The Corporatization of Just About Everything:
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/06/the-corporatization-of-just-about-everything/
Feds Accessing Location Data from Millions of People Through Private Brokers:
How To Fight Back When Officials Resist Releasing Information You Have a Right to Know:
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-we-fight-back-when-officials-resist-releasing-information-you-have-a-right-to-know
Banned Books, Mass Expulsions, and Saturday Night Live:
https://themarkup.org/data-is-plural/2022/07/06/banned-books-mass-expulsions-and-saturday-night-live
1,586 School Book Bans and Restrictions in 86 School Districts Across 26 States:
3,000 book bans and challenges since 2021-2022 school year:
The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries:
https://reason.com/2022/07/09/the-dangerous-lesson-of-book-bans-in-public-school-libraries/
Hoffman Group Acquires Nine Florida Newspapers:
Best & Worst States for Online Privacy:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/best-and-worst-us-states-online-privacy/
Federal patient privacy law doesn’t cover most period-tracking apps:
Senators sound the alarm on privacy, call for HIPAA update:
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/senators-sound-alarm-privacy-call-hipaa-update
If you use your company's abortion travel benefits, will your boss find out?
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/06/success/companies-abortion-travel-policy/index.html
Online Abortion Pill Provider Hey Jane Used Sent Visitor Data to Meta, Google, and Others:
Google Settlement Over COVID Contact Tracing App Moves Forward:
Google Allowed a Sanctioned Russian Ad Company to Harvest User Data for Months:
https://www.propublica.org/article/google-russia-rutarget-sberbank-sanctions-ukraine
Fired Air Force Vet Claims Facebook Created Secret Tool to Read Users' Deleted Messages
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-meta-privacy-facebook-messenger-1849153040
Meta sues Chinese company’s US subsidiary for scraping Facebook and Instagram data:
A New Lawsuit Says Instagram Hurts Teenagers by Design:
https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/spence-lawsuit-instagram-meta.html
Texas Rep wants to introduce a bill to ban minors from social media:
https://reclaimthenet.org/jared-patterson-wants-to-ban-minors-from-social-media/
Senate committee chairs call for investigation into TikTok and parent company for invading users’ privacy:
https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?id=960F7455-DE5F-4530-BE79-34B96E9BCFD5
After Dobbs, Advocates Fear School Surveillance Tools Could Put Teens at Risk:
End-to-End Encryption’s Central Role in Modern Self-Defense:
https://www.wired.com/story/end-to-end-encryption-abortion-privacy/
Glance is teaming up with US carriers to take over your phone lock screen:
https://www.androidpolice.com/ad-company-us-carriers-take-over-lock-screen/
Apple says Lockdown Mode in iOS 16 will help block government spyware attacks:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/apple-lockdown-mode/
Leaked Videos Show Disney Is the Biggest Ad Tech Giant You've Never Heard Of:
Listen to Disney Characters Talk About Targeted Advertising:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgyxz7/listen-to-disney-characters-talk-about-targeted-advertising
Hackers Say They Can Unlock and Start Honda Cars Remotely:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z34xnw/hackers-say-they-can-unlock-and-start-honda-cars-remotely
FCC lets Starlink offer Internet service on moving vehicles throughout US:
FTC Update on Security and Privacy Rulemaking Process:
CFPB Advisory to Protect Privacy When Companies Compile Personal Data:
DOJ Seeks to Stop Booz Allen's Everwatch Acquisition:
Hotel giant Marriott confirms yet another data breach:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/marriott-breach-again/
Stokes Regional Eye Centers data breach affected 266,000 people:
https://stokeseye.com/assets/files/stokes-notice.pdf
University Pediatric Dentistry data breach affected 7,000 people:
Kernersville Eye Surgeons data breach:
https://www.kernersvilleeyesurgeons.com/website-notice-of-ecl-data-breach/
Michigan Avenue Immediate Care data breach:
OrthoNebraska data breach:
Fitzgibbon Hospital data breach
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-group-of-cybercriminals-claims-2892180
Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital data breach:
Covenant Care California data breach:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/covenant-care-california-llc-issues-5842897/
Christiana Spine Center data breach:
https://itsecuritywire.com/news/christiana-spine-center-reveals-a-data-security-incident/
Government says North Korean hackers are targeting healthcare organizations with ransomware:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/06/fbi-north-korea-targeting-healthcare/
95% of orgs experienced an API security incident in past year:
NYDFS Fined Carnival $5M for Data Breaches:
https://www.dfs.ny.gov/reports_and_publications/press_releases/pr202206241
NIST Acknowledges First Four Quantum-Resistant Encryption Tools:
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/nist-quantum-resistant-encryption/
State & Local News
VT- Hardwick keeps two police chiefs on payroll as investigations drag on:
ME- Mother and daughter settle lawsuit against State Police for $500K:
ME- Availability of public defense lawyers reaches all-time low:
https://www.themainemonitor.org/availability-of-maine-defense-lawyers-reaches-all-time-low/
NH- ‘She doesn’t need jail. She needs help’: One woman’s eating disorder
https://www.concordmonitor.com/For-Katherine-Drouin-her-eating-disorder-is-hard-to-beat-46609256
NH- Hampton police now use K-9's to patrol beach:
https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2022/07/08/paw-trol-hamptons-new-k-9-team-officially-duty/7813611001/
MA- Hampden County Sheriff’s Office Phones and Internet Hacked:
CT- Stamford police use secret license plate readers:
The LPR’s were approved at Surveillance Level 4 – "non-disclosed public surveillance cameras without a public feed, either with or without monitored surveillance," which requires the locations to remain undisclosed.
