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Police State
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It’s Not Just the NSA – The IRS Is Reading Your Emails Too
Email content is easily accessible to many civil and law enforcement agencies as soon as it is at least 180 days old.
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Beyond Ag-Gag: One North Carolina Law Is Bringing the War on Whistleblowers to A New Level
No longer just targeting animal rights activists, the Property Protection Act outlaws exposing abuse at elder care facilities, day cares and charter schools – revealing the power of ALEC-backed legislation at the state level.
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Corporate Capitalism Is the Foundation of Police Brutality and the Prison State
No discussion of race is possible without a discussion of capitalism and class – and until that happens, despite reforms to the criminal justice system, the state will continue to murder and imprison poor people of color with impunity.
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Leaked Documents Show FBI, DEA and U.S. Army Buying Italian Spyware
The controversial software from Hacking Team allows users to take remote control of suspects’ computers, recording their calls, emails, keystrokes and even activating their cameras.
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Computer Experts: U.S. and U.K. Demands for Encrypted Data Access "Unprincipled and Unworkable"
In a new report, international cryptographers and computer scientists say the proposals by American and British security agencies will open door to criminals and malicious nation states.
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$333K in Settlements for Six Pepper-Sprayed Occupy Protesters
More taxpayer money pays for NYPD misdeeds.
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Bay Area Police, FBI and Harris Corporation Secretly Collaborating On Stingray Surveillance
The multi-agency effort to acquire a controversial cellphone surveillance device would make it possible for Oakland and Fremont police to scoop up data from everyone in a given area – dragnet style.
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Conservatives Imperil U.K. Democracy In Quest to Kill Human Rights Act
The HRA protects the right to life, liberty, security, a fair trial, respect for private life and freedom of expression – it also bans torture, slavery and discrimination.
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Right-Wing Attackers Pose Bigger Danger Than "Jihadists" in U.S.
Right-wing attacks have killed almost twice as many Americans.
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All 50 U.S. States Fail To Meet Global Police Use of Force Standards, Amnesty Reports
No state complies with international standards on the lethal use of force by law enforcement officers – and 13 states fall beneath even lower legal standards enshrined in U.S. constitutional law.
