#FBI Has Collected #DNA Profiles for 21 Million People
#China and the #US are collecting the the same proportion of their populations’ DNA profiles, about 7%— and the FBI wants to double its budget to get even more. The FBI collected around 90,000 samples a month — “over 10 times the historical sample volume” — and expected that number to swell to about 120,000 a month. The staggering increases are raising questions among #civilliberties advocates.
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/29/fbi-dna-collection-surveillance/ #privacy #surveillance

Academic-year #Externships - Center for Democracy and Technology

College, law, and graduate #students with an interest in internet and technology policy, human rights, and/or civil liberties are invited to apply. Externships are unpaid and must be coordinated with the extern’s college or university for academic credit.
#humanrights #policy #civilliberties

https://cdt.org/job/academic-year-externships/

ISP's Should Not Police Online Speech: No Matter How Awful It Is

Special interests may seek pressure to expand censorship, to protect financial / influence interests

#ISP #censorship #freespeech #freeExpression #humanrights #civilliberties #rights #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/isps-should-not-police-online-speech-no-matter-how-awful-it

New Report From Pen America: Surge of Intrusive Legislation to #Intimidate #Teachers, Drive Self-Censorship in Schools. Proliferation of Nearly 400 “Educational Intimidation Bills” Nationwide; Missouri Leads, Followed by Texas and Oklahoma. #censorship #freespeech #libraries #education #CivilLiberties #legislation #LegalResearch https://pen.org/press-release/new-report-surge-of-intrusive-legislation-to-intimidate-teachers-drive-self-censorship-in-schools/ #bookbans #fascist

Today in Labor History August 21, 1831: Nat Turner launched a 2-day slave revolt in Virginia. They killed over 50 whites. In response, scores of African-Americans were lynched, including many who did not participate in the revolt. Turner survived in hiding for more than two months. Mobs & militias killed around 120 enslaved and free African Americans. In the aftermath, state legislatures passed new laws prohibiting education of free and enslaved black people and restricted the civil liberties for free blacks.

The rebellion is referenced in “Narrative of the Life of Henry Box Brown.” Thomas R. Gray wrote an 1831 pamphlet, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” based on his jailhouse interview with Turner. Harriet Beecher Stowe referenced Turner's Confessions in her 1855 novel “Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp.” Harriet Jacobs, an escaped slave, refers to the pogrom against blacks following Turner's rebellion in her 1861 classic, “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.” In the 1990s, Tupac Shakur honored Turner with a cross tattoo on his back "EXODUS 1831."

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #slavery #revolt #rebellion #uprising #NatTurner #CivilLiberties #books #novel #fiction #author #writer #Tupac #BlackMastadon @bookstadon

Will Potter on How the State and the Media Go After Radical Movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2MPVWHbhyw&ab_channel=GreenandRedPodcast

We’re in an unprecedented rollback of #CivilLiberties. States are passing laws to #OutlawProtests and #DirectAction, charging non-violent protesters with “#DomesticTerrorism” and #legalizing the #RunningOver of people blocking traffic. #StateSurveillance of activists has increased dramatically. Police budgets are getting astronomical increases to further militarize the state. In Atlanta, in the #StopCopCity campaign, police #assassinated a #ForestDefender, #Tortuguita, who had their hands up and then tried to claim self-defense.

To put this all in context, we talk with investigative journalist and author Will Potter (@will_potter). We discuss the #StopHuntington #AnimalCruelty campaign, the #EarthLiberationFront, the taming down of climate actions in the 2010s and how the police state ignored right wing terror groups in the same period.

We also discuss the role of the #FBI and the liberal #CorporateMedia in going after radical movements, how Cop City is shifting things and where popular culture fits into the story.

As the battle over #bookbans in #schools and #libraries continues to play out in various states across the U.S., the toll it’s taking on #librarians is coming at a great cost — personally and financially. Many librarians are speaking up about fearing for their jobs and safety. NPR’s Tovia Smith traveled to Louisiana where tensions have been flaring up — pitting librarians against book ban advocates in the local community. https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1193446007 #education #censorship #CivilLiberties

I must say whenever a link to a #paywall article covers civil liberties, #digitalRights, etc, it’s disturbing particularly when the link is shared outside of the walled garden it came from. What about the #civilLiberties of the people the link is shared with?

Earlier today I could not access another #Bloomberg article (“you must be a robot” it said to me, a human fucking being), and the article I was trying to reach was an article about #humanRights!

