Texas man sentenced to 30 years for transporting pamphlets(freedom.press)

36 points by kevinwang 4 months ago | 21 comments

Stephen Colbert says CBS forbid interview of Democrat because of FCC threat(arstechnica.com)

109 points by voxadam 8 months ago | 24 comments

Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with US and be freed from prison(apnews.com)

71 points by geox 2 years ago | 3 comments

DOJ says presidents should be able to sell secrets on eBay(freedom.press)

108 points by _____k 4 hours ago | 39 comments

Freedom of the Press Foundation's weekly secrecy newsletter on DOJ arguing presidential records are personal property, politicized declassification, and FOIA for private prisons.

Republicans in Congress try to kill FCC's broadband discrimination rules(arstechnica.com)

8 points by rntn 2 years ago | 1 comments

FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies(wired.com)

248 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 78 comments

The US government is buying troves of data about Americans(wired.com)

417 points by benwerd 3 years ago | 198 comments

Wired article on a declassified ODNI report revealing that US federal agencies are buying large amounts of commercially available data about Americans.

Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely(old.reddit.com)

520 points by rajeevk 3 years ago | 549 comments

An r/technology discussion thread on old Reddit linking an Independent article reporting that the Reddit blackout protest will continue indefinitely.

FBI couldn't get into WaPo reporter's iPhone because Lockdown Mode enabled(404media.co)

522 points by robin_reala 8 months ago | 436 comments

404 Media article reporting the FBI was unable to access a Washington Post reporter's iPhone because Apple's Lockdown Mode was enabled.

In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information(blog.burkert.me)

328 points by curioussquirrel 1 year ago | 132 comments

A personal blog post by Tom Burkert praising RSS and the value of controlled, user-curated information feeds over algorithmic ones.

The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702(eff.org)

321 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 123 comments

EFF Deeplinks post arguing the FBI's misuse of Section 702 surveillance powers shows it cannot be trusted with the authority ahead of reauthorization.

Fake reviews are illegal and subject to big fines under new FTC rules(washingtonpost.com)

534 points by rrauenza 3 years ago | 223 comments

Washington Post Help Desk article on proposed FTC rules that would make fake online reviews illegal and subject to large fines.