Big Brother

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Condemns NYPD Test Deployment of K-9 Robot in Bronx Home

NYPD's "DigiDog" robotic K-9 unit, manufactured by Boston Dynamics, can climb stairs and run at a speed of three-and-a-half miles per hour. (Photo: FNTV/YouTube screen grab)

'We Need Answers': House Dems Demand Probe Into US Military Purchases of Location Data From Muslim-Focused Apps

Kenny Stancil, staff writer

"We cannot pick and choose who the Constitution applies to," said Rep. Rashida Tlaib. "Our government cannot continue to violate the privacy of Americans."

40+ Rights Groups Urge Biden to Halt Federal Use of 'Dangerous' Facial Recognition Technology

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

A display shows a facial recognition system for law enforcement during a conference in Washington, D.C. on November 1, 2017. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

"Facial recognition technology is a threat to civil rights and civil liberties...

Warnings of Growing 'Surveillance Empire' as AI Van Cameras Give Amazon 'Roaming Eyes in Every Neighborhood'

Brett Wilkins, staff writer

Amazon Prime delivery van parked outside apartment building, Forest Hills, Queens, NY. (Photo: Lindsey Nicholson Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"Amazon will have the perfect panopticon in place to sweep up unprecedented...

Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency's Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data

Press Freedom and Human Rights Advocates Lament Trump's Denial of Pardons for Assange and Snowden

Digital Watchdog Says Facebook Behind 'Intentional Decrease' in Traffic to Pro-Palestinian Pages

A Threat to 'Both Society and Consumers': New Campaign Urges Reviewers to Stop Recommending Amazon Doorbell Cameras

Director of National Intelligence Admits Government Used Section 215 to Track Browsing History

Google Illegally Surveilled, Interrogated, and Fired Workers Who Tried to Organize, NLRB Says

Amnesty International Reveals Extent of Facebook, YouTube Complicity in Vietnamese State Repression

Watchdog Fights Back as Facebook Attempts to Shut Down Research Exposing 'Political Disinformation' in Ad Practices

National Guard Spy Plane Monitored Racial Justice Protest in Sleepy Sacramento Suburb Where Commander Lives: Report

San Francisco Activists Sue City Over 'Illegal Dragnet Surveillance' of George Floyd, BLM Protests

Two Dozen Progress Groups to Congress: No Secret Spy Provisions in Must-Pass Legislation

Former NSA Chief Keith Alexander—Who Lied About Mass Surveillance—Joins Amazon's Board

Further

Trolling the NSA

Privacy advocates kicked off a new anti-surveillance campaign in style by floating an airship reading "Illegal Spying Below" - complete with helpful arrow - over the NSA's massive data center in Utah. Dubbed "the maiden patrol of the first anti-surveillance activist air force," the flight marked the launch of Stand Against Spying , a project by Electronic Frontier Foundation, Greenpeace, the Tenth Amendment Center and 20 more groups that seeks to outlaw mass surveilance, reform the FISA court,...