Doing an interview in a few hours about the horrors of #databrokers and why the #CADeleteAct is no necessary! What’s your favorite #databroker parade of horribles? Selling location info about planned parenthood visits? Home address of #abortion protestors? Grouping people in “#depression prone” or “freq. purchasers of pregnancy kits”? How about NDIO calling commercial data sets a threat to #privacy, #civilliberties and #NationalSecurity ? Sound off! #California #legislation #law

"Saints should always be guilty until proven innocent." ~ George Orwell
https://www.maginative.com/article/googles-policy-agenda-for-responsible-ai-deserves-consideration-and-critique
- Google made a white paper proposing regulation of AI development and creating AI policy, advocating for proactive management of AI progression
https://scienceblog.com/538941/why-doctors-using-chatgpt-are-unknowingly-violating-hipaa/
- Clinicians using ChatGPT in their workflow is a violation of HIPPA, whether or not they opt out of OpenAI use the data to train ChatGPT
#AI #policy #law #civilliberties #lawmaker #Google #health #ChatGPT #chatbot #privacy #doctors

UK companies are using civil injunctions to financially ruin climate protesters - no trial required.

#climatechange #RightToProtest #CivilLiberties #Monbiot

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/29/punishment-without-trial-britain-civil-injunctions-climate-activists

We're being courted (by the EU) right now so expect these issues to come up later.

"#MANILA, #Philippines — European Commission President #UrsulaVonDerLeyen’s apparent silence on #HumanRights and #CivilLiberties issues disappointed human rights organizations, who urged her to tie any future trade deals with the Philippines to concrete labor and human rights improvements." #Philippines #Europe

European Commission’s silence on rights issues disappoints rights groups
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/217175/european-commissions-silence-on-rights-issues-disappoints-rights-groups

Modi’s India is moving in an illiberal direction

His government has taken huge risks in riding the tiger of politicised religion.

#democracy #CivilLiberties #economy #business #unemployment #NarendraModi #BJP #modi #hindutva #HinduMobs #india

https://www.ft.com/content/bf591089-6e9d-4cf9-ac80-8c63e3b12f42

Only if we valued the #6A • #civilliberties
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/07/24/public-defender-budget-cuts

Today #FDA approved #Opill #norgestrel tablet for #nonprescription use to #prevent #pregnancy— the first #daily #OralContraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Approval of this progestin-only oral contraceptive pill provides an option for consumers to purchase oral contraceptive medicine without a prescription at #drugstores, #conveniencestores and #grocerystores, as well as #online. https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-nonprescription-daily-oral-contraceptive #WomensHealth #Healthcare #privacy #contraception #CivilLiberties

"The Law In England And Wales Allows Corporations And Government Bodies To Create Their Own System Of Punishment"

#England #Wales #Law #CivilInjunction #protest #civilliberties

Full Article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/29/punishment-without-trial-britain-civil-injunctions-climate-activists

#SCOTUS #LindaGreenhouse Look at What #JohnRoberts and His Court Have Wrought Over 18 Years https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/opinion/supreme-court-conservative-agenda.html #democracy #CivilLiberties #healthcare #WomensRights #Justice #Equality #RightWing #ConservativeJudges #SecondAmendent #education "The Supreme Court now is this country’s ultimate political prize. That may not be apparent on a day-to-day or even a term-by-term basis. But from the perspective of 18 years, that conclusion is as unavoidable as it is frightening."

FBI Pressures Local Law Enforcement To Keep Quiet About Cell Site Simulators (Non-disclosure Agreements)

ACLU Says This Makes It Harder For Defendants To Challenge Evidence / Receive Fair Trial

These devices pick up 10's of thousands of phones in area (maybe yet another reason they feel need to keep this secret from defense discovery)

#News #MassSurveillance #privacy #Justice #ACLU #civilliberties #4thAmendment #stingray #Law constitutionality

https://archive.ph/SpNLL

Apple - The Online Safety Bill poses a serious threat to this protection, and could put UK citizens at greater risk.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66028773 #E2E #Encryption #Privacy #CivilLiberties

#Librarians #train to #defend #IntellectualFreedom and #fight #BookBans at #chicago conference - AP - https://scnow.com/news/librarians-train-to-defend-intellectual-freedom-and-fight-book-bans-at-chicago-conference/article_47ceb142-c859-576f-87d3-075cb78c76dd.html #CivilLiberties #education #censorship #harassment