Screw the DOJ: Boeing Deferred Prosecution Agreement on the Ropes
On July 27, 2022, Judge O’Connor ruled that the fifteen crash victims’ families could be representing crime victims under the Crime Victims Rights Act (CVRA) if evidence could be presented by the families showing that Boeing’s conspiracy to lie to the Federal Aviation Administration about its deadly Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System “directly and proximately” harmed the crash victims.
https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/
All the Ways in Which Our Rights Have Been Usurped by the Feds:
https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/overthrow_the_government_all_the_ways_in_which_our_rights_have_been_usurped
California Requires Social Networks To Post Moderation Rules:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23353321/gavin-newsom-ab587-social-network-misinformation-law
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/13/governor-newsom-signs-nation-leading-social-media-transparency-measure/
Appeals court rejects big tech's right regulate online speech:
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-appeals-court-rules-against-big-techs-ability-regulate-online-speech-2022-09-16/
Meta wants its competitors to hand over sensitive data, to “prove” it’s not a monopoly:
"Meta has so far subpoenaed 132 companies for documents, including Snap, ByteDance, TikTok and Clubhouse, and has warned that it may seek information from 100 more. The subpoenas have set off a cascade of legal challenges from Meta’s rivals, which accuse the company of using antitrust litigation as an excuse to dig through their confidential data."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-13/meta-seeks-out-secrets-from-rivals-to-win-antitrust-suit
Big Tech Spent Over $30B Acquiring Companies:
https://www.scribd.com/document/595014350/Capture-and-Kill-Big-Tech-s-Acquisition-Spree-Exposes-Anticompetitive-Advantages-Uneven-Playing-Field-And-Challenges-for-Federal-Antitrust-Regulato
Americans Spent More on Taxes Last Year Than on Food, Health Care, Education, and Clothing Combined:
https://reason.com/2022/09/12/americans-spent-more-on-taxes-last-year-than-on-food-health-care-education-and-clothing-combined/
Artist Uses AI Surveillance Cameras to Identify Influencers Posing for Instagram
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vj79/artist-uses-ai-surveillance-cameras-to-identify-influencers-posing-for-instagram
How the Apple AirTag became a gift to stalkers:
Senators ask HHS to strengthen women's abortion HIPAA privacy rules:
https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-markey-joins-chair-murray-28-senators-in-urging-biden-admin-to-strengthen-privacy-protections-for-women-seeking-reproductive-health-care
Biden Admin Is Placing Drug Vending Machines In Rural Kentucky:
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-admin-is-placing-vending-machines-filled-with-drug-supplies-in-rural-kentucky/
https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-administration-place-harm-reduction-kiosks-filled-drug-supplies-rural-kentucky
Privacy advocates ask FTC to reject Amazon’s iRobot acquisition:
https://www.citizen.org/news/ftc-should-reject-amazons-irobot-acquisition-advocates-say/
How Deceptive Bigtech Lobbyists Exploit the Goodwill of Public Employees:
https://www.governing.com/finance/how-deceptive-lobbyists-are-exploiting-the-goodwill-of-public-employees
2016 Uber data breach kept hidden from in-house counsel:
https://www.courthousenews.com/2016-data-breach-kept-hidden-from-in-house-counsel-former-uber-lawyer-testifies/
Uber hacked, vulnerability reports stolen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/technology/uber-hacking-breach.html
Hacker details plot to breach Uber’s data servers:
https://www.courthousenews.com/hacker-details-plot-to-breach-ubers-data-servers-at-trial/
U-Haul discloses data breach exposing customer driver licenses:
There’s no driving test for self-driving cars in the US — but there should be:
TikTok executive claims they are nearing an agreement with US that will satisfy all national security concerns:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-exec-says-agreement-with-u-s-government-to-address-concerns-over-user-data-11663198654
Twitter ‘Doesn’t Know What Data It Has, Where It Lives, or Where It Came From’
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-zatko-congress-testimony-1849529511
Twitter Employed a Chinese Spy, Endangering Private User Data:
Flo period tracker forced to launch ‘Anonymous Mode’ over abortion privacy concerns:
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/14/23351957/flo-period-tracker-privacy-anonymous-mode
Databrokers who track your cellphone location:
https://github.com/the-markup/location-data-industry/blob/master/location-data-companies.csv
Popular apps that collect personal data about you:
https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/social-media-and-food-delivery-apps-sell-the-most-personal-data
Amazon Alexa may answer your questions with ads soon:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/alexa-answers-customer-questions-with-ads/
Apple Headset patent application will let people see invisible and hidden things in their homes:
"The non-visible features may correspond to, for example, electromagnetic signals such as Wi-Fi signals, airflow from an HVAC system, temperatures of physical objects, fluids or gasses, an audible fence created for a pet (e.g., using ultrasonic pitches), sounds generated by a musical instrument, and/or hidden physical objects such as objects with known locations that are obscured from view by other physical objects (as examples)."
