U.S. News
The Generation of Children Raised by Fear:
https://brownstone.org/articles/the-generation-of-children-raised-by-fear/
'$839 Billion Military Budget Is a Policy Failure,' Say Critics as House Tees Up NDAA:
Washington has conducted at least 23 proxy wars around the world under the guise of counterterrorism:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/01/pentagon-127e-proxy-wars/
The U.S. Empire Is Showing More And More Of Its True Face:
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/07/14/the-empire-is-showing-more-and-more-of-its-true-face/
Republicans introduce bill to stop transfer of alleged terrorists to Afghanistan:
https://republicans-intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1160
Preventing Terrorist Transfers to Afghanistan Act
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8280/text?r=1&s=1
The NSO Group Is Conducting a Lobbying Campaign to Get Off U.S. Blacklist:
https://www.propublica.org/article/pegasus-spyware-nso-israel-blacklist-lobbying
What Was Behind Failed U.S. Purchase of NSO Group?
"The role of U.S. intelligence officials in the planned NSO Group acquisition is troubling. Does this attempt to buy NSO Group mean that the U.S. national security apparatus has changed its mind about using Pegasus?"
https://www.protectprivacynow.org/news/what-was-behind-failed-us-purchase-of-nso-group-and-pegasus
IRONY: US imposes restrictions on Cuban officials over involvement in crackdown on protests
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-imposes-visa-restrictions-28-cuban-officials-2022-07-09/
Government Databases Invite Privacy Abuse in China and the U.S.
https://reason.com/2022/07/11/government-databases-invite-privacy-abuse-in-china-and-the-u-s/
In Letter to Biden, Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Demands a Meeting and an End to Israeli Impunity:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/08/israel-shireen-abu-akleh-biden/
Militant white identity politics on full display in GOP political ads featuring high-powered weapons:
The GOP Just Asked a Dictator to Headline Its Most Important Conference:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zbd7/victor-orban-cpac-texas
Not a Single Republican Votes for Probe of Neo-Nazis in US Military and Police:
Secret Service Deleted Jan. 6 Text Messages After Oversight Officials Requested Them:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/14/jan-6-texts-deleted-secret-service/
The US Is Descending Into a Crisis of Overt Fascism:
FBI Launched Inquiry Into NIH Funding Of Wuhan Lab:
"The FBI contacted the National Institutes of Health to ask “grant questions” about the agency’s award to a nonprofit that diverted funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology for coronavirus bat research."
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/14/fbi-nih-grant-to-wuhan-lab-for-gain-of-function-research-2020/
https://www.judicialwatch.org/fbi-investigated-fauci-agency/
'It's all redacted': Rand Paul and Fauci clash over NIH royalty payments
How Pfizer Won the Pandemic, Reaping Outsized Profits and Influence:
https://khn.org/news/article/pfizer-pandemic-vaccine-market-paxlovid-outsize-profit-influence/
NY State Can Send You and Your Children Into Forced Quarantine – Even If You’re Not “Sick
"Every attending physician shall immediately, upon discovering a case or suspected case of a highly contagious reportable communicable disease, cause the patient to be appropriately isolated and contact the State Department of Health and the local health authority where the patient is isolated and, if different, the local health authority where the patient resides."
https://regs.health.ny.gov/volume-title-10/content/section-213-isolation-and-quarantine-procedures
Former Surgeon General rebrands as equity crusader, cashes in on perpetual pandemic industry:
U.S. Public Health Agencies Aren't ‘Following the Science,’ Officials Say:
Right now, internal critics of these agencies are focused on one issue above all: Why did the FDA and the CDC issue strong blanket recommendations for Covid vaccines in children?
"Have you recently had an abortion?" US immigration officials interrogate Australian woman then deport her:
Cato Institute Files Anti-Muslim Travel Ban Lawsuit to See if Trump Lied:
https://www.cato.org/blog/cato-lawsuit-discover-trump-lied-scotus-about-muslim-ban
ICE to stop using third-party contractors to arrest California immigrants being released from jails:
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Settlement-bans-ICE-from-using-private-17298044.php
ICE implements policy limiting demands for info. from or about journalists, but it still needs work:
https://www.rcfp.org/ice-news-media-policy-pros-cons/
DHS to Expand Security Cooperation with Qatar and the UAE:
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2022/07/12/dhs-expand-security-cooperation-qatar-and-united-arab-emirates
DHS New Policy: Stop Using The Word "Pilot or Demonstration" Programs in Public
Internal Audit Claims DHS Lacks Longterm Approach to Combat Domestic Terrorism
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2022-07/OIG-22-49-July22.pdf
DHS is still the worst federal agency to work for 10 years running:
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2022/07/14/best-agencies-to-work-federal-government
TSA Collaborates with European Security, Manufacturers To Upgrade Airport Surveillance Tech:
CBP secretly launched a surveillance blimp over the city of Nogales:
https://reason.com/2022/07/08/border-patrol-launched-a-surveillance-blimp-over-nogales-arizona-town-officials-didnt-know
Report Says the CBP scanned the faces of 23K travelers aged 14 years and older and found a total of 23 imposters:
"Between May 2019 and September 2021, CBP officers scanned the faces of 23,000 travelers aged 14 years and older and ID's a grand total of 23 imposters. The CBP waived its right to provide management comments."
