Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For(techdirt.com)

887 points by g0xA52A2A 3 years ago | 296 comments

Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick criticizing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal as DRM for the web and a betrayal of its open-web values.

FBI director admits they rarely have probable cause for using NSA collections(techdirt.com)

348 points by repelsteeltje 2 years ago | 94 comments

Techdirt article on FBI Director Wray admitting the agency rarely has probable cause when performing backdoor searches of NSA Section 702 collections.

Jim Larkin, Backpage Exec, Dies by Suicide a Week Before His Trial(techdirt.com)

85 points by mreome 3 years ago | 32 comments

Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers(techdirt.com)

366 points by rntn 2 years ago | 167 comments

Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.

An Indiana police department has been using Clearview AI for a year(techdirt.com)

49 points by rntn 3 years ago | 37 comments

Just 23% of Americans Know the US Has Failed to Pass an Internet-Era Privacy Law(techdirt.com)

146 points by rntn 3 years ago | 61 comments