https://9to5mac.com/2022/09/15/apple-headset-patent/
Privacy lawsuit alleges tech on Zillow website amounts to ‘wiretapping’
EA anti-cheat system raises privacy concerns:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/09/eas-new-anti-cheat-tools-dip-into-the-dreaded-kernel-mode/
Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive:
https://dnyuz.com/2022/09/16/attempts-to-ban-books-are-accelerating-and-becoming-more-divisive/
Top 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech This Year:
https://www.thefire.org/the-new-and-improved-college-free-speech-rankings/
https://rankings.thefire.org/
Security Solutions for U.S. Schools: A.I. Gun-Detection Tech, Full-Body Scanners, Online Monitoring Worth an Estimated $3B a Year
https://fullmeasure.news/news/shows/securing-schools
Tax fraud ring leader jailed for selling children’s stolen identities:
CVS acquires Signify Health for $8B:
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/05/cvs-to-buy-home-health-giant-signify-health-for-about-8-billion.html
FBI: Hackers steal millions from hundreds of healthcare payment processors:
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/News/2022/220914-2.pdf
US Privacy Bill Would Undermine California Protections:
Congress must fix watered down data privacy bill so it doesn't hurt Californians:
Former CNN host joins Harvard as media fellow to examine 'threats to democracy'
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/09/14/its-a-big-club-and-you-aint-in-it-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/
Harvard ‘misinformation’ journal sued for defamation, false statements:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/harvard-misinformation-journal-sued-for-defamation-false-statements/
Censorship Concerns Stall Big Tech Monopoly on News Media:
"Google and Meta/Facebook, which dominate the nearly $250 billion U.S. digital advertising market, are the only two platforms targeted by the proposed legislation, which seeks to level the online playing field and boost struggling local news media."
GAO- Consumer Data Consumer Data: Increasing Use Poses Risks to Privacy
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-106096.pdf
Internet Advertising Bureau worries how marketers will be affected by new privacy laws:
EPIC’s Fitzgerald Warns of ‘Data Privacy Crisis’ at FTC Rulemaking Forum:
https://epic.org/epics-fitzgerald-warns-of-data-privacy-crisis-at-ftc-rulemaking-forum/
FTC Report Shows Rise in Sophisticated Dark Patterns Designed to Trick and Trap Consumers:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/09/ftc-report-shows-rise-sophisticated-dark-patterns-designed-trick-trap-consumers
Data protection’s biggest secret: 1 in 10 employees will leak IP data
Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Consider Data Privacy Legislation:
State & Local Privacy News
VT- Brattleboro police arrested wrong man in I-91 construction worker attack:
https://vtdigger.org/2022/09/16/police-arrested-wrong-man-in-i-91-construction-worker-attack/
VT- Burlington police to install 300 surveillance cameras:
https://vtdigger.org/2022/09/13/number-of-police-cameras-to-expand-in-burlington/
MA- Rachael Rollins recused as feds eye Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden in MBTA Transit Police case:
RI- Providence is Creating Mini-Flock Safety Surveillance State, Says ACLU:
"The ACLU of Rhode Island issued the following statement on Tuesday in response to reports that the Providence Police Department intends to triple the number of Flock Safety surveillance cameras in the city."
https://www.golocalprov.com/news/providence-is-creating-mini-surveillance-state-says-ri-aclu-after-announcem
NJ- Princeton students win campaign to get free speech program added to orientation:
https://www.thecollegefix.com/princeton-university-holds-required-free-speech-session-at-freshman-orientation-following-year-of-advocacy/
DC- Police used SmarTrip transit card information to arrest suspect for train robbery:
https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2022-09/Kelly%20v%20US%20%2019-CF-481.pdf
https://smartrip.com/
VA- Portsmouth police to turn 400 CCTV cameras into giant FUSUS surveillance network:
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/portsmouth/portsmouth-police-new-technology-efforts-to-curb-crime/291-d6eed141-d690-41d2-89e0-0e361c8d48fb
https://www.fusus.com/rtc3-products/fusus-real-time-crime-center-in-the-cloud
SC- BS Warning: Supreme Court upholds civil asset forfeiture law, urges legislative reform
OH- Supreme court strikes down law banning protesters from picketing outside the homes or offices of public officials:
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Picketing.pdf
WI- Green Bay police want to use COVID relief funds to purchase 40 Flock Safety license plate readers:
https://www.wbay.com/2022/09/13/green-bay-police-want-more-license-plate-reader-cameras/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/green-bay-police-test-new-camera-technology/ar-AAZCZMz
MN- Lakeville Schools: Release of student personal info. to candidate was policy, not a mistake
https://www.fox9.com/news/parents-upset-over-use-of-contact-information-ahead-of-school-board-election
MS- Lawsuit filed over Ocean Springs license plate readers that scan for car insurance:
"Filed in U.S District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the class action complaint lists American Digital Security LLC, Securix LLP and Securix LLC as the defendants."
