Topic: DHS
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays a significant role in surveillance and censorship efforts, often prioritizing security over individual privacy rights. Its initiatives, such as biometric tracking and data-sharing agreements, raise serious concerns about government overreach and the erosion of free speech. The actions of DHS highlight the ongoing struggle against mass surveillance and the need to protect civil liberties.
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Dressen v. Flaherty: Vaccine Censorship Case Goes to Appeal
The support group was a safe room online, so Washington leaned on the platforms until the door shut.
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Man Sues DHS After Agents Tracked Him Over ICE Email
FIRE sues DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin as ICE agents track down David Streever over a critical email to ICE.
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How to Fly Without Feeding the Surveillance Machine
The gap between “mandatory for travel” and “harvested because nobody stopped it” is bigger than any airline wants you to…
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The US Government Built a Tracking Bazaar and Adversaries Went Shopping
The government spent years defending a market that sells anyone’s location to anyone with money and the bill just came…
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The US Government Wants Agents Wearing Face Scanners
The government is building glasses that turn a glance into a federal database query and the deployment date is already…
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Anonymous Canadian Sues DHS to Stop Google From Revealing His Identity Over Critical Posts
The US government is using a 96-year-old customs fraud statute to hunt down a Canadian over tweets.
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US & EU Negotiate Biometric Data-Sharing Deal
A European whose fingerprints end up in a US enforcement database by mistake would have to fix it through American…
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The Government Wants to Scan Your Face. It’s Not Waiting for Permission.
The US DHS is building a surveillance system vast enough to identify anyone on any street and is doing so…
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New Hampshire Revives Speech Shield Bill as Congress Targets EU Censorship Pressure
State lawmakers are racing to harden speech protections as Congress warns that Europe is already rewriting the rules for what…
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TSA Proposes MyTSA PreCheck Digital ID, Integrating Biometrics and Federal Databases
TSA’s new digital ID plan transforms airport screening into a data exchange, where every shortcut comes with a deeper surrender…
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US Proposes Collecting DNA From Foreign Tourists
The plan would turn routine border screening into a genetic census, redefining what it means to cross a friendly border…
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The Next Surveillance Boom Is Taking Flight
The sky is becoming the newest jurisdiction, where algorithms write the rules faster than lawmakers can read them.