https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2022-07/OIG-22-48-July22.pdf
12.5M U.S. Military Personnel Have Used ID.me's Facial Recognition More Than 250M Times
GAO’s Facial Recognition Testimony Doesn’t Explain Why Federal Agencies Aren’t Fixing Problems Reported A Year Ago:
Amended Clearview AI Facial Recognition Privacy Suit Names Additional Retail Defendants (AT&T, Home Depot, Kohl’s, Walmart, Best Buy, Albertson’s):
Clearview AI having problems convincing sports teams and stadiums to use facial recognition to ID fans:
https://sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2022/07/11/Portfolio/Facilities-and-Ticketing.aspx
How retailers used COVID as an excuse to use facial recognition and biometric data to ID customers:
Privacy lawsuits challenge the future of virtual try-on facial recognition features:
https://www.inputmag.com/style/virtual-try-on-privacy-lawsuit-louis-vuitton-estee-lauder-illinois
Bus Surveillance Company Co-Founder Writes Pro-Facial Recognition Article:
https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/09/should-we-be-worried-about-real-time-facial-recognition-systems/
https://www.seon.com/
Black Americans are extremely critical of police facial recognition:
House Rules Committee Blocked Amendment to NDAA Preventing Abuse of Journalists and Whistleblowers:
Some Members of Congress wants to classify abortion protesters as terrorists:
https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/abortion-protest-is-not-terrorism/
Reporters Committee and the Pulitzer Center Partner To Report On AI And Surveillance:
Denver Police's use of Controversial Google Search Raises Privacy Alarms:
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/08/denver-police-reverse-keyword-search-arson-murder/
Amazon’s Ring gave law enforcement a record amount of doorbell footage in 2021:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/amazon-ring-video-footage-government/
https://ring.com/law-enforcement-information-requests/?1657713616
Amazon Admits Giving Ring Camera Footage to Police Without a Warrant or Consent:
https://theintercept.com/2022/07/13/amazon-ring-camera-footage-police-ed-markey/
Breed and New DA Pushing Hard to Expand Police Access to Private Security Cameras All Over San Fran:
PA Game Commission Lawsuit Reveals Shocking Camera Surveillance of Hunting Club Without a Warrant:
San Francisco Coalition Fights SFPD’s Proposal to Co-Opt Private Surveillance Cameras (Cam Share Program):
https://www.eff.org/document/opposition-sfpd-proposal-live-surveillance-using-private-cameras
Big Brother Scheme: USPS and the postal union defends check-cashing pilot
Judge Tosses Defamation Suit Brought By ShotSpotter Against Vice Media For Reporting On Its Shady Tactics:
Florida police to use Rapid-ID to scan suspects fingerprints on streets:
https://www.securitysystemsnews.com/article/hid-global-s-rapid-id-receives-fdle-falcon-certification
https://blog.hidglobal.com/2022/07/how-florida-law-enforcement-can-tap-rapid-id-efficiencies
Wisconsin Supreme Court says forced blood draws for suspected DWI's is unconstitutional:
In a 4-3 majority opinion penned by Justice Rebecca Dallet, the high court said the part of Wisconsin’s graduated-penalty scheme for OWI offenses that allows for previous revocations over refusing a blood test to be counted as criminal offenses in determining the penalty for multiple-OWI crimes is unconstitutional “because it threatens with criminal penalties those who exercise their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches,” agreeing with the defendant in the underlying case.
https://www.courthousenews.com/wisconsin-owi-law-found-unconstitutional-by-high-court/
Another Appeals Court Upholds Right To Record Police:
"The nation’s five other appeals courts have not ruled yet on the right to record police and the U.S. Supreme Court would likely not get involved in the issue unless appeals courts were on opposite sides of the issue, said Alan Chen, a University of Denver law professor and one of the First Amendment experts also urged the appeals court to rule in favor of the right of people to record police."
The Institute for Justice Asks the Supreme Court To Reject Warrantless Gun Seizures Justified by 'Special Needs'
"The Institute for Justice urges SCOTUS to renounce that open-ended exception to the Fourth Amendment."
Carpenter Should Replace Katz in Fourth Amendment Law:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/carpenter-should-replace-katz-fourth-amendment-law
San Antonio Police Use Drones to Investigate Traffic Accidents:
Alameda County Sheriff's Office Conducts Tactical Drone Pilot’s Course August 22-26:
"This 40-hour course is focused on providing participants with hands-on experience to assist them in developing pilot skills, address various drone systems, identify public safety sector applications, and to prepare for certification. Possess the knowledge and skills for basic tactical operations"
https://publicsafetyaviation.org/images/Safety_eNewsletters/suas_flyer_-_Alameda_7_1_22.pdf
https://www.sheriffacademy.com/class.php?id=154
Fire Officials Justify Using Drones to Search for Illegal Fireworks:
Coalition Call on Congress to Address Overbroad Authorities in Counter-Drone Bill:
"The proposal sets no requirements for agencies to establish rules and standards to safeguard First Amendment-protected activities. It does not direct that constitutional rights be considered as part of the “risk-based assessment” that it requires the agencies to conduct, or require that agencies take steps to minimize risk to First Amendment-protected activities."
Police Violence
Just Like Boston: Protesters outside supreme court judges homes to be charged with disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace:
Protester arrested outside Boston mayor’s home, the first under new law:
“An Ordinance Regarding Targeted Residential picketing,” proposed by Wu at the end of February and adopted by City Council at the end of March, bans picketing a targeted residence between the hours of 9 p.m. and 9 a.m. and is enforced by fines.
