Tag: President Trump
  • May 28, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

House delays vote on renewing FISA surveillance powers to grant FBI warrantless access to internet history

Your internet history is safe from the FBI… for now. Government surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – which have sat unrenewed since March – failed to be renewed this week in the House despite passing earlier this year. The FISA renewal vote came up as H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization … Continue reading “House delays vote on renewing FISA surveillance powers to grant FBI warrantless access to internet history”

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  • Jan 19, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News,

Deep fakes: how immutable blockchain-based life logs could combat them, and the implications for privacy

The idea of deep fakes – AI-assisted fake videos – first entered the mainstream around a year ago. After an initial burst of interest, people stopped searching for the term, although the technology behind the idea certainly hasn’t gone away. A couple of weeks ago, a video was circulating that appeared to show President Trump … Continue reading “Deep fakes: how immutable blockchain-based life logs could combat them, and the implications for privacy”

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  • Mar 25, 2018 |
  • PIA Team |
  • Announcements, General Privacy News,

Dear President Trump, Don’t Sign SESTA-FOSTA: Let the Internet #HaveAVoice

Private Internet Access believes that internet was built with free speech as a cornerstone. When these foundations are weakened by attacks such as SESTA-FOSTA, Private Internet Access feels the weight of responsibility to act. That is why we have taken out a side by side ad in the New York Times to call on the … Continue reading “