https://www.sunherald.com/news/local/counties/jackson-county/article265809276.html
NE- Motorola license plate readers remain subject of privacy controversy:
https://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/license-plate-readers-remain-subject-of-controversy-confusion-in-nebraska-despite-law/article_22673108-f8a4-5148-bca3-5bbc7f524bef.html
TX- Austin likely to let police bring back controversial license plate readers:
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2022/09/13/reinstatement-likely-for-controversial-austin-police-investigative-tool/69492731007/
TX- Houston-area suburb collects millions operating red light cameras after 2019 state ban:
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/09/16/houston-area-suburb-collects-millions-operating-red-light-cameras-after-2019-state-ban/
CA- LA homelessness lawsuit nears end as county agrees to settlement terms:
https://www.courthousenews.com/la-homelessness-lawsuit-nears-end-as-county-agrees-to-settlement-terms/
CA- Oakland committee tentatively rejects license plate readers:
https://www.ktvu.com/news/oakland-committee-tentatively-rejects-license-plate-readers
World Privacy News
Human Rights Watch Accuse China of Wrongfully Imprisoning Half a Million Uyghur's:
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/09/14/china-xinjiang-official-figures-reveal-higher-prisoner-count
UK police turn Queen’s funeral into biggest policing event that London has ever seen (facial recognition):
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-funeral-security-challenges-1.6580993
VSBLTY and Al Jabr Group to put facial recognition in retail stores across the Middle East:
"VSBLTY announced it has formed an alliance with the Al Jabr Group to bring digital out-of-home solutions and the Store as a Medium (SaaM) concept to retail outlets, the oil & gas industry and smart cities in five middle east countries. VSBLTY Co-founder & CEO Sam Hutton said the first territories will be United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, but eventually they will introduce its proprietary AI technology, as well as security solutions, in Egypt, Pakistan, Nigeria, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Iraq."
https://vsblty.net/news/vsblty-forges-alliance-with-the-al-jabr-group-to-bring-computer-vision-ai-security-solutions-to-the-middle-east/
Armatura a facial recognition/palm scanning company's' biased whitepapers:
https://armatura.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/ZKTeco-Face-Recognition-Whitepaper.pdf
https://armatura.us/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Armatura-Palm-Recognition-Whitepaper.pdf
SITA new "LaunchPad" makes it easier for airports to install facial recognition:
https://www.sita.aero/sita-launchpad/
FacePhi and Namutek partner to launch Visa and Mastercard-backed facial recognition payment app:
https://en.facephi.com/news/facephi-and-namutek-partner-to-launch-visa-and-mastercard-backed-revolution/
BBVA New Gen and Veridas create facial recognition on boarding for banks:
https://www.finextra.com/pressarticle/94074/bbva-new-gen-streamlines-onboarding-with-a-selfie
SmartEye and OSRAM work together to use facial recognition in vehicles to monitor drivers and passengers:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220913005311/en/Smart-Eye-Partners-with-ams-OSRAM-to-Deliver-3D-Interior--Sensing-for-Enhanced-Driver-Monitoring
50M people now trapped in modern slavery in a ‘surge of exploitation’
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/12/ten-million-more-people-now-trapped-in-slavery-report-says
https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_norm/@ipec/documents/publication/wcms_854733.pdf
EU pitches cyber law to fix patchy Internet of Things (home surveillance):
https://www.politico.eu/article/new-cyber-act-to-raise-safety-standards-across-the-bloc/
Google's long battle with EU antitrust regulators:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/googles-long-battle-with-eu-antitrust-regulators-2022-09-14/
Shell oil’s secret plan for a Cold War propaganda unit:
https://declassifieduk.org/recommendation-x-shells-secret-plan-for-a-cold-war-propaganda-unit/
WEF's carbon allowance system would use surveillance tech to track personal emissions:
https://reclaimthenet.org/carbon-allowance-system/
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/my-carbon-an-approach-for-inclusive-and-sustainable-cities/
There’s a State of the EU speech board game and we played it:
https://www.politico.eu/article/state-eu-speech-board-game-play/
Lithuania- BEEP.Rent car rental agency to use IDenfy facial recognition to ID car renters:
https://usawire.com/beep-rent-chooses-idenfys-ai-driven-identity-verification/
Germany- Data Protection Authority flyer on children's data protection:
https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Publikationen/Flyer-digital/Kinderschutz/Kinderschutz_node.html
