Tag Archives: American Civil Liberties Union
Dozens of law enforcement agencies are helping ICE track cars
More than 9,200 Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees have access to a license plate database that allows authorities to track the movement of vehicles over time. The American Civil Liberties Union says more than 80 law enforcement agencies a...
You may be jailed for telling someone to ‘die in a fire’
Senate agrees to let carriers use your data however they want
The US Senate on Thursday voted in a resolution that will effectively eliminate the consumer privacy rules that the Federal Communications Commission enacted back in October. These rules had required service providers like Verizon and AT&T to obt...
Julian Assange: I’ll turn myself in if Chelsea Manning walks
America's most wanted hackers apparently think they've got some leverage over the US government. The ACLU last week began petitioning the Obama administration for a full pardon for Edward Snowden and, on Thursday, Julian Assange announced that he wou...
Hollywood is Gender Bias in Hiring Women Directors Claims ACLU
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is terribly disappointed the way Hollywood has treated its women professionals in recent years. The organization has blamed Hollywood for being “gender bias...
Edward Snowden Can be in United States via A Robot
In March, the world’s most famous whistleblower Edward Snowden chatted with a Ted audience in Vancouver using a $16,000 Beam — a telepresence robot that is essentially a screen on a stick on wheels...
NSA leaker Snowden says has no regrets for leaks
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says he has no regrets about revealing the agency's mass surveillance program. Snowden spoke Monday via live video conference to a...
NY judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal
NY judge concludes NSA phone surveillance is legal, rejecting ACLU effort to halt program NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Friday found that the National Security Agency's bulk...
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Coalition Demands End of NSA Spying
Now the backlash begins against the government sanctioned spying on all of us. The Electronic Frontier Foundation announces that a bipartisan coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and...
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