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Major Data Brokers Tried to Hide Their Opt-Out Pages From Search Engines

PC Mag: “Four data brokers have made their opt-out pages easier for internet users to find after a US senator’s investigation found the pages had been hidden from search engines.  Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) made the announcement on Friday after she pressured data brokers to make changes. “Hiding or burying opt-out options for data collection” …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Digital Rights, Financial System, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy, Search Engines

SCOTUS expanded USPS immunity from lawsuits over lost or misdelivered mail

The case is United States Postal Service v. Konan, U.S., No. 24-351, decided on 2/24/26. This Will Hold – “Yes, SCOTUS expanded USPS immunity from lawsuits over lost or misdelivered mail even if the nondelivery is alleged to be INTENTIONAL. Now layer that ruling with USPS’s updated postmark procedures. Ballots are not necessarily postmarked the …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Lawyer Uses Claude Skills, Legal World Loses It

Artificial Lawyer – February 27, 2026, lawyer Zack Shapiro published an article on X titled: ‘The Claude-Native Law Firm’ [also available on LinkeIn here] It has been viewed over 7 million times and primarily covers the fact that at his small US firm he used the ‘Skills’ facility in Anthropic’s Claude. The reaction was incredible. …

Subjects: AI, E-Records, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 28, 2026 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Government, E-Records, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Epstein emails over the course of 19 years

Follow up to AI-Powered Epstein Files Research Databases and Data Explorers – See also Epstein emails Published on 2025-11-23 via Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) Type: Leak, Limited Distribution Download Size: 2.50 GB Download: Link Download 2: Link External Collaboration Link: Link “Approximately 20,900 unredacted emails and file attachments sent and received by Jeffrey Epstein …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Mail, E-Records, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Terrorism Research Center Study Introduces New Data Dashboard on Bias Murder in US

Terrorism Research Center: “Faculty members from the Department of Sociology & Criminology, Kayla Allison and Jeff Gruenewald recently published an article titled “An Open-Source Data Approach to Studying Bias Murder: An Introduction to the Bias Homicide Database (BHDB)” in the journal of >Homicide Studies. Housed in the University of Arkansas’ Terrorism Research Center (TRC), the BHDB provides students, researchers, and other …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Government Documents, Legal Research

Don’t Build Your House on Rented Land: Why Writers Should Avoid Platform Dependency and How They Can Do So

Via LLRX – Don’t Build Your House on Rented Land: Why Writers Should Avoid Platform Dependency and How They Can Do So – Over the past several years, platforms such as Substack have become increasingly attractive to writers seeking to establish themselves as an independent voice. The appeal is obvious. They are easy to use and …

Subjects: Censorship, Knowledge Management

The Government Just Made it Harder to See What Spy Tech it Buys

404 Media: “It might look like something from the early days of the internet, with its aggressively grey color scheme and rectangles nested inside rectangles, but FPDS.gov is one of the most important resources for keeping tabs on what powerful spying tools U.S. government agencies are buying. It includes everything from phone hacking technology, to …

Subjects: AI, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

“If You’re Very Clever, No One Knows You’ve Used It”

“If You’re Very Clever, No One Knows You’ve Used It”: The Social Dynamics of Developing Generative AI Literacy in the Workplace Generative AI (GenAI) tools are rapidly transforming knowledge work, making AI literacy a critical priority for organizations. However, research on AI literacy lacks empirical insight into how knowledge workers’ beliefs around GenAI literacy are …

Subjects: AI, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture

The New York Times: “Birds in the United States are not only declining, but they are declining faster, especially in areas with intensive agriculture, according to new research. Overall drops in bird population, measured from 1987 to 2021, were sharpest in warm and warming areas, suggesting that climate change may play a role. The study, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

ICE Moves Dozens of Vehicles From Exposed Baltimore Garage Ahead of Protes

Project Salt Box: “Immigration and Customs Enforcement vehicles staged at a Baltimore parking garage quietly relocated to at least two other downtown locations Wednesday, hours before a protest organized to draw attention to the staging site was set to begin. Beginning around 3:00 P.M. and continuing at least until 8:30 P.M., eyewitnesses reported to Project …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Legal Research, Transportation