Weekly Privacy/Civil Rights News Stories (5/16)
U.S. News
U.S. Demands Russian War Crime Prosecution While Neglecting Its Own Accountability:
https://theintercept.com/2022/05/11/russian-war-crime-prosecution-accountability/
Don't Oppose Russian Authoritarianism With More Authoritarianism:
"Western companies were among the top advertisers on these stations last year — well above $300 million worth of advertising," the official clarified about restrictions on doing business with Russian TV outlets. "A lot of these advertisers have announced since the invasion that they're going to cut their business activity with these stations, but we want to make sure that decision endures and just send a broader signal that U.S. companies should not be in the business of funding Russian propaganda."
https://reason.com/2022/05/13/dont-oppose-russian-authoritarianism-with-more-authoritarianism/
The GOP Is Extremely Concerned About 9 Supreme Court Justice’s Right to Privacy:
“While protesting a final opinion from the Supreme Court is commonplace when done on the steps of the Court or in the public square, the circumstances of the current picketing at the Justices’ private homes in residential neighborhoods are markedly different,” the governors wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qaz7/senate-supreme-court-justices-security-bill
Merrick Garland Asks Federal Marshals to Help Protect Supreme Court Justices Against ‘Threatening’ Protests:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/garland-directs-u-marshals-ensure-233310446.html
Governor Youngkin's letter warns of threatening protests:
https://www.scribd.com/document/573732936/Youngkin-Letter-to-Fairfax-Board-05-11-22
Trump's DOJ secretly issued subpoena to access Guardian reporter’s phone records:
Feds Have Confirmed Hundreds Of Deaths Occurred At Native American Boarding Schools:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/boarding-schools-indigenous-children-report
Bill Classifying Abortion as Homicide Is Advanced by Louisiana Lawmakers:
The Vaccine Passport: Gaslighting Of An Egregious Kind
Lockdown Advocate Admits Negative Impacts Were Never Considered:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/lockdown-advocate-admits-negative-impacts-were-never-considered
Texas Researcher Warned Wuhan Lab of COVID Investigation by Congress:
https://www.judicialwatch.org/wuhan-lab-warned-of-covid-investigation/
Pfizer/BioNTech Study Found Lipid Nanoparticles Materials Outside Injection Site in Test Animals:
https://www.judicialwatch.org/nanoparticles-materials-outside-injection-site/
NIH Director Admits Appearance Of Conflict Of Interest In Secret Royalty Payments To Fauci, Scientists:
Democrats Silent As Republicans Rip Into Secret Royalty Checks To Fauci, Hundreds Of NIH Scientists:
New Hampshire ACLU sues ICE on behalf of deported man:
"An asylum seeker from El Salvador who was held at the Strafford County House of Corrections in 2018 is suing federal immigration officials, claiming he was unlawfully deported and then tortured."
Houston Airports to use Amadeus facial recognition to ID passengers:
https://amadeus.com/en/portfolio/airports/amadeus-biometrics
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the Cleveland Browns and Facial Recognition Companies Discuss Digital ID's at the Travel & Hospitality Biometrics Online Summit:
https://web.cvent.com/event/20454161-8e78-4ae6-bc85-df7aa59a037b/summary
ICE Has Spent $2.8 Billion on Surveillance Tech Since 2008
"By reaching into the digital records of state and local governments and buying databases with billions of data points from private companies, ICE has created a surveillance infrastructure that enables it to pull detailed dossiers on nearly anyone, seemingly at any time. In its efforts to arrest and deport, ICE has – without any judicial, legislative or public oversight – reached into datasets containing personal information about the vast majority of people living in the U.S., whose records can end up in the hands of immigration enforcement simply because they apply for driver’s licenses; drive on the roads; or sign up with their local utilities to get access to heat, water and electricity. "
https://gizmodo.com/ice-surveillance-facial-recognition-immigrants-depor-1848906883
American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century
https://americandragnet.org/
Long Beach Police continued sharing data with ICE after the council voted against it:
Clearview AI to stop selling facial recognition tool to private firms:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/09/clearview-illinois-court-settlement
https://giz:modo.com/aclu-settlement-limits-clearview-ais-facial-recognition-1848901283
Lack of a federal privacy law opens the door to dystopia (Clearview AI):
The IRS dropped its demand to upload ID.me selfies, so why is Florida still requiring them:
You can’t use some photo Instagram filters in Texas and Illinois:
U.S. cities are backing off banning facial recognition, use raising crime rates as reason:
John Doe DNA arrest warrant based on touch DNA is too general to satisfy the particularity requirement:
https://fourthamendment.com/?p=52316#more-52316
GOP urges Albany Democrats to let police use ‘family DNA’
https://ustimetoday.com/gop-urges-albany-dems-to-let-police-use-family-dna/
