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Creepy Reality Behind the License Plate Cameras in Your Town

PCMag – “Those cameras you keep seeing? They’re run by Flock Safety, a private company that tracks more than just your car’s plates. Did you know that all those cameras you see on street corners in your neighborhood aren’t owned (and in some cases, aren’t monitored) by your local government or police department? Instead, the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Records, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Mark Zuckerberg sued for copyright infringement by Elsevier, book publishers

ChatGPTis EatingtheWorld: “Total U.S. copyright suits v. AI companies hit 105. Elsevier and other book publishers, along with Scott Turow, have filed today a copyright suit against Mark Zuckerberg as well as Meta. The suit was filed in the Southern District of New York. The publishers allege copyright infringement in torrenting of datasets from shadow …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Courts, E-Records, Legal Research, Libraries, Search Engines, Social Media

DOJ Has Become Trump’s Personal Revenge Machine

Notice News: “Two new data points on the weaponization of federal law enforcement. First, the Justice Department is seeking the names of 2020 election workers in Georgia’s Fulton County (Huffington Post News) — a transparent attempt to build harassment or prosecution lists targeting people who administered the election Trump lost. Second, the U.S. attorney’s office …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

SEC proposed eliminating quarterly reporting requirement for public companies

Wall Street Journal via MSN: “Instead of three quarterly reports and one annual report for each fiscal year, companies would be able to choose to file one semiannual report and one annual report. The purpose? To let companies choose the reporting frequency that is best for them and their investors, the SEC said. Some investors …

Subjects: E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Securities Law

Celebrating America’s 250th on Google Arts & Culture

Google Blog: “As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we are announcing a unique collaboration between the White House Task Force 250, the National Archives, the National Park Service and Google Arts & Culture. This milestone is a moment to reflect on the stories that define America’s unique history and the shared …

Subjects: Education, Internet, Knowledge Management

DOGE Affiliate Is Now in Charge of the US Government’s ID Platform

Wired [no paywall]: “Greg Hogan, an affiliate of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), will serve as acting assistant commissioner of the Technology Transformation Services (TTS), a unit within the General Services Administration (GSA). There, he will oversee Login.gov, the government’s secure login and identity service. Gregory Barbaccia, the federal chief information officer and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, ID Theft, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Government Accountability Office to investigate DOJ handling of Epstein files

Politico: “The Government Accountability Office has launched an investigation into the Justice Department’s handling of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Tuesday, including the decisions the made in “reviewing, redacting, and releasing the Epstein files.” The investigation comes after a group of lawmakers sent a letter to the …

Subjects: Congress, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Japan began deploying ultra-low-cost expendable cardboard drones across its military

Follow up to LLRX article – One‑way attack drones: Low‑cost, high‑tech weapons ‘democratize’ precision warfare – See also Tom’s Hardware: “Japan is deploying ultra-cheap cardboard drones built for swarm warfare and expendable combat missions. Japan’s Minister of Defense, Shinjirō Koizumi, said in a post on X on Monday that the country had begun using expendable …

Subjects: Defense

Clean Power Annual Market Report 2025

ACP’s flagship market report reveals how utility-scale clean energy is powering economic growth, creating jobs, and meeting the nation’s surging electricity demand through record investment, deployment, and new manufacturing facilities. In 2025, the clean power sector invested $79 billion in new projects, supported more than 1.4 million jobs, and accounted for over 90% of all …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law