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2022/04/27/protester-arrested-outside-mayor-wus-home-the-first-under-new-law/
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/06/29/four-protesters-arrested-for-protesting-in-banned-hours-outside-boston-mayor-michelle-wus-house/
Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent
By shielding police from lawsuits arising from their failure to Mirandize suspects, the Supreme Court has sent a message to police that they no longer have to respect a suspect’s right to remain silent. In other words, concludes legal analyst Nick Sibilla, “the Supreme Court has effectively created a new legal immunity for cops accused of infringing on the Fifth Amendment’s protection against self-incrimination.”
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/dismantling_the_constitution_police_no_longer_have_to_honor_the_right_to_remain_silent
West Virginia judge who wants to be elected to supreme court pulled a gun in the courtroom:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/west-virginia-judge-circuit-judge-david-w-hummel-jr-pulled-a-gun-in-the-courtroom-and-then-it-got-weird
https://davidhummel4justice.com/
Avoid self-serve checkouts, lawyer warns, as innocent people are charged with theft:
According to attorney Carrie Jernigan, megaretailers like Walmart usually have to present very little evidence to get an affidavit for warrants on the charges. “The charges that could land you up to a year in jail,” she cautioned. “You have to spend thousands of dollars hiring a lawyer and we have to go through grainy video footage to try to determine what all you bought that day.”
https://nypost.com/2022/07/11/avoid-self-serve-checkouts-or-it-could-cost-you-thousands-lawyer-warns
FBI’s Crime Data Collection Still Being Stymied By Major Police Departments Not Reporting Crime Stats:
5 Innocent Bystanders Shot And Injured By Cops Trying To Shoot Armed Man Who Did Not Fire At Them:
"The Denver Police Department says they are investigating whether the bystanders’ injuries were directly a result of officers’ gunfire. Police, in a news release sent more than 12 hours after the shooting, said injuries caused by ricocheting bullets or shrapnel would be considered indirect wounds. The man, identified as 21-year-old Jordan Waddy, does not appear to have fired the handgun during the encounter, police said."
https://coloradosun.com/2022/07/17/downtown-denver-police-shooting/
AOC Calls on Senate to Formally Say If Supreme Court Justices Lied About “Roe”
https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-calls-on-senate-to-formally-say-if-supreme-court-justices-lied-about-roe/
District Attorneys Who Defy State Mandates Defend Freedom:
https://reason.com/2022/07/13/renegade-d-a-s-who-defy-state-mandates-are-often-freedoms-last-line-of-defense/
LA wants to recall its most progressive prosecutor:
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/george-gascon-deep-dive-00045603
Why Progressive Prosecutors Won’t Save Us in a Post-Roe World:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/district-attorneys-prosecute-power-abortions-roe/
To Save Democracy, Let’s Reform the Courts:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/07/abortion-roe-dobbs-supreme-court-pack-democracy/
Colorado AG wraps ‘unprecedented’ probe of DA’s Victim Rights Act violations:
“The District Attorney’s Office has not kept victims informed about their cases, and it has repeatedly failed to consult with victims about plea deals or case dismissals,” the 23-page agreement said. “The district attorney’s office has also treated victims disrespectfully, by ignoring, belittling, and even yelling at them.”
https://www.courthousenews.com/colorado-ag-concludes-unprecedented-probe-of-das-victim-rights-act-violations/
Assistant AG ‘Rammed a Patrol Car’ During a Police Chase
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/assistant-oklahoma-solicitor-general-arrested-after-broken-arrow-police-chase-crashes/article_b64734c8-031d-11ed-827a-f39e846e2842.html
Racial Justice, Pedestrian Safety Fuel Jaywalking Debate:
"For nearly a century, jaywalking has been illegal in most states and localities. But several recent reports have shown that police in some areas disproportionately ticket people of color."
