Net Neutrality was repealed, but the fight is far from over
The FCC repealed net neutrality, which became official on June 11th. Every second that goes by, the internet is dying just a little bit more, as ISP's prioritize data, raise…
Governments
Should Facial Recognition Technologies Be Regulated by the Government? Microsoft Says ‘Yes’
Facial recognition technology represents one of the most serious threats to privacy. That's for two principal reasons. Perhaps the most important is that it is almost impossible to change our…
Trading more than horses: Threats to privacy, net neutrality in international trade negotiations
When we're discussing the internet, it's not surprising that legislation and policy can have an impact that extends far beyond one country's borders. While many of us are aware of…
The Next Frontier in Threats to your Privacy: Voice Recognition
Privacy News Online has been tracking the increasing use of facial recognition technologies for some time. Concerns about their wider deployment are growing. But the surveillance world does not stand…
Oppression for Pennies – The Cost of Surveillance is Falling
If there’s one thing the Internet has taught us over the last 40 years, it is that information is power. The Internet has made and ruined careers, toppled corrupt regimes,…
Maybe “smart” devices are too clever: they know all about your Facebook friends, and can spy on you and your family
The Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed the power of psychological profiling and hyper-targeted advertising based on personal data collected and stored by Facebook. As it became aware of these privacy violations,…
Police officer caught making over 16,000 privacy violations in police registers; charged with electronic trespassing
A Swedish police officer has been caught making 16,691 cases of unauthorized access into police case files, and is being charged with electronic trespassing. This is far more serious than…
Politicians, about to vote in favor of mandatory upload filtering in Europe, get channel deleted by YouTube’s upload filtering
French politicians of the former Front National are furious: their entire YouTube channel was just taken down by automatic filters at YouTube for alleged copyright violations. Perhaps this will cause…
French president Macron pushing for pre-election censorship of all news articles to combat “fake news”
French president Macron, in an attempt to have the Power of Narrative stay with the offline-born old guard, is pushing a law that will reintroduce regular news censorship -- even in…
Swiss vote overwhelmingly in FAVOR of Internet censorship in June 10 gambling referendum
The Swiss have held their referendum on foreign online gambling, and voted overwhelmingly in favor of Internet censorship. With 73% in favor of censorship, it's likely that people voted "against…