Rate of violent crime in Montana continues to surpass national rate (2021)(dailymontanan.com)

14 points by maxwell 3 years ago | 4 comments

Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers(wivb.com)

392 points by hubraumhugo 3 years ago | 80 comments

WIVB/Associated Press news article reporting that Colorado became the first state to pass a right-to-repair law for farm equipment, signed by Gov. Jared Polis.

Arkansas inmates restricted from receiving physical books, other media directly(arkansasadvocate.com)

36 points by hn_acker 9 months ago | 22 comments

Meta hit with $25B penalty for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook(nmdoj.gov)

170 points by DeepLogin 4 days ago | 37 comments

New Mexico Department of Justice press release announcing a $25 billion civil penalty against Facebook in its Cambridge Analytica consumer protection case.

Supreme Court permits states to use SAVE database for citizenship checks(cyberscoop.com)

41 points by speckx 1 month ago | 36 comments

CyberScoop article reporting that the Supreme Court allowed states to use the SAVE database for voter citizenship checks, with three justices dissenting on privacy grounds.

Gavin Newsom wants to take smartphones out of schools(politico.com)

62 points by koolba 2 years ago | 74 comments

Court Records Should Be Free(eff.org)

430 points by hn_acker 4 months ago | 99 comments

EFF Deeplinks article by Joe Mullin arguing that federal court records should be freely accessible to the public.

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health(theguardian.com)

764 points by boplicity 2 months ago | 407 comments

News report that a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m over harms to children's mental health from its social media platforms.

Court filings allege Meta downplayed risks to children and misled the public(time.com)

347 points by binning 11 months ago | 146 comments

TIME article reporting on court filings alleging Meta downplayed risks its platforms posed to children and misled the public.

California law enforcement misused state databases more than 7k times in 2023(eff.org)

520 points by hn_acker 1 year ago | 261 comments

EFF Deeplinks article reporting that California law enforcement agencies misused state databases more than 7,000 times in 2023.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

California closed the Montana license plate loophole(thedrive.com)

117 points by speckx 19 days ago | 290 comments

The Drive article explaining how California closed the loophole of registering vehicles through Montana LLCs to avoid taxes and fees.