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2022/07/14/racial-justice-pedestrian-safety-fuel-jaywalking-debate
Kansas City struggles with Missouri over police funding:
https://apnews.com/article/police-race-and-ethnicity-legislature-reform-029d30c14cef9f500ed98f82d3569552
Criminal Justice AI Predicts Risk of Biased Sentencing:https://facctconference.org/static/pdfs_2022/facct22-31.pdf
Innocent Black Man wrongfully convicted of murdering Malcolm X sues NYPD for $40M:
https://www.courthousenews.com/two-sue-over-wrongful-convictions-for-murder-of-malcolm-x/
Two Brothers Who Were Framed By Police For Murder and Spent 25 Years In Jail Are Finally Exonerated:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/two-brothers-exonerated-murder-case
Former Black Boston cop beaten by fellow officers becomes commissioner:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/officer-beaten-colleagues-lead-boston-police-86744048
Hospital security guards beat and arrest 52-year-old Black kidney patient who they thought was stealing cars:
White artist at film festival calls police on Black teen taking pictures of artwork, claims he was stealing their work:
Louisiana police chief apologizes to woman ticketed for wearing shorts and a crop top:
White Alabama judge suspended after mocking Asian accent in the courtroom:
“The liberals call everyone they disagree with a racist nowadays,” Judge James T. Patterson, a Republican said. “I am nothing of the kind.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/alabama-judge-suspended-mocking-asian-accent-courtroom-rcna37181
Alabama Multi-Million Dollar Deal Clears Way for More Mega-Prisons:
https://apnews.com/article/prisons-alabama-lawsuits-kay-ivey-6696ee0d8fe383173d86c72037b68bf3
Amish Outlaws concertgoers panic over secret police sniper on rooftop:
https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/lehigh-county/2022/07/n-catty-police-chief-responds-to-concerns-about-sniper-at-amish-outlaws-concert.html
https://www.facebook.com/NCataPD/posts/pfbid0v3eRJCHYBBzfrMdK2bLR1Ltwvsi5VwwF3BHZRswiFfbpEaC5R4wx8Dk88sW1kDvol
Charged dropped against handcuffed man beaten by cops and bitten by K-9 for "willful obstruction of law enforcement officers"
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/alpharetta-police-dog-bites-man-charges-droppedhttps://newsone.com/4179135/alpharetta-police-dog-attack-video/
Innocent Family’s Home Set On Fire By SWAT Flashbang, Killing 15yo Boy Trapped Inside:
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/apd-one-dead-one-detained-following-overnight-swat-operation/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/11/us/albuquerque-police-teenager-dead.html
The death of the 15-year-old by police has sparked protests in New Mexico:
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/07/brett-rosenau-police-swat-raid-flashbang-granade/
Cop who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice, won’t be hired as the only police officer in Pennsylvania town after pushback:
https://www.masslive.com/police-fire/2022/07/timothy-loehmann-officer-who-killed-12-year-old-tamir-rice-wont-be-hired-as-the-only-police-officer-in-pennsylvania-town-after-pushback.html
AG says Pennsylvania town broke law trying to hire cop who killed Tamir Rice:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/11/tioga-background-check/
Routine Traffic Stops Too Often Turn Deadly, And Jayland Walker Is The Latest Victim:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jayland-walker-akron-ohio-fleeing-police_n_62d1d278e4b0ed8ba48f3c97
Jury Justified Cops Killing Pregnant Black Mom in Front of Kids After She Called Them for Help:
https://newsone.com/4371623/charleena-lyles-jury/
Seattle reached a $3.5M settlement in the fatal police shooting of pregnant Black mother of four:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/04/us/charleena-lyles-settlement-police-shooting/index.html
128 Black Men And Boys Killed By Police:
https://newsone.com/playlist/black-men-boys-who-were-killed-by-police/
Ex-police chief gets 16-32 years for child rape:
https://www.wkbn.com/news/pennsylvania/pa-ex-police-chief-gets-16-32-years-for-child-rape/
Texas detective arrested for burglary:
https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/fort-worth-police-detective-arrested-for-burglary-department-says
Oklahoma Sheriff's department tipped off cockfight event:
https://www.kxii.com/2022/07/14/alleged-cockfighting-operation-atoka-county/
https://www.animals24-7.org/2022/07/07/who-told-the-atoka-county-cockfighters-the-cops-were-coming/
California AG Apologizes For Mass Gun Data Leak, Offers One Year Of ‘Credit Monitoring Services’
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/12/rob-bonta-california-attorney-general-apologizes-gun-data-leak/
Cleveland cop sues fellow officer, claiming he used excessive force when he shot her:
NYPD Wrestles with Enforcing No-Gun Zones:
The new law specifies that “the area commonly known as Times Square” will be gun-free.The law leaves the definition of Times Square up to the “city of New York” and requires that, however it’s defined, the “area shall be clearly and conspicuously identified with signage.”
https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/7/13/23211409/new-york-concealed-carry-guns-times-square
NYPD ordered to end random marijuana drug testing for employees:
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/nypd-ordered-to-end-random-marijuana-drug-testing-for-employees-policies-under-review/
New York State AG opens probes into fatal NYPD shootings:
https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/state-ag-opens-probes-into-fatal-civilian-shootings-by-nypd/
Court Denies Immunity To Child Protection Workers Who Allowed An NYPD Cop To Abuse His Son To Death:
No ‘moral compass’: Governor refuses to take a stand on qualified immunity for NY cops
https://nypost.com/2022/07/12/hochul-waffles-on-qualified-immunity-for-new-york-cops/
NYPD Refuses to Release Records From Amazon/FedEx Undercover Operation to Catch ‘Sexual Offenders’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7zb77/nypd-refuses-to-release-records-from-amazonfedex-undercover-operation-to-catch-sexual-offenders
Police investigator arrests EMT who accidentally struck the door of his police car parked in an ambulance only zone:
"The investigator asked for identification but the EMT was intent on getting her patient inside first. She kept moving with the man on a stretcher and when she was at the check-in desk, she was approached by the investigator, her arm pulled behind her back and cuffed before forcefully being taken outside to a police car."
