The US Supreme Court handed down a unanimous ruling today that requires police to get a warrant before they can search the contents of an arrestee’s cell phone. The case, Riley v. California, stemmed...
Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones as they’re more commonly known, have been patrolling U.S. borders for years. But their potential use by local law enforcement has raised questions about the trade-off between cost-effective...
The US House of Representatives passed the so-called USA Freedom Act on Thursday, a bi-partisan bill designed to reign in the National Security Agency’s practice of suspicionless surveillance and bulk collection of US phone...
Legislative changes to a telecommunications reform package have sparked protests on and offline in Mexico. Critics are concerned the law will allow the government to stifle free speech online in a country where much...
New telecommunications regulations in Mexico have met opposition online and in the streets. The reform was originally presented as a way to break up telecom monopolies, but critics say it is being used to...
Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee voted this afternoon to declassify parts of a report on CIA interrogation techniques. Even before the vote, the CIA torture report made headlines after revelations that the agency...
Civil liberties advocates around the world have dubbed Tuesday, February 11th, “The Day We Fight Back,” and are staging protests online and in the streets against mass surveillance by the government and corporations. More...
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