Human rights organizations demand Zoom abandon emotion tracking:
16-year-old wins MIT competition to create a unique biomteric system to take the place of digital ID's
Man pleads guilty in case testing use of geofence warrant:
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/man-pleads-guilty-case-testing-geofence-warrant-84619568
First Amendment Limitations on Public Disclosure of Police Protest Surveillance:
"During and after last year’s expansive Black Lives Matter protests, police departments nationwide publicly shared robust video surveillance of protestors. Much of this footage rendered individual protestors identifiable, sometimes in ways that seemed intentional. Such disclosures raise First Amendment concerns under NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson and its progeny, including the recent Americans for Prosperity v. Bonta decision. Those cases limit how the government may collect and distribute sensitive associational information. Bonta raised the First Amendment bar by adding (or clarifying) a narrow tailoring requirement to the exacting scrutiny test for associational disclosures."https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4034931
AI surveillance cameras now being used to detect potential threats:
"The Actuate technology is currently being utilized by 20,000 cameras across the country including at schools, college campuses, construction sites, and used car lots."
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/artificial-intelligence-surveillance-cameras
https://actuate.ai/
Ohio cities are spending millions of COVID stimulus dollars on police surveillance cameras:https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/05/ne-ohio-cities-are-spending-millions-of-covid-stimulus-dollars-on-police-surveillance-cameras-stimulus-watch.html
San Francisco Police Are Using Driverless Cars as Mobile Surveillance Cameras:"As companies continue to make public roadways their testing grounds for these vehicles, everyone should understand them for what they are—rolling surveillance devices that expand existing widespread spying technologies,” said Chris Gilliard, Visiting Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Center. "Law enforcement agencies already have access to automated license plate readers, geofence warrants, Ring Doorbell footage, as well as the ability to purchase location data. This practice will extend the reach of an already pervasive web of surveillance.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dw8x/san-francisco-police-are-using-driverless-cars-as-mobile-surveillance-camerasKansas Court Says Ten Weeks Of Pole Camera Surveillance Isn’t A Constitutional Violationhttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/12/kansas-federal-court-says-ten-weeks-of-pole-camera-surveillance-isnt-a-constitutional-violation/Ohio Supreme Court: Cops cannot pat & frisk people because of a ShotSpotter alertA police officer testified that the Spot Shotter system provided a 25-meter (or 82-foot) radius).
https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/1/2022/2022-Ohio-1571.pdfYou’ve Been Flagged as a Threat: Predictive AI Technology Puts a Target on Your Back (ShotSpotter):https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/youve_been_flagged_as_a_threat_predictive_ai_technology_puts_a_target_on_your_backhttps://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2022/05/predictive-ai-technology-puts-a-target-on-your-back/Irony: Hackers Infiltrated 16 Law Enforcement Data Systemshttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/05/dea-investigating-breach-of-law-enforcement-data-portal/DHS's "Disinformation Board" is Even More Pernicious Than it Seems:
Head Of Biden's 'Ministry Of Truth' Previously Compared Free Speech To "Fairy Dust"https://www.zerohedge.com/political/head-bidens-ministry-truth-previously-compared-free-speech-fairy-dustHead Of Biden's 'Ministry Of Truth' Demands Power To Edit Other People's Tweets:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-disinformation-czar-demands-power-edit-other-peoples-tweets
Don't Trust Biden's Dystopian 'Disinformation Board'https://reason.com/2022/05/13/dont-trust-bidens-dystopian-disinformation-board/New Jersey to use $10M From the American Rescue Plan to Purchase License Plate Readers:"New Jersey plans to invest $10 million in automated license plate recognition technology to reduce motor vehicle theft and the associated violent crime. Funds from the American Rescue Plan State Fiscal Recovery Fund will expand New Jersey’s high-speed, automated camera systems that capture license plate data for storage in a centralized database accessible to law enforcement. The technology will be installed at fixed locations along major highways and mounted on mobile units, officials said."https://www.route-fifty.com/tech-data/2022/05/nj-combats-vehicle-theft-license-plate-readers/366412Fort Worth police get 600 new Axon license plate readers:https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/crime/article260778347.html
Worcester, MA Police Promise Drones Will Not Target Homeless:
"In a letter to the City Manager Edward Augustus Jr. explaining what the drone could be used for, Police Chief Steven Sargent said it would assist the city’s Quality of Life Task Force when searching for homeless encampments."