https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/exclusive-rpd-investigator-on-desk-duty-following-dispute-with-emt-in-ambulance-bay/6526199
New York Governor Weighs Stripping Police of Qualified Immunity:
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/14/new-york-gov-weighs-stripping-police-protections-spike-crime/
Uvalde school shooting 'hallway video' release blocked by DA:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/uvalde-school-shooting-hallway-video-release-blocked-da-texas
Retired Cop Murdered His Wife and Stepdaughter Who Were Trying to Escape from Abuse:
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/movers-warned-about-richard-crowder-july-6-2022
Cop who tried to kill a dog accidentally shoots partner:
https://news.yahoo.com/knox-county-sheriffs-office-deputy-143455075.html
Building Inspectors Are the Reverse Cops of Chicago:
https://slate.com/business/2022/07/chicago-building-insectors-code-violations.html
Ohio cop arrested on domestic violence charges:
https://fox8.com/news/i-team/vermilion-police-officer-arrested-on-domestic-violence-charge/
County commissioner gets pulled over for speeding tells troopers “I run this county”
Appeals Court: Colorado cops cannot shine flashlights and drive police cruisers at people filming them
"Lakewood police officer Ahmed Yehia arrived on the scene and stood in front of Mr. Irizarry, obstructing his filming of the stop. When Mr. Irizarry and a fellow journalist objected, Officer Yehia shined a flashlight into Mr. Irizarry's camera and then drove his police cruiser at the two journalists."
Appeals Court: Missouri cops who planted an AK-47 next to man's body and claimed he shot at them can be sued (Shot him 93 times)
https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/22/07/211761P.pdf
Appeals Court: Missouri cop who arrested two innocent white brothers even though he knew they were looking for a Black suspect cannot be sued
https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/22/07/211365P.pdf
Appeals Court: Missouri health care worker who investigated a cop and his family for child neglect after they accused a fellow officer of raping their son cannot be sued
https://ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/22/07/212433P.pdf
Appeals Court: City of Wichita cannot be sued over cop killing unarmed man on his porch (cops did not ID themselves)
https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/ca10/files/opinions/010110705190.pdf
Appeals Court Says All Animals Are Equal, But Cop Animals Are More Equal Than Others:
Almost half of American children reside in households with criminal justice involvement:
What Mental Health Care Looks Like in Prison:
https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/prison-mental-healthcare-arizona.html
Judge Finds Arizona’s Prison Health Care Is "Plainly Grossly Inadequate" and Unconstitutional:
Philadelphia Prison Labor Rights in Focus as Appeals Court Hears $5-a-Day Pay Case:
The Field of Firearms Forensics Is Flawed:
"The matching of bullets to guns is subjective, and courts are starting to question it because of testimony from scientific experts."
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-field-of-firearms-forensics-is-flawed/
BS Warning: Bitemark “research”article about gender determination from skin injuries
LDF Submits Amicus Brief to Supreme Court Defending Due Process to Post-Conviction DNA Testing in Capital Case:
NY Attorney General Uncovers Evidence That Teva Pharmaceuticals Lied to Evade Accountability for Opioid Crisis:
San Francisco ‘public nuisance’ opioid lawsuit winds down, with only one defendant left:
San Francisco reaches $58M opioid settlement with Teva, Allergan:
Walmart claims SCOTUS decision destroys DOJ's opioid lawsuit:
“Not a single witness came in and said they’d been harmed by an opiate dispensed at a Walgreens pharmacy,” said Swanson. “If Walgreens were responsible for dispensing medicines that wound up on the street, surely someone from law enforcement would have a record of that. We heard nothing about that,” Walgreens attorney Brian Swanson said.
https://legalnewsline.com/stories/628655007-walmart-scotus-decision-destroys-doj-s-opioid-lawsuit
Privacy
Court grants discovery on Biden-Big Tech social media censorship collusion:
https://reclaimthenet.org/court-grants-discovery-on-biden-big-tech-censorship-collusion/
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-orders-discovery-proceed-social-media-collusion-lawsuit-against-biden
A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser:
"The risk that government-backed hackers and cyber-arms dealers will attempt to de-anonymize web users isn’t just theoretical."
https://www.wired.com/story/web-deanonymization-side-channel-attack-njit/
California Democrats Demand Stronger Federal Privacy Protection Bill:
https://about.bgov.com/news/california-democrats-push-for-stronger-privacy-protection-bill/
License Plate Readers Could Track People Traveling Across State Lines for Abortions:
https://jalopnik.com/license-plate-cameras-could-track-people-traveling-acro-1849164161
SafeGraph and Placer.ai Databrokers to Stop Selling Location Data of People Seeking Abortion Services:
Privacy advocates fear Google will be used to prosecute abortion seekers:
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/11/1110391316/google-data-abortion-prosecutions
Feds will help states punish abortion — using our phones:
Biden DOJ’s privacy tactics may haunt them post-Roe:
Can pharmacists refuse to fill prescriptions for drugs that can be used in abortions?
https://www.vox.com/23207949/supreme-court-abortion-methotrexate-prescription-pharmacist-refuse
Red States Plot Use of Vigilantes to Restrict Abortion Seekers’ Travel:
https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-plot-use-of-vigilantes-to-restrict-abortion-seekers-travel/
Congress Probes How Location Data Brokers Threaten Reproductive Privacy:
HHS Guidance to Retail Pharmacies to Ensure Access to Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care Services:
https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/pharmacies-guidance.pdf
Lawmakers ask FTC to Address Deceptive Data Practices by VPN Providers:
FCC Exceeded Authority in Requiring Broadcasters to Check Sponsors Against Government's Foreign Agent Lists:
Right-Wing Think Tank The "Family Research Council" Is Now a Church in Eyes of the IRS:
https://www.propublica.org/article/family-research-council-irs-church-status
Why All the Attacks on 'Dissent' Websites?
