
Best Buy’s Geek Squad tech support service has been accused of having a “close relationship” with the FBI, allegedly taking money in return for information and evidence of customers’ criminal activity, according to a report.
by Charlie Nash7 Mar 2018, 9:36 AM PDT0

Silicon Valley companies are “on edge,” as lawmakers attempt to hold them responsible for online sex trafficking on their platforms, according to The LA Times.
by Charlie Nash1 Sep 2017, 11:24 AM PDT0

From establishment conservatives to the the EFF, everyone is now aware of Silicon Valley’s terrifying control over speech. Is it too late?
by Allum Bokhari19 Aug 2017, 9:11 AM PDT0

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the largest digital rights organizations, has issued a warning to tech companies about censoring neo-Nazis, claiming the same tools will eventually be used against everyone else.
by Charlie Nash18 Aug 2017, 11:33 AM PDT0

Amazon is mobilizing a July 12 collective “Day of Action” for tech corporations and social justice warriors to unite in rebelling against the FCC’s efforts to overturn Net Neutrality. The 12th falls on the 96th anniversary of Lenin’s call to deploy Russian communists to start civil wars around the world.
by Chriss W. Street8 Jun 2017, 3:03 PM PDT0

A new report finds that, under the guise of “personalized learning,” school-issued computer devices — now distributed to one-third of K-12 students in schools across the United States — are serving to collect and store an unprecedented amount of personal data on children without their parents’ notice or consent.
by Dr. Susan Berry17 Apr 2017, 9:52 PM PDT0

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has finalized a measure that asks foreign travelers to provide their social media accounts upon entering the country.
by Katherine Rodriguez24 Dec 2016, 12:37 PM PDT0

A nonprofit organization called The Internet Archive has prevailed in a long battle to resist the FBI’s demand for information about one of its users, subjecting the Bureau’s “National Security Letters” to an unprecedented level of scrutiny.
by John Hayward7 Dec 2016, 2:22 PM PDT0

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed an official complaint with the Federal Trade Commission accusing Google of collecting personal information about children.
by Nate Church2 Dec 2015, 10:45 AM PDT0

(Ferenstein Wire)—The technology industry is scrambling to understand how it will continue business in Europe, after the continent’s high court struck down a privacy agreement that protected U.S.-based companies operating abroad, known as Safe Harbor.
by Greg Ferenstein7 Oct 2015, 11:01 PM PDT0

The left-leaning ‘Electronic Frontier Foundation’ (EFF) came out with “guns-a-blazin’” Wednesday morning at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in an open letter: “Dear FCC: Rethink The Vague “General Conduct” Rule.”
by Chriss W. Street26 Feb 2015, 7:08 AM PDT0