IRS
Lawsuit against “illegal” IRS surveillance dragnet is allowed to proceed
The IRS wasn’t able to quash to the lawsuit.
Members
Facebook censors claims IRS posted job requiring “deadly force”
Suppressed with a “fact check.”
Digital ID companies thrived during the pandemic. Only now are their privacy claims being challenged.
One of the pandemic “winners” – a member of a large group of companies that appeared and grew exponentially to serve the needs of the government in its chosen way of handling the situation, as most of the economy was standing still – now appears to be in trouble. ID.me’s business is digital ide
Politicians want ID verification company ID.me to hand over records
Particularly on federal and state contracts.
White House, IRS, CDC, and many other US government websites sending data to Big Tech
Page views, locations, device details, and more are being tracked.
Members
The IRS will force facial recognition scans on users this summer
Users will have to submit private documents, their social security number, credit history, and even a facial scan to a third party to get their information online.
US Treasury bypasses Fourth Amendment by buying app data
Scooping up data from private companies.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defends Biden administration’s plan to surveil Americans’ bank accounts
Yellen doesn’t seem to see a privacy issue.
Nebraska says it will refuse to comply with Biden admin’s proposed surveillance of citizens’ bank accounts
Pushing back against the extreme surveillance.