The recent decisions by two of the most influential national newspapers of record to not publish their endorsements of Vice President Kamala Harris says a lot about how seriously they take Trump’s threats to democracy and his promises of vengeance against his enemies.
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Hacktivists Are Helping Fight Terrorism. So Why Do So Many of Them Face Jailtime?
America's aggressive sentencing against computer crimes is unmatched by any nation, despite the U.S.'s long and storied history of celebrating peaceful civil disobedience.
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Activists and Legislators On Capitol Hill Discuss "Killswitch: The Battle To Control the Internet"
Will this film be a cautionary tale of what happens when you dare to take on elite power structures – or will it be the spark that ignites a revolution that will redefine democracy in the digital age?
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What Barrett Brown’s Five-Year Sentence Means for Journalists – And Those Who Hack
Barrett Brown was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison for hacking Stratfor. But he's not a hacker - he's a journalist.
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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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Snowden Docs Reveal U.S. and U.K. Covert Surveillance, Pressure On WikiLeaks and Supporters
One classified document from the U.S. intelligence community recounts how the Obama administration urged foreign allies to file criminal charges against Julian Assange over the WikiLeaks publication of the Afghanistan war logs.
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Video: Are Computer Laws Too Tough On "Hacktivists"?
“So you get 25 years in prison for forcibly entering your way into a computer, but one year in prison for forcibly entering your way into a female?” said Deric Lostutter, who exposed the rape of a girl in Steubenville, Ohio, and is now facing criminal charges.
