Illinois
Google provided mass surveillance data on Kenosha rioters
Google often hands over data of anyone in the vicinity on an event when feds ask for it.
Facebook refuses to let Illinois Police Chief Association boost hero cop, says it’s “political”
Facebook wouldn’t budge.
Teacher who criticized BLM and riots on Facebook sues school district after being fired
The teacher is suing on First Amendment violation grounds.
Members
Kyle Rittenhouse lawyer Lin Wood threatens to sue Twitter over censorship
“I’m going to take Jack Dorsey’s ass down.”
Granite City School District fires assistant coach without hearing over Black Lives Matter Facebook comments
Another case of people getting fired for their opinion.
20 State Attorneys General call on Facebook to censor more
Don’t expect Facebook censorship to slow down.
Illinois high school teacher fired for Facebook post rejecting idea of “white privilege”
Another person loses their job for expressing an opinion on social media.
Facebook agrees to pay revised $650M to settle face tracking lawsuit
Facebook used users photos without permission.
Vimeo sued for allegedly building biometric database of faces
The lawsuit against Vimeo has been filed by Bradley Acaley from Illinois who claims that this kind of biometric data collection and building face prints of users is without permission
Lobbyists for Google and Amazon smacked down a bill that would have stopped devices spying on you
US citizens just lost yet another piece of its right to privacy, once again in favor of the big corporations.