https://www.wired.com/story/senate-section-702-ecsr-provision/
A controversial bill reauthorizing the Section 702 spy program may force whole new categories of businesses to eavesdrop on the US government’s behalf, including on fellow Americans.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/surveillance-bill-congress-trump-crack-down-media-1235005167/
Congress appears ready to give the president — and future administrations — expansive new warrantless wiretapping capabilities.
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/menstruation-cycle-tracking-app-breached-users-privacy-b-c-class-action-lawsuit-alleges-1.6801109
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can move forward over alleged privacy breaches against a company that made an app to track users' menstrual and fertility cycles.
https://www.republic-sentinel.com/p/powerplay-fisa-sham-reform-bill-released
House national security hawks have, for now, outmaneuvered FISA reformers....but the fight is not over and the secret session is off for now
https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/copy-acquire-kill-how-meta-could-pull-off-the-most-extraordinary-pivot-in-tech-history/
Meta's Threads.net sure looks a lot like App.net. Is Meta due for a pivot? The legislation the company supports suggests yes.
https://privacy.thenexus.today/the-annotated-case-for-a-big-fedi/
As Johnny Rotten once said, "Two sides to every story"
https://erinkissane.com/untangling-threads
Back in the fall, I wrote a series of posts on a particularly horrific episode in Meta’s past. I hadn’t planned to revisit the topic immediately,
https://privacy.thenexus.today/embrace-extend-and-exploit/
What's Meta up to?
https://privacy.thenexus.today/embrace-extend-and-exploit/
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