Privacy
Facebook employees were caught spying on users
Using the treasure trove of data to spy on unsuspecting users.
Irish Ice Hockey star Niall McEvoy quits in objection to COVID passports
Quits after 13 years.
UK: 80% of nightclubs say they’ll reject draconian COVID passports
Businesses are pushing back.
ProtonVPN’s new macOS and iOS update helps bypass censorship
Useful for those in countries where the government are blocking certain websites.
The Freedom Phone promises to not censor you or spy on you
The phone is launching this year.
Toronto Mayor John Tory requests vaccine passport development
Another city that wants to encroach on civil liberties.
Hong Kong is moving towards sharing its digital ID system with China
A fresh blow for Hong Kong data sovereignty.
France takes to the streets to protest vaccine passports
Citizens are speaking out against the crushing of civil liberties.
Twitter experiences increase in global government demands for censorship and data on users
Governments want to silence users and collect private data.
UK: Young people are ditching COVID surveillance app in large numbers
People are turning their back on the controversial tool.
Democrat groups plan “fact checking” text messages
The next strategy.