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/attacks-on-dissent/
Mass Media: A History
https://www.bitchute.com/video/m0FNX7AIov2M/
Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Meta's Content Policy:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/
Meta's ‘Bot’ Adviser is Secretly Funded by U.S. Intelligence Agency USAID:
https://www.mintpressnews.com/valent-facebook-influence-ops-regime-change-leak/281403/
Meta Admits Smart Glasses Put Privacy at Risk, Offers No Solutions:
https://petapixel.com/2022/07/14/meta-admits-smart-glasses-put-privacy-at-risk-offers-no-solutions/
Senate leader Schumer met with Microsoft President to discuss tech antitrust bills:
More Than Two Thirds Of States Are Pushing Highly Controversial (And Likely Unconstitutional) Bills To Moderate Speech Online:
State by State, EFF Is Making Progress Against Anti-Speech Lawsuits:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/07/state-state-were-making-progress-against-anti-speech-lawsuits
Student Who Hacked Over a Dozen Email and Snapchat Accounts of Female Students from the University of Puerto Rico Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking:
TikTok to roll out content filters and maturity ratings:
Children’s rights groups call out TikTok’s ‘design discrimination’
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/11/tiktok-fairplay-child-safety-report/
TikTok is full of shady secret advertisements:
https://www.vox.com/recode/23197348/tiktok-ad-sponcon-influencers
Renewed Wave of Video Privacy Class Actions:
Pennsylvania Mom Uses Obscenity Law to Get Books Removed From Schools:
DISGUSTED: Discovery Ruling Issues in Consumer Voice Recording Privacy Suit Against Amazon
"A five-page discovery ruling handed down on Thursday denied the plaintiffs’ motion to compel certain documents from Amazon.com Inc. in their case accusing its virtual voice assistant Alexa of invasion of privacy."
Amazon Bankrolls Anti-Antitrust Group in the U.S.
https://gizmodo.com/amazon-antitrust-eu-concessions-competitiveness-1849178121
Protesters Disrupt AWS Conference Over Military Contracts ‘No Tech for Israeli Apartheid:’
Amazon plans more home (surveillance) robots despite early skepticism about Astro:
Amazon’s new smart Dash shopping cart has a pair of cameras that see's everything:
Amazon's Dystopian System Tracked Workers Every Minute of Their Shifts:
Appeals Court Rules Lawsuit Linking Roundup to Cancer Diagnosis Can Move Forward:
Repeatedly Hacked T-Mobile Ramps Up The Sale Of User App Download And Behavior Data:
Experian customer data hacked again:
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/experian-you-have-some-explaining-to-do/
Experian data breach settlement 2017:
https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/refunds/equifax-data-breach-settlement
FTC Business Alert on Illegal Use and Sharing of Location, Health and other Sensitive Data:
Hacking of US hospitals highlights deadly risk of ransomware:
Tenet Healthcare Sued Over Data Breach that affected 1.2M people:
Associated Eye Care Partners ransomware attack affected 1M people:
Carolina Behavioral Health Alliance data breach affected 130K people:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/carolina-behavioral-health-alliance-llc-2147259/
Family Practice Center data breach affected 84K people:
WellDyneRx data breach affected 38K people:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/welldynerx-llc-files-notice-of-data-1085442/
CHRISTUS Spohn Health System data breach affected 15,000 people:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/christus-spohn-health-system-2513343/
ATC Healthcare data breach:
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/atc-healthcare-services-llc-announces-7750395/
Phoenixville Hospital employee fired after improperly viewing patients’ medical records:
https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/07/08/phoenixville-hospital-medical-record-breach/
Wegmans to pay $400K to settle NY data breach:
Robinhood Financial to Pay $30M to Settle Class Action Over Data Breach:
Ongoing phishing campaign can hack you even when you’re protected with multi-factor authentication:
Intel and AMD processors are vulnerable to speculative execution attacks:
FCC Take Action to Protect Robocall Invasion of Consumer Privacy:
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-takes-actions-against-auto-warranty-scam-robocall-campaign
Why Privacy Matters:
https://themarkup.org/newsletter/hello-world/why-privacy-matters
Health and Human Services Guidance on Protecting Patient Privacy:
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/phi-reproductive-health/index.html
https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/cell-phone-hipaa/index.html
‘Elden Ring’ game maker Bandai Namco says hackers may have stolen customer data:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/13/bandai-namco-data-stolen/
BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature
BMW’s Push To Make Heated Seats A $18 Per Month Subscription Portends A Dumb And Costly Future:
State & Local news
VT- Irony: Trooper charged with making false reports after stopping an off-duty trooper
ME- Aroostook County jail recorded hundreds of lawyer’s calls. He wants to know why:
NH- Governor signs bill to fund crisis intervention training for police:
MA- Boston Joins Project to Grow Transparency Around Smart City Surveillance Tech
https://www.govtech.com/smart-cities/boston-joins-project-to-grow-transparency-around-urban-tech
https://dtpr.helpfulplaces.com/
MA- Police standards commission learns 44 officers didn’t meet training requirements:
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/12/bhr-l-post-0713/
MA- West Springfield police captain resigns ahead of arraignment on indecent assault charges:
https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/07/west-springfield-police-captain-resigns-ahead-of-arraignment-on-indecent-assault-charges.html
https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/west-spfld-police-captain-investigated-for-alleged-misconduct/
