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Ottawa Police announce digital surveillance of Freedom Convoy protesters, supporters, and donors
Partnering with federal agencies.
Capitol Police’s social media surveillance raises civil liberties concerns
Members of Congress don’t even know it’s happening.
CBP reviews secret division that kept databases on journalists and politicians
The division has been criticized.
Trucking Alliance warns of looming “disaster” if vaccine passports are introduced
The proposals would not only be an attack on civil liberties, it would cause further disruption to supply chains.
Federal judge orders US CBP to release documents related to attempts to unmask anonymous Trump critic
The release follows an almost four year long legal battle with CBP.
“The Fourth Amendment is Not For Sale” – bill gets renewed attention amidst telecoms privacy concerns
Privacy activists have raised questions about law enforcement agencies’ increased use of commercial phone data and a couple of lawmakers have drafted legislation to address these concerns. While commercial phone data can aid in investigations, it is obtained in an unregulated way and the govern
House Democrat introduces bill to force citizens to show vaccine passport to board all flights
Both international and domestic.
2 million records from US “terror” and “no-fly list” exposed online
It’s not yet known if foreign intelligence agencies accessed the data.
DHS considers using January 6 to justify mass social media surveillance of citizens
A further civil rights challenge, outsourced to private companies.
UK government to use Plymouth shooting to push for online “incitement and extremism” legislation
Another proposal to regulate and surveil the internet.
DHS to scan social media posts looking for “domestic terrorists” after Capitol breach
Civil rights groups already see the threat to free speech.