https://patch.com/connecticut/stamford/stamford-introduces-fixed-license-plate-reader-technology
NY- Torcivia v. Suffolk County: Amicus Briefs Highlight History, Law Behind the Castle Doctrine
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/torcivia-v-suffolk-county-amicus-briefs-highlight-history-law-behind-the-castle-doctrine
DC- Court’s proposed rules on accessing juror names are unconstitutional:
https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/ddc-rules-access-to-juror-names/
NC- Edenton testing ELSAG Street Sentry license plate readers:
https://www.leonardocompany-us.com/lpr/elsag-solar-powered
TN- New Flock Safety license plate readers to provide police department with ‘extra eyes’
TN- Police civil asset forfeiture brought in $16M in funds in 2021, but transparency lacking:
FL- Red-Light Cameras Banned in Miami-Dade County :
OH- Dayton proposes use of license plate readers, asking for public’s comments:
MI- Ypsilanti Township considers purchasing 60 license plate readers:
IL- More Expressway License Plate Readers Coming to Cook County Expressways, DuSable Lake Shore Drive:
IL- Clarendon Hills purchased six Vigilant Solutions license plate readers:
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/youre-being-tracked-clarendon-hills
IL- Chicago mayor to maintain 6 MPH speed camera threshold over concerns of lost revenue ($80M):
"Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday she’s confident the City Council will maintain her 6-mph-over-the-limit threshold for speed camera tickets in Chicago because the alternative is a pre-election property tax increase to make up for tens of millions in lost revenue."
NB- Kearney Police Testing 25 Free Flock Safety License Plate Readers:
"Through a pilot program, Kearney is testing out 25 of Flock’s ALPR cameras for 60 days at no cost, said Holly Beilin, public relations specialist for Flock."
TX- Austin police push for return of license plate readers:
TX- Granbury police to test license plate readers under the "expertise and guidance" of Flock Safety:
The letter states, “The Granbury PD LPR program will be operated under the expertise and guidance of our identified vendor, Flock Group Inc., in coordination with the Texas Department of Public Safety.”