DJI's Mini 3 Pro Drone Finally Adds Obstacle Avoidance and Tracking:
https://gizmodo.com/djis-669-mini-3-pro-drone-adds-obstacle-avoidance-tra-1848844221
Hawaiian anglers split over measure to ban the use of drones for fishing:
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2022/05/12/hawaii-anglers-split-over-use-drones-fishing/
Police Violence:
Biden Wants Cities To Use $350B In American Rescue Plan Funds To Hire More Cops:
"The president, in his remarks, will push local officials to use a greater share of the $350 billion in state and local government funds that Democrats approved last year as part of a larger $1.9 trillion COVID relief package to fight violence. Of that $350 billion, about $6.5 billion was allocated in 2021 by 300 localities and more than half of states, including $2 billion for crime prevention programs to ease the burden on police and $1 billion for bonuses to help recruit and retain public safety workers, the White House said."
Massachusetts cities to get $2.3B from the federal American Rescue Plan"The new bill, which incorporates $2.3 billion from the federal American Rescue Plan Act and $1.256 billion in capital bond authorizations, features hefty investments in clean energy, climate resiliency, housing and workforce development."https://www.masslive.com/politics/2022/04/massachusetts-cities-towns-will-be-able-to-reimagine-their-downtown-areas-with-new-35-billion-economic-stimulus-bill-filed-by-gov-charlie-baker.html
California town wants to turn its library into a police station:
https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/amp/Police-department-wants-McFarland-library-17159602.php
Chatbots in U.S. justice system raise bias, privacy concerns:
NH state police use minor traffic violations to search for drugs:
No Qualified Immunity For Sheriff, Prosecutor Who Created False Testimony That Locked Up An Innocent Man For 16 Years:
No-knock raids led to allegations against Monroe County Sheriff’s Office:
5 takeaways from The Post’s investigation into no-knock warrants:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/05/takeaways-broken-doors-no-knock/
Mark Esper Waited Two Years to Tell Us Trump Wanted Troops to Shoot BLM Protesters:
https://theintercept.com/2022/05/06/mark-esper-trump-george-floyd-protests/
Susan Collins Called the Cops Over a Pro-Abortion Rights Sidewalk Chalk Message Outside her Home
We Interviewed The Woman Who Chalked Outside Susan Collins' House:
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/susan-collins-sidewalk-chalker-interview
Three Texas Cops Indicted For Aggravated Assault Following BLM Protest Police Response:
Alabama Police Chief Sued Over His Response To Anti-Police Brutality Protests:
Cop tells LGBTQ crowd they should 'work on respecting' protesters who pepper sprayed them:
Cops Are Now Being Trained By Literal White Supremacists:https://www.mic.com/impact/police-proud-boys-oath-keepers-richard-whiteheadhttps://www.techdirt.com/2022/05/09/cops-are-being-trained-by-consultants-who-have-publicly-outed-themselves-as-bigots-and-far-right-extremists/
Missoula Sheriff drops Oath Keeper affiliated training:
Cops advised Sikh man targeted by racist abuse 'not to drive on his own street to avoid confrontation'
White Louisiana troopers charged with battery in beating of Black man:
State prosecutors have charged three Louisiana State Police troopers accused of beating a Black motorist, hoisting him to his feet by his hair braids and bragging in text messages that the “whoopin’” would give him “nightmares for a long time.”