MA- Worcester police issued more citations, arrests to Black, Hispanic community:
MA- Woman secretly recorded her abuser, then she faced charges:
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/criminal-justice/she-recorded-her-abuser-then-she-faced-charges/
MA- Money for crime victim services in budget limbo:
https://commonwealthmagazine.org/state-government/money-for-crime-victim-services-in-budget-limbo/
MA- YAWN: State legislature to study decriminalizing all drugs
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/07/12/bhr-l-heroin-0713/
NY- Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics: Judge Can Be Member of ACLU Affiliate, but not One of Its Directors
NJ- New initiatives aim to help the innocent fight wrongful convictions:
PA- BS Warning: DOT claims speed cameras make work zones safer
MD- Frederick police launch digital crime reporting option:
MD- Discrepancies in $62M in Funds Collected From Baltimore's Red Light Cameras:
DE- Senate starting to shine a light on who is funding litigation in the state:
IN- Chesterton Police chief claims Flock Safety license plate readers and gun shot detectors are needed to fight crime:
OH- The Coalition on Public Protection wants to stop Dayton police form installing license plate readers in every patrol car:
MI- Charlevoix County Creates Tool to Keep Mentally Impaired From Jail:
MI- Detroit cash bail reforms to strike at racial inequality:
MN- Supreme Court: consent needed to release sexual assault victims' counseling records
CO- Aurora City Council approves speed camera pilot program:
https://www.denverpost.com/2022/07/12/aurora-city-council-photo-speed-program-approved/
CO- FPF Files Comments on Privacy Act Pre-Rulemaking Activity:
https://fpf.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/FPF-Colorado-Privacy-Act-Pre-Rulemaking-Comments-1.pdf
TX- BS Warning: Smith County sheriff says civil asset forfeiture needed to fight organized crime
AZ- Women’s groups fight to block prosecutions under state's ‘personhood’ law:
AZ- Judge Blocks Personhood Law That Recognizes Life Begins at Conception:
CA- Lawsuit brought by BLM protester prompts changes to SDPD’s cellphone search and seizure rules:
CA- Los Angeles County Supervisors Approve Proposal to Remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva:
CA- Bellwood Police To Install Flock Safety License Plate Readers:
https://www.vfpress.news/articles/government/bellwood-to-get-license-plate-reading-cameras/
CA- Oceanside Police to Spend $587K on New Patrol Car Cameras:
World News
Overlooking Injustice: A Troubling Formalistic Turn at the UN Human Rights Committee
Dozens of British citizens says they were tortured at the hands of UAE authorities:
Outgoing Bulgarian government sounds alarm over EU’s mafia-run border:
European Court of Human Rights slams Turkey’s refusal to release political prisoner:
https://www.courthousenews.com/rights-court-slams-turkeys-refusal-to-release-political-prisoner/
China, Iran, North Korea, and Turkey Hackers Are Targeting Journalists in Widespread Espionage Campaigns:
Central Bank Digital Currencies Are Coming – What Will The Consequences Be?
https://alt-market.us/central-bank-digital-currencies-are-coming-what-will-the-consequences-be/
WEF pushes for restricting “certain types of actors and transactions” from using decentralized finance:
https://reclaimthenet.org/wef-restricting-certain-actors-defi/
Biometrics Institute's Disturbing Report On Companies Supplying Digital ID's:
https://www.biometricsinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/Digital-ID-Supplier_Report_FINAL_2022.pdf
Greece's Data Protection Authority fined Clearview AI €20M bans them from collecting people's images:
https://www.dpa.gr/el/enimerwtiko/prakseisArxis/epiboli-prostimoy-stin-etaireia-clearview-ai-inc
Thales expands facial recognition dominance by acquiring OneWelcome:
https://cpl.thalesgroup.com/about-us/newsroom/thales-acquires-ciam-leader-onewelcome
Vision-Box launches portable facial recognition airport kiosks to ID passengers:
https://www.vision-box.com/pressroom/press-releases/seamless-assistant
European Parliament study on AI data governance:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2022/729533/EPRS_STU(2022)729533_EN.pdf
The European Data Protection Board statement on personal data transfers between EU-Russia:
The European Data Protection Board moves ahead with cross-border cooperation:
https://edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2022/edpb-moves-ahead-closer-cooperation-strategic-cases_en
BS Warning: Amazon offers to limit use of merchant data in bid to settle EU antitrust probe
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/14/amazon-eu-antitrust-commitments/
BS Warning: Meta releases first annual human rights report
https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Meta_Human-Rights-Report-July-2022.pdf
Netherlands- Business Authority to investigate children's websites for cookie use:
https://erhvervsstyrelsen.dk/saerligt-tilsyn-med-cookies-paa-hjemmesider-rettet-mod-boern-og-unge
Germany- Government criminalizes journalist for exposing Ukrainian war crimes
France- Far Left and far Right unite to shoot down COVID-19 passport bill:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/far-left-far-right-unite-france-defeat-covid-passport
France- Data Protection Authority Statement on Data Governance Act and the Data Act:
Italy- Data Protection Authority warns TikTok over personalized ads:
https://www.garanteprivacy.it/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/9788342#english
UK- New Law Would Give All Social Media Users A 'Truth Score'
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-lawmaker-truth-scores/
UK- Mass Resignations Won’t Interfere with US Data Transfers:
"The Atlantic Council event was supposed to be attended by Julia Lopez, but the former minister of data was among those who resigned, Hall said. But, she said, the new privacy legislation will empower a secretary of state who had already been involved in tweaking the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation for governing the data of those residing in the UK."
