Part of the myth of Ring is that this is MY camera on MY door--but when you see a map and realize that there are a hundred in your neighborhood and they're all connected by a corporation that serves the police, the illusion dissolves.
This is a common refrain in tech policy spaces and specifically with stories about surveillance. But it just conveys cynicism at the expense of putting forward a productive vision of how to make people’s lives better. We can do much better.
surprising amount of chilling of dissent in this new era of tech companies and the government collaborating to stand up for free speech etc
The social media companies must do more to stand up to these demands, many of which are illegal. This week @eff.org and @aclu-norcal.bsky.social sent the companies a letter explaining what they should do to protect people’s privacy and free speech. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
The federal government is abusing its power by targeting people who speak out against Trump administration policies online.
Alongside @eff.org we're calling on tech companies to resist DHS's lawless demands to turn over user data without a court order.
Proud to be part of the ACLU team opposing DHS attempts to harass and intimidate people exercising their First Amendment rights.
The Department of Homeland Security is issuing lawless subpoenas for online user data. Tech companies need to do more to fight back. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Google promises to give users notice before turning their data over to law enforcement. This gives users an opportunity to challenge unlawful requests.
Sometimes, it breaks that promise to avoid delays.
California must revoke permits allowing federal agencies such as CBP and the DEA to put automated license plate readers along border highways, a coalition of 38 groups led by EFF and the Imperial Valley Equity & Justice Coalition demanded today of @governor.ca.gov and the CA Dept of Transportation.
Once again, DHS withdraws an illegal and unconstitutional subpoena after the ACLU challenges it in court. This is the third time in about as many months.
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
Just spitballing here, but maybe we should celebrate all this beautiful stuff and have a better country?
Bad Bunny is the best and we are going to win
Kind of amazed she had it turned on? I only turn it on when I'm crossing borders or am visiting a country controlled by a repressive regime ahhh shit
74% of Democrats support abolishing ICE, with 53% *strongly* supporting it, according to YouGov polling from last month.
Weak calls for "reform" are coming from *elected* Democrats like Chuck, not the average Democratic voter.
This needs to be at the top of every story about the ICE body-cam thing. They already have body cameras.
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
DHS is waging a bi-coastal assault on the free speech rights of people speaking truth about power. Last fall, in a separate case, the agency unsuccessfully sought the identity of our client who discusses ICE activity on Instagram. www.aclunorcal.org/press-releas...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans who criticize it with unfounded investigations fueled by judicially-unsupervised administrative subpoenas.
This article tells the story of our client who was so targeted.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
“Unconscionable,” Jon thought as he found an email address online for the lead prosecutor, Joseph Dernbach, who was named in the story. Peering through metal-rimmed glasses, Jon opened Gmail on his computer monitor. “Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,” he wrote. “Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.” That was it. In five minutes, Jon said, he finished the note, signed his first and last name, pressed send and hoped his plea would make a difference. Five hours and one minute later, Jon was watching TV with his wife when an email popped up in his inbox. He noticed it on his phone. “Google,” the message read, “has received legal process from a Law Enforcement authority compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.”
A retiree wrote this email to a DHS attorney. Within five hours, DHS demanded Google turn over records for his account.
A Kafkaesque form of domestic surveillance, intimidating Americans for lawful speech.
New from us at the Post: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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This rules so hard. In law school I remember people who wanted to be federal prosecutors spending three years doing everything they could to be maybe, possibly be competitive for an AUSA job someday. Now you just need to hop on X the everything app and DM a guy named Chad.
An image taken from a car's dash camera: three men wearing mismatched military-style clothes point handguns at the driver. All three men have their faces covered. One is holding his weapon one-handed and sideways. They appear to have exited a red SUV with no government markings.
There's absolutely no reason for the average person to believe these are agents of the state and not just three dudes with an Amazon account.
wake up babe new perverse incentive just dropped
Think about it like this. This ICE agent was on camera and unmasked — fulfilling one of three "demands" Democratic leader Chuck Schumer just issued in order to agree to save Republicans and give DHS even more money.
And he was still threatening to kill someone.
This is the restoration of free expression that Zuckerberg promised when Trump retook office last year.
I'm going to print this image out and hang it on my wall because the idea that this exists should fill everyone with absolute boiling fucking rage every day.