https://apnews.com/article/death-of-ronald-greene-louisiana-arrests-dea5c02e80db1cb450ade1baa6708299
Off-duty cop put his knee on a Black 12-year-old girl's neck to break up a school fight. The girl is now being charged:
White cops pull over Black lacrosse team bus and take their luggage off the bus to search it for drugs
https://www.aol.com/news/bodycam-footage-shows-deputies-searching-220715459.html
Sheriff falsely claims deputies didn’t search luggage during HBCU lacrosse bus stop:
Man paralyzed after cops beat him and stepped on his neck to get $10M:
Florida sheriffs attempt to justify executing man suspected of stealing Pokémon cards:
'Don't Shoot Her, She's Mentally ill.' Video Shows Cop Executing 75-Year-Old Grandma With Dementia:
Calif. Sheriff Agrees To Stop Stealing Cannabis Cash From Armored Cars, Says His Deputies 'Are Not Highway Robbers:
Los Angeles Deputy Who Shot Off Another Deputy’s Gang Tattoo, Received Promotion:
https://knock-la.com/deputy-gang-tattoo-shot-off/
San Jose cop arrested for masturbating in home during disturbance call:
San Francisco police held an 'Ice Cream with a Cop' event. It devolved into chaos:
https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/San-Francisco-police-event-devolves-17159274.php
After Ahmaud Arbery killing, 16 calls between DA, shooter's dad:
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arbery-killing-16-calls-da-shooters-dad-84522635
Court Dismisses Case After San Diego Prosecutors Make It Impossible For Defendants To Access Evidence:
Cops who executed an unarmed Black man with his hands raised charged with man slaughter:
Cop Who Knocked Out Black Woman’s Teeth Wasn’t Fired, Arrested on Child Sex Charges:
Denver Drops Effort To Criminally Prosecute Pickleball Enthusiast Who Made Small 'X's on City-Owned Gym Floor:
"71-year-old Arslan Guney had used a sharpie borrowed from Parks Department staff to draw a series of small squares around pre-existing "x"s on the court floor to better mark off a course for pickelball—a kind of oversized table tennis game similar to tennis or badminton."
MA Case Involving State Police Superintendent’s Son Shrouded in Secrecy:
Son of top MA State Police Colonel faces court hearing on gun charge:
So many unanswered questions in case of MA State Police Colonel’s son:
MA Police Officer Fights Student Over Ride Home In A Police Cruiser:
NYC School Calls Security On Woman Who Stopped To Watch Kids Playing During Recess:
https://reason.com/2022/05/11/kids-playing-at-recess-security-school-safety/
NYPD cops broke 61-year-old woman's elbow and threw her to the ground for trying to film them in police station:
Off-duty NYPD cop murders wife’s suspected lover before killing himself:
Second-highest-ranking NYPD official involved in cheating scandal 30 years ago:
Vicky White had been voted "employee of the year" five times – including this year:
https://www.newsweek.com/vicky-white-prison-employee-award-1705307
https://nypost.com/2022/05/11/vicky-white-was-set-to-accept-employee-of-the-year-award/
Oklahoma police chief arrested for selling methamphetamine:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oklahoma-police-chief-arrested-accused-154917466.html
Philadelphia Cop Accused Of Shoplifting From 7-Eleven While In Uniform:
Veteran Chicago cop accused of sexual abuse by his 10-year-old daughter is only charged with domestic battery:
School Cop Indicted for Producing Child Pornography:
Retired sheriff’s deputy arrested for crashing weddings and stealing newlyweds’ gifts:
https://news.yahoo.com/ex-sheriff-deputy-accused-crashing-144657439.html
Duluth police use armored vehicle on empty house during 6 hour standoff:
Corrections commissioner indicted after drunken armed standoff with cops four months later:
County Commissioner who hit a tree while drunk not given field sobriety test:
Alabama and Virginia to end ticket quotas:
https://landline.media/two-states-act-to-end-ticket-quotas-other-states-in-pursuit/
Red-light camera kickback scheme tied to the mob:
Can Forensic Science Be Trusted?
