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EFF: “Can the cops get your online data? In short, yes. There are a variety of US federal and state laws which give law enforcement powers to obtain information that you provided to online services. But, there are steps you as a user and/or as a service provider can take to improve online privacy. Law …
“Project 2025 Tracker began as a humble spreadsheet created by /u/rusticgorilla, combined with /u/mollynaquafina‘s vision for making this information accessible to everyone through a dedicated website. What started as a passion project by two Redditors has grown into a community-driven resource, powered by people like you who believe in the importance of transparent, detailed analysis.” …
WHAT: Speak Up for Justice Forum, “Global Threats to the Justice System: A Warning to America.” A powerful, nonpartisan international forum where judges who’ve lived through authoritarian crackdowns will share urgent warnings about what happens when courts are attacked—and how it signals a broader collapse of democracy. Featuring rare remarks by U.S. Supreme Court Justice …
The New York Times no paywall – “Since the explosion of generative artificial intelligence over the last two years, the technology has demeaned or defamed opponents and, for the first time, officials and experts said, begun to have an impact on election results. Free and easy to use, A.I. tools have generated a flood of …
404 Media: “A new site, FuckLAPD.com, is using public records and facial recognition technology to allow anyone to identify police officers in Los Angeles they have a picture of. The tool, made by artist Kyle McDonald, is designed to help people identify cops who may otherwise try to conceal their identity, such as covering their …
CATO Institute: “New nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind. Also, among those with criminal convictions, they are overwhelmingly not the violent offenses that ICE continuously uses to justify its deportation agenda. ICE has shared this data with people …
Open Access. The crisis in American science. Sage Journals. History of Science. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6827-2892, Volume 63, Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1177/00732753251343655 Abstract – “The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unprecedented crisis. The authors in this roundtable take a close …
Inside Higher Education: “Within days of taking office, the Trump administration began purging federal demographic data—on a wide range of topics, including public health, education and climate—from government websites to comply with the president’s bans on “gender ideology” and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Over the past five months, more than 3,000 taxpayer-funded data sets—many …
The Atlantic [no paywall] – A leader who uses military force to suppress his political opposition ought to lose the right to govern. “Trump came into office promising to carry out a “mass deportation” of undocumented immigrants. Because of a degraded information environment riddled with right-wing propaganda, many Trump supporters came to think this meant …
“Artificial intelligence and defense are becoming increasingly intertwined, especially in the US. OpenAI this week announced a $200 million Pentagon contract as part of a project to bring “advanced AI tools to [US] public servants.” In December, the ChatGPT-maker said it was working with the military tech company Anduril, while rival Anthropic is collaborating with …
“Few modern presidents have waged a more visible or sustained campaign against the press than Donald Trump. From the launch of his political career, Trump has used social platforms — first Twitter, then Truth Social — to attack, belittle and discredit journalists, news outlets and the media as a whole. To better understand the scope …
Lit Hub: “Only one library book ban case has ever been decided by the U.S. Supreme Court: Board of Education, Island Trees Union Free School District No. 26 v. Pico (1982). In 1975, the Island Trees school board in Nassau County, New York removed nearly a dozen books from the high school and junior high …