UK- Tony Blair Institute proposes digital ID cards for right to work:
https://institute.global/policy/fixing-asylum-system-workable-plan
UK- Lawmaker proposes dystopian idea to give citizens a truth score on social media:
https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-lawmaker-truth-scores/
UK- Met police deploy live facial recognition and license plate readers at Oxford Circus:
UK- Met police paid people £50 to walk through facial recognition test areas in London:
https://www.mylondon.news/news/met-police-pay-actors-50-24494787
UK- Privacy watchdog to investigate Bunnings and Kmart over facial recognition:
UK- Corsight facial recognition in crime-fighting uses only 50 pixels:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001906n/frontline-fightback-series-2-episode-6
UK- Government could force messaging apps to adopt new technology to tackle abuse images:
UK- Government's Online Safety Bill Delayed by Govt Chaos:
UK- Department for Health and Social Care publishes "Data saves lives: reshaping health and social care with data"
UK- ICO's plan to protect people's privacy 2022-2025:
UK- Oxfordshire County Council prints everyone a 500-page document on how to be greener:
SCT- Police to scan license plates to enforce “low emission” zones:
https://reclaimthenet.org/scotland-to-scan-vehicle-license-plates-to-enforce-low-emission-zones/
https://www.transport.gov.scot/news/low-emission-zones-introduced-across-scotland/
China- IRONY: Government authorities seek details on data breach affecting 1B citizens
China- Researchers allegedly create facial expression recognition:
China- Citizens criticize government's Covid surveillance devices:
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202207/14/WS62d0208ea310fd2b29e6c67f.html
China- Government Surveillance Hits Rare Resistance From Its Own Subjects:
https://dnyuz.com/2022/07/14/chinas-surveillance-state-hits-rare-resistance-from-its-own-subjects/
China- Government On The Verge Of Violent Debt Jubilee As "Disgruntled" Homebuyers Refuse To Pay Their Mortgages:
China- Government uses AI to 'correct perceived human errors in a verdict'
Hong Kong- Government is making COVID-19 patients wear a tracking bracelet so they can't leave the house:
https://www.businessinsider.com/hong-kong-covid-patients-tracking-bracelets-stay-home-2022-7
Thailand- Sex Offenders Could Be Punished Through Chemical Castration:
Japan- New Law Makes 'Online Insults' a Jailable Offense:
https://reason.com/2022/07/09/new-japanese-law-makes-online-insults-a-jailable-offense/
India- Telangana, India, is on the verge of becoming a complete surveillance state:
https://slate.com/technology/2022/07/telangana-india-surveillance-state.html
India- RailTel has installed 6,000 facial recognition surveillance cameras at train stations:
https://www.railtelindia.com/key-projects/video-surveillance-system.html
India- Privacy Panic Flares Up After Payment Records Turned over to Police:
https://www.wired.com/story/police-pull-indian-payments-data/
Armenia- Prosecutor General Wants to Monitor Internet Content:
https://hetq.am/en/article/146218
Dubai- Chief Executive of Dubai Airport wants to use facial recognition to ID passengers:
https://identityweek.net/dubai-airport-chief-plans-passport-free-biometrics/
Israel- Top Court Strikes Down Petitions Against Biometric Database:
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-07-13/ty-article/.premium/israels-top-court-strikes-down-petitions-against-biometric-database/00000181-f8ac-d4e2-a193-febeae0a0000
Israel- US leaks of covert ops against Iran eroding trust, security ahead of Biden visit to region:
Cameroon- Government issues biometric Pass Vac Santé vaccination ID cards:
https://voyage.gc.ca/destinations/cameroun
Nigeria- Will NIMC (digital ID program) meet 148M NIN enrollment target by 2024?
https://tribuneonlineng.com/will-nimc-meet-148-million-nin-enrollment-target-by-2024/
Nigeria- Lagos Authorities Urge Residents to Register Biometrics for National Digital ID Card:
https://www.thecable.ng/lagos-launches-smart-id-cards-for-residents-to-access-state-services/amp
Ivory Coast- Data Protection Authority announces personal data protection control program:
https://www.autoritedeprotection.ci/programme-controles-dcp/
AU- Government wants to use Digital ID system to de-anonymize social media users:
AU- Police Turned Away, Mocked Domestic Violence Victims:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/13/too-ugly-to-be-raped-queensland-inquiry-hears-police-were-dismissive-of-domestic-violence-victims
Iceland- Data Protection Authority fined the city of Reykjavík 5 million kronor for processing of children’s data:
Canada- National Security and Intelligence Review Agency report on use of facial recognition by border authorities:
Canada- Vancouver International Airport to use Amadeus facial recognition to ID passengers:
Canada- RCMP's spyware admission raises alarm:
“There’s a culture of secrecy that pervades the intelligence and law enforcement community in this country,” Ron Deibert, a political science professor at the university of Toronto and head of Citizen Lab, said.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/07/canada-police-spyware-admission-surveillance-experts
Cuba- Government cuts off internet access to crush protests:
https://reclaimthenet.org/cubas-government-cuts-off-internet-access-to-try-and-crush-protests/