CA- Auburn police purchase six more Flock Safety license plate readers:
CA- The ‘Capital of Silicon Valley’ Is Ignoring Its Privacy Experts (Smart City Surveillance):
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qzj3/the-capital-of-silicon-valley-is-ignoring-its-privacy-experts
World News
Europe’s state of mass surveillance:
https://www.politico.eu/article/data-retention-europe-mass-surveillance/
EU Pegasus spyware inquiry fails to put Spain on list of fact-finding trips:
Opening Stages in UN Cybercrime Treaty Talks Reflect Human Rights Risks:
EU and USA set up “informal expert group” on mutual legal assistance and extradition:
World Bank uses COVID as an excuse to expand Digital ID's:
https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/37578/9781464818974.pdf
Leading online hospitality service INTELITY to use Incode Technologies facial recognition to ID guests:
https://intelity.com/news/2022/incode-strategic-partnership/
'Black Boxes' to be Mandatory for Cars in Europe from 2022, Here's What They Will Record:
Government overreach? 9 in 10 official websites use tracking cookies without consent:
https://www.studyfinds.org/government-websites-cookies/
TikTok’s new personalized ads will jeopardize rights in Europe:
https://www.accessnow.org/immediately-no-tiktoks-personalised-ads-europe/
EU Data Protection Board Publishes Guidelines on Certification as a Tool for International Personal Data Transfers:
EU Passes Landmark Big Tech Regulations:
EFF Statement on EU Parliament’s Adoption of Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act:
Amazon Prime changes its cancellation practices to comply with EU consumer rules:
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_4186
MEPs propose strict limits on personal data use in political ads:
European Commission criticizes Dutch Date Protection Authorities interpretation of legitimate interest:
Russia- Journalist detained in psychiatric hospital over “fake news” posts on Telegram:
https://reclaimthenet.org/russian-journalist-detained-over-fake-news-posts-on-telegram/
Russia- Government passes bill that forces banks to share facial recognition images of customers:
Netherlands- Police Open Fire on ‘Threatening’ Dutch Farmer Protest:
https://www.politico.eu/article/police-fire-dutch-farmer-protest-nitrogen-emission-cut/
Fact Check-Video of demonstrators throwing objects at Dutch police is not related to farmers’ protest
Italy- Sunshine Act Introduces Mandatory Individual Disclosure With Implied Consent Mechanism For Transfers Of Value:
UK- Military Begins Training 10,000 Ukrainians On British Soil:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/09/ukrainian-soldiers-arrive-uk-training-british-forces
UK- Bill Threatens Journalists With Life in Prison:
https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/07/uk-bill-threatens-journalists-with-life-in-prison/
UK- Scotland Yard Placed Under Government Watchdog:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/28/met-police-placed-special-measures-series-scandals
UK- Government signs deal to share police facial recognition database with US border guards:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/07/04/uk_us_border_biometric_data/
UK- Government rejects Lords’ police inquiry’s facial recognition recommendations:
https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22773/documents/167387/default/
UK- Call for ban on Chinese (Hikvision and Dahua) CCTV cameras 'which recognize faces and emotions'
UK- Government issues guidance on facial recognition in schools:
https://gov.wales/protection-biometric-information-schools-and-colleges-html
UK- Government's “Online Safety Bill” wants a backdoor on end-to-end encrypted messaging apps:
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-wants-a-backdoor-on-end-to-end-encrypted-messaging-apps/
UK- Palestine Action Chase Israel's Largest Arms Company out of London:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/palestine-action-chase-israels-largest-arms-company-london/281228/
UK- Supreme Court rules diplomatic immunity cannot be used to block modern slavery lawsuits:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62062318
SCT- Chief Inspector of Prisons ‘would welcome oversight’ over use of facial recognition:
IRL- BS Warning: UN Human Rights Committee expected to question Garda’s plans for facial recognition
IRL- Data Protection Authority says it will block the platform from sending user data to the US.
https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-faces-facebook-blackout-instagram-meta-data-protection/
China- Government wants to control how its famous livestreamers act, speak, and even dress:
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/04/1055349/china-controls-livestreamers-act-dress/
China- Government Releases Measures for a Security Assessment of Cross-Border Data Transfers:
China- Police crush mass protest by bank depositors demanding their life savings back:
Singapore- Government Trials Self-Service Facial Recognition Kiosks at Car Border Crossing:
RECFACES and T-Sign Solution work together to spread facial recognition across Asia:
https://recfaces.com/articles/press-release-t-sign-co-ltd
India- Noida International Airport to use ICAD Holdings facial recognition to ID passengers:
Air India to use Amadeus Altéa Passenger Service System (facial recognition) to ID passengers:
India- Twitter sues government over content takedown orders:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/05/twitter-sues-india-government/
https://reason.com/2022/07/06/india-wants-twitter-to-participate-in-government-censorship/
India- Government’s overbroad Twitter takedown orders must be declared unconstitutional:
https://www.accessnow.org/indian-government-twitter-takedown-orders-court/
India- Police Arrest TV Anchor on Charges of ‘Fake News’
Egypt- Human Rights Watch claims government imposes travel bans and asset freezes to curb dissent:
Israel- The Privacy Protection Agency seizes servers of hacked travel company:
Morocco- Govt files lawsuit against Spain journalist who used Pegasus spyware:
AU- Digital driving licenses can be defaced in minutes:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/30/nsw_digital_drivers_licenses_hackable/
Canada- Government funds booklet that teaches kids to be suspicious of “free speech” support:
https://reclaimthenet.org/canadas-government-funds-anti-free-speech-booklet-kids/
Brazil- Arena MRV to use IMPLY facial recognition to ID 46,000 football fans:
https://imply.com/engb/arena-mrv-access-control-facial-recognition/