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New Jersey is latest state to introduce internet privacy bill to protect your personally identifiable information

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Caleb Chen

A New Jersey Democrat has submitted a new internet privacy bill (A-4800) to the New Jersey Assembly that would bring strong broadband privacy protections to the state. According to MediaPost,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

And now, under-the-skin RFID tags replace paper train tickets in Europe

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

The Swedish State Railways has decided to accept under-the-skin RFID tag implants for ticket purchases, arguing it enhances ticketless travel better than having your ticket in your mobile. Actually, they…

Categories: General Privacy News

Theresa May outlines Tory plan to create new, censored Internet controlled by UK government

Updated on Jul 19, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Yesterday, during her speech describing the current Tory Manifesto, Theresa May revealed that she plans to build a "new Internet," over which the government has complete control. The goal in the…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments

What do you do when you realize your government has blocked you for Wrongthink?

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Something remarkable happened in Sweden this week: a list of 15,000 people with the wrong political opinions was used to block those people from the @Sweden account, and thereby preventing…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

The FCC just voted to begin “Destroying Internet Freedom” and overturn net neutrality

Updated on Jul 21, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to kill net neutrality under the guise of "Restoring Internet Freedom." The lone FCC commissioner in favor of the Open Internet Order and the…

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Today, the FCC votes on the fate of net neutrality

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote to kill net neutrality under the guise of "Restoring Internet Freedom." The FCC's net neutrality rules that currently regulate Internet service providers…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Facebook hit with fines and investigations in six EU countries over privacy law breaches

Updated on Aug 5, 2020 by Glyn Moody

Three EU countries – Belgium, France, and the Netherlands – have determined that Facebook is breaking their privacy laws, while Germany and Spain are still investigating the US company. The…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

It’s coming: another call for everyone’s DNA to be collected and stored permanently

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Glyn Moody

The head of the Hamburg Institute for Legal Medicine, Klaus Püschel, has called for the DNA of everybody in Germany – including tourists – to be collected and stored. As…

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Independents, Republicans, and Democrats come together to propose internet privacy bill in Maine

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Independents, Republicans, and Democrats in the Maine Senate have come together to propose a bill that would protect internet privacy at the state level. The bill, LD 1610, is formally…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Is it prudent to ask if Britain’s nuke subs, which also run Windows XP, have also been hit by ransomware?

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Rick Falkvinge

Britain's hospitals have been brought to a standstill because of ransomware infecting obsolete and unpatched Windows XP systems. The same obsolete operating system is powering Britain's nuclear weapons arsenal. Is…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments
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