Italy backs ban on data tracking in political ads, France hesitates:
https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/italy-backs-ban-on-data-tracking-in-political-ads-france-hesitates/
UK- Police Are Arresting Anti-Monarchy Protesters:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-uk-arrest-anti-monarchy-protesters_n_63205f75e4b0ed021df618a5
https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/09/absolish-monarchy-arrests-king-charles-queen-death/
UK- Police demand details of barrister who held up blank piece of paper amid arrests of anti-monarchy protesters:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/king-charles-protests-arrest-signs-b2165602.html
UK- Met police suspend cop who killed an unarmed Black man:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62878546
UK- Police Chief Says Men are Guilty of Sexually Harassing Women Just by Sitting in the Same Room as Them:
UK- License plate reader confuses a woman for a car, issues ticket to car owner:
https://www.autoblog.com/2021/10/19/cctv-knitter-kn19ter-ticket-england/
UK- Google sued for antitrust adtech practices:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/13/google-adtech-antitrust-damages-lawsuits-uk-netherlands/
IRL- Data Protection Authority Submits TikTok children's privacy violations to EDPB:
https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/irish-dpc-submits-article-60-draft-decision-inquiry-tiktok-0
IRL- Data Protection Authority fined Instagram 405M euro:
https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/press-releases/data-protection-commission-announces-decision-instagram-inquiry
China- Tibetan Police Purchased DNA Equipment From a Massachusetts Company to ID a third of the population:
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/13/china-tibet-police-dna-thermo-fisher/
China- New Honor smartphone claims it use "person re-identification" not facial recognition to ID users:
https://stuff.co.za/2022/09/09/the-story-behind-the-industrys-first-solo-cut-vlog-mode-of-honor-70-5g/
S. Korea- Google, Meta face record fines over privacy violations:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/skorea-fines-google-meta-over-accusations-privacy-law-violations-yonhap-2022-09-14/
India- Government to use facial recognition ID along Himalayan border:
https://www.medianama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/NITDocument.pdf
India- Government increasingly arrests political dissidents and human rights activists, rarely convicts under controversial laws:
https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-uapa-pmla-section-153a-what-do-these-laws-have-in-common/article65871393
India- High court issues notice of concern to the govt. following death of prisoner. Human rights violations in jails:
India- Banks and lenders opposed any disclosure of their “highly confidential and sensitive” risk assessment reports:
https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/banking-finance/rti-disclosure-of-sensitive-info-will-breach-right-to-privacy-banks-tell-sc/2665786/
Pakistan- Punjab province says 35 percent of safe city facial recognition cameras and license plate readers not working:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1708961/lahore-fails-to-accrue-safe-city-project-potential
Afghanistan- Taliban launches biometric passports:
https://menafn.com/1104818684/Taliban-General-Directorate-Of-Passport-To-Expand-Passport-Printing-And-Distribution-Capacities
Iran- Woman Dies After Being Arrested By Cops Under Government’s Strict Hijab Law:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgpdg4/mahsa-amini-iran-hijab
UAE- Government launches third generation biometric passport:
https://gulfbusiness.com/icp-launches-third-generation-of-uae-passport-runs-advanced-visa-system-trial/
Egypt- Police arrest four journalists for “fake news” over article alleging corruption:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/07/world/africa/egypt-journalists-charges.html
NZ- Government considering digital drivers licenses:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474548/digital-driver-s-licence-for-smartphones-considered
Canada- Judge to evaluate police using facial recognition to ID Somalia refugees:
https://www.straight.com/tech/judge-rules-in-favour-of-somali-refugee-claimants-after-study-finds-shortcomings-in-facial
Jamaica- Government rolls out free birth certificate drive ahead of national digital ID program:
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20220910/govt-rolls-out-birth-certificate-drive-ahead-nids-registration
Jamaica- Government adopt SITA’s biometric Digital Travel Declaration to ID passengers:
https://www.sita.aero/pressroom/news-releases/jamaica-to-adopt-sitas-digital-travel-declaration-to-streamline-inbound-travel-as-tourism-recovers/