ExposeFacts: A New Organization for Whistleblowing, Journalism and Democracy

The new group, led by Daniel Ellsberg, Barbara Ehrenreich, William Binney and others, will shed light on concealed activities relevant to human rights, corporate malfeasance, the environment, civil liberties and war.

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Twitter Has Quietly Learned To Censor And Ban Its Users When Governments Ask

Twitter has a reputation as an open platform for expressing one's opinions. Last week, it agreed to censor a pro-Ukrainian Twitter feed in Russia. It also blocked a "blasphemous" account in Pakistan. It's not the first time Twitter has censored politically sensitive accounts. Now, it seems, Twitter's reputation as a platform for free speech is at risk.

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House Committee Puts NSA on Notice Over Encryption Standards

A new amendment would remove the requirement that the National Institute of Standards and Technology consult with the NSA on encryption standards.

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Hacker-Informant "Sabu" Betrayed Anonymous – And Now Freed After "Extraordinary" FBI Cooperation

Anonymous condemned the court's decision, saying the FBI uses captured informants to "pacify online dissent and snuff out journalistic investigations into the U.S. government’s misconduct.”

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A Hyper-Spying Empire: How the U.S. Institutionalized Surveillance

The NSA's surveillance leviathan, funded by a black budget and presided over by a star-chamber court, suctions up inconceivable amounts of material from around the world.

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Pentagon Report: Scope of Intelligence Compromised by Snowden is "Staggering"

A classified assessment describes the impact of the leaks as 'grave.'

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Reset The Net: We’re Not Asking For Online Privacy – We’re Taking It Back

A broad-based coalition of online freedom organizations, Internet companies and advocacy groups have issued a call to "Reset the Net" on June 5, the anniversary of the Snowden leaks.

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Secrets, Lies and Snowden's Email: Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit

For the first time, the founder of an encrypted email startup that was supposed to insure privacy for all reveals how the FBI and the U.S. legal system made sure we don't have the right to much privacy in the first place.

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Cecily McMillan’s "Law Of Love" Suffers U.S. Injustice

The judge may have intended to send a message to those who dissent – and instead may have created a powerful messenger of dissent.

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The NSA Is Recording Every Cell Phone Call in the Bahamas

The National Security Agency is secretly intercepting, recording, and archiving the audio of virtually every cell phone conversation on the island nation of the Bahamas.

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