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Patriot Front members are on the lam, avoiding riot charges for plot to storm Pride event

The five men skipped court.

On Apr 11, 2023 by Claire Goforth

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Man responds to his own mugshot on police department’s Facebook page

An absconding criminal turned himself in after a week of publicly chatting with police department on their Facebook post.

On Dec 7, 2018 by Samira Sadeque

Internet Culture

6 ways police can spy on you without a warrant

Your privacy may be at risk.

On Jan 5, 2017 by Kristen Hubby

IRL

The FBI still doesn’t have a warrant to review the latest emails related to Clinton’s private server scandal

It’s increasingly unclear if the FBI will receive a warrant to obtain correspondences reportedly related to Hillary Clinton’s private email scandal.

On Oct 30, 2016 by Chris Tognotti

Tech

Federal appeals court says Fourth Amendment doesn’t protect phone location data

This is the fourth appeals court to rule this way.

On May 31, 2016 by Eric Geller

Tech

What Congress’ new email-privacy bill means for your inbox

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act is a big deal—if it can come up for a vote.

On Sep 15, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Police officers are sexually terrorizing black women—and the law allows it

The war on black women is a war on America.

On Aug 19, 2015 by Marcie Bianco

Via

Facebook just lost a key battle over search warrants

New York court ruling means Internet companies can’t fight warrants on users’ behalf.

On Jul 22, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

New bill would stop the FBI from launching spy planes without a warrant

Privacy advocates have praised the bill as a win for civil liberties.

On Jun 17, 2015 by Eric Geller

Tech

Penn State suspends frat that ran secret Facebook pages for revenge porn

Can we ban Greek life yet?

On Mar 17, 2015 by Miles Klee

IRL

Microsoft enlists Apple, Amazon, and Verizon in privacy fight against U.S. government

Almost everyone is with Microsoft on this one.

On Dec 16, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Tech

Microsoft must hand over email data stored overseas, judge rules

This is bad news for the cloud-storage industry.

On Jul 31, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

Tech

A judge just handed someone’s entire Gmail account over to U.S. prosecutors

What’s probable cause mean again?

On Jul 21, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill

Tech

How to stop police from searching your phone without a warrant

Knowledge is power.

On Jun 26, 2014 by Andrew Couts

IRL

Witnesses: Teen killed by cops was holding a Wii controller, not a gun

Officers in a small Georgia town are at the center of what looks like a cover-up.

On Feb 19, 2014 by Miles Klee

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