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/06/how-reliable-is-forensic-science/629632/
Forensic algorithms: The future of technology in our legal system
Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, and the Courts:
Walgreens Reaches 'Historic' $680M Settlement With FL In Opioid Case
Privacy
FBI Whistleblower Leaks Document Showing Bureau Targeting ‘News Media’
When the Government Plays God: The Slippery Slope from Abortions to Executions:
How a Digital Abortion Footprint Could Lead to Criminal Charges—And What Congress Can Do About It:
Yes, Phones Can Reveal if Someone Gets an Abortion:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/yes-phones-can-reveal-if-someone-gets-an-abortion/
Biden administration eyes new ways to bar China from scooping up U.S. data:
Email Addresses Are Collected Before Consumers Submit Web Forms:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity22/presentation/senol
SEC's crypto cops get ready for an uneven war:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/06/the-sec-gets-seed-funding/
Nvidia to pay $5.5M fine for hiding crypto profits from the SEC:
Social media’s legal foundation just crumbled in Texas. Here’s what’s next:
https://www.protocol.com/policy/texas-viewpoints-whats-next
GOP State Legislators Allegedly Want to Limit Censoring Powers of Social Media Groups:
https://thehill.com/news/state-watch/3483880-gop-state-legislators-move-to-police-social-media/
Twitter’s New Privacy Policy Is a Video Game That Sucks:
https://gizmodo.com/twitter-privacy-policy-video-game-data-dash-1848912387
AI bias can arise from annotation instructions:
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/08/perceptron-ai-bias-can-arise-from-annotation-instructions/
Bias in compliance: How to identify and address it
https://venturebeat.com/2022/05/11/bias-in-compliance-how-to-identify-and-address-it/
Senate confirms Bedoya, giving Democrats FTC control:
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-ends-debate-ftc-nominee-bedoya-with-help-vp-2022-05-11/
The Digital Privacy Technologies Act passes House of Representatives:
Here's How Much Pornhub Knows About You:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzmmpa/pornhub-xhamster-data-about-you
Massive WordPress hack:
Palantir profit miss, downbeat revenue forecast send shares tumbling:
Illinois Gastroenterology Group Data Breach affected 227K people:
https://www.illinoisgastro.com/articles/notice-of-security-incident
Optima Dermatology Holdings data breach affected 89K people:
https://optimadermatology.com/optima-press-release
Refuah Health Center data breach:
Southern Ohio Medical Center data breach:
https://www.somc.org/content/uploads/2022/04/SOMC-Web-Notice.pdf
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic data breach:
http://okcic.com/notice-of-data-incident/
EvergreenHealth data breach:
https://www.evergreenhealth.com/about-us/notice-of-eye-care-leaders-data-security-incident/
New Bill Threatens Jail Time for Supplement Companies:
Vehicles Equipped With Active Driving Assistance Tech Crashed Into Cyclists:
https://newsroom.aaa.com/2022/05/consumer-skepticism-toward-active-driving-features-justified/
State & Local News
VT- Civil forfeiture bill reduced to a study by Senate committee:
NH- State Police ordered to reveal personnel records of trooper Haden Wilber:
NH- Retired NH trooper charged with DWI after crashing into utility pole:
NH- Report released on probe into Canaan police traffic stop that left woman injured:
"A taxpayer-funded investigation into a former Canaan police officer, with findings kept secret for years and requiring a right-to-know lawsuit to access. Crystal Wright claimed that officer Samuel Provenza, now a state trooper, assaulted her when he pulled over her SUV for following a school bus in 2017."
NH- Court Finds Nashua City Government Violated Right-To-Know Law
https://patch.com/new-hampshire/nashua/court-finds-nashua-city-government-violated-right-know-law
NH- Supreme Court: Defamatory retweets protected under federal Section 230 law:
https://sports.yahoo.com/nh-supreme-court-defamatory-retweets-080700347.html
MA- Boston City Council resolution urges state to reform civil forfeiture laws:
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/04/boston-civil-forfeiture-resolution
MA- Somerville police (asset forfeiture) reforms clear Senate, heads to House:
"A law from 2004 allowing the Somerville police to seize property without charging that a crime had occurred and to designate sections of the city as prone to gang loitering moved closer to repeal on Monday."
https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/05/09/bhr-l-somerville-0510/
Lawmakers Call For Reforms To Civil Forfeiture in MA (2021)
https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/08/30/worcester-da-civil-forfeitures-reform-calls
MA- ACLU sues State Police, Dept. of Conservation over citations given to LGBT rights protestors in Lynn
MA- Wishful Thinking: What would reparations for anti-Black racism look like in Boston?
MA- Best place to be a cop, MA ranked number six:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-states-to-be-a-cop/34669
RI- Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to Put Limits on Warrantless Electronic Data Collection:
RI- Senate Committee Holds Hearing on Bill to End Police Qualified Immunity:
NY- Senate Committee Passes Bill to End Civil Asset Forfeiture:
NY- Redrawn Assembly districts approved for June primaries:
https://www.courthousenews.com/redrawn-ny-assembly-districts-approved-for-june-primaries/
NJ- Supreme Court to decide if DRE experts can determine if a person is on marijuana:
DC- Council to pull more police from schools:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/05/10/dc-council-budget-police/
MD- Bill that would outfit Baltimore firefighters with cameras and restrict entry into vacant properties is opposed by fire dept:
FL- First Amendment fight for press access takes center stage in Tallahassee Courthouse:
FL- Judge Strikes Down Part of 'Unconstitutional' Map Rigged by GOP Governor:
OH- State grants allow Mansfield police to purchase more Flock Safety license plate readers:
OH- City of Akron preparing to join expanding Flock Safety traffic surveillance network:
IL- City of Champaign to install 46 Flock Safety license plate readers:
IL- East Peoria police to install 15 Flock Safety license plate readers:
https://www.hoiabc.com/2022/02/24/new-license-plate-cameras-draw-privacy-concerns-peoria-town-hall/
IL- Appeals Court Rules Chicago Slapped Drivers With Illegally High Fines for Years:
IA- Appeals Court: Cops cannot search glove boxes without probable cause
https://www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/14427/embed/CourtAppealsOpinion
KS- Asset Forfeiture Reporting Obscures Facts and Undermines Transparency:
LA- Louisiana lawmakers take up bill to make abortion a homicide crime:
https://www.courthousenews.com/louisiana-lawmakers-take-up-bill-to-make-abortion-a-homicide-crime/
MO- Cape Girardeau to install more license plate readers:
https://www.semissourian.com/story/2947451.html
Cape Girardeau Police Department: Automated License Plate Readers - Atlas of Surveillance
TX- Williamson County police to install 25 Flock Safety license plate readers:
TX- AG denounces state bar’s impending lawsuit against him for using taxpayer's money to fund illegal immigration:
https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-ag-denounces-state-bars-impending-lawsuit-against-him/
TX- Appeals Court Reinstates Texas’ Unconstitutional Social Media Law:
TX- Supreme Court allows child abuse investigations into families of transgender teens to continue:
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/13/transgender-teens-child-abuse-texas/
TX- Judge who presides over drinking and driving cases, arrested for a DWI:
CA- Six Cities Target Loud Exhaust with Sound-Activated Camera Enforcement:
CA- Appeals Court 'reaffirms’ 2nd Amendment rights for young people:
https://www.courthousenews.com/ninth-circuit-reaffirms-2nd-amendment-rights-for-young-people/
WA- Junk Science Warning: Supreme Court Says Motorists Can Be Convicted of DUI based on how much THC is in their blood
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cannabis-dui-ruling.pdf
World News
Global Incarcerations Expanding at an ‘Alarming Rate’
https://www.penalreform.org/global-prison-trends-2022/
52 organizations call for ban mass facial recognition CCTV cameras:
Aratek launches all-in-one device management system for digital ID programs:
https://www.aratek.co/news/aratek-launches-all-in-one-device-management-system-dms-software
EU has spent over €340 million on border AI technology that new law fails to regulate:
EU Proposes It’s Own Version Of EARN IT: Effectively Mandates Full Surveillance Of All Messaging & No Encryption
2,987 Creators Oppose Bill That Would Expand Online Censorship:
Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news:
Google, Meta must find and remove online child pornography under EU draft rules:
Pro-Big Tech researchers claim GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/09/gdpr_europe_apps/
European Parliament Finally Condemns Organ Harvesting in China:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/B-9-2022-0252_EN.html
How to make sure the EU’s AI Act delivers on its promise:
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/how-to-make-sure-the-eu-ai-act-delivers-on-its-promise/
Checkout.com acquires ubble to create massive facial recognition customer ID program:
Belarus- The case of imprisoned law student Sofya Sapega:
Finland- Government considers creating digital ID program:
https://www.csc.fi/en/-/csc-statement-on-digital-identity
Estonia- Government to use SK ID to create digital ID program:
Sweden- Government considers creating digital ID program:
https://digitalswitzerland.com/building-a-swiss-digital-trust-ecosystem/
Belgium- Government Authorizes a New Biometric Database for Migrants:
France- Government creates a new biometric mass surveillance system for the Paris summer Olympics in 2024:
https://www.senat.fr/notice-rapport/2021/r21-627-notice.html
Italy- National Digital ID to Reward Citizens for ‘Virtuous Behavior’
UK- Government's Hikivision CCTV cameras are equipped with hidden microphones:
UK- The State of Facial Recognition 2022: A Review of Policy and Practice in UK Education
"Forcing children to use biometrics to prove their eligibility for the ‘Free School Meals’ program violates a legal restriction on obligatory biometric systems."
https://defenddigitalme.org/research/state-biometrics-2022/
UK- Government opts for slow reboot of Big Tech rules, pushes ahead on privacy ‘reforms’
https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/10/uk-queens-speech-big-tech-privacy-data-protection/
UK- Calling a man 'bald' is considered sexual harassment, tribunal rules:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/calling-man-bald-considered-sexual-26949858
China creates massive 260M facial recognition database:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.10149
China- Elon Musk sues industry analyst Xiang Ligang for alleged ‘internet infringement’
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202205/1265341.shtml
Hong Kong- Government's COVID-19 Tracking App Had Facial Recognition Built-In:
Hong Kong- Chinese Govt Finalizes Police State By Installing Man Who Led Crackdown On Protests As Its Leader:
Hong Kong- Police detain, release 90-year-old cardinal for supporting protesters:
https://www.catholicnews.com/hong-kong-police-detain-cardinal-90-for-his-support-for-protesters/
Hong Kong- Police file complaints to lawyer groups helping pro-democracy protesters pay legal fees:
Sri Lanka- Police ordered to use live ammunition on anti-government protesters:
https://www.dw.com/en/sri-lanka-extends-curfew-after-days-of-deadly-protests/a-61754674
https://mb.com.ph/2022/05/11/sri-lanka-orders-offensive-to-contain-riots/
Israel- Government Advances Use of Face-recognition Cameras in Public:
Israel- Al Jazeera Accuses Government of Killing Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh:
US Groups Demand Full Probe After Israeli Forces Kill Journalist:
Israel- Police officers charge mourners at Palestinian journalist's funeral:
UAE- Jumeriah hotels and resorts to use Incode facial recognition to ID guests:
https://www.yahoo.com/now/jumeirah-group-incode-technologies-announce-130000910.html
Kenya- Meta sued over poor working conditions:
https://news.yahoo.com/facebook-lawsuit-kenya-working-conditions-moderators-063453265.html
Nigeria- VerifyMe Nigeria Launches Instant Vehicle License Plate Reader Service:
Nigeria- VerifyMe Nigeria Launches First-Ever Digital ID Report:
https://verifymeng.medium.com/verifyme-launches-nigerias-first-ever-digital-id-report-3574f9a5671f
AU- Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner investigates surveillance by VicForests:
Canada- Government seeks dismissal of facial recognition privacy suit against federal police:
Canada- Privacy authorities sign collaboration agreement:
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2022/an_220510/
Argentina- Buenos Aires to Create Digital Identity Platform run by Thales:
Brazil- Chamber of Deputies approves fingerprint database for investigation purposes:
El Salvador- Woman 30 Years for Homicide For Miscarriage:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7wd9n/a-woman-just-got-30-years-for-homicide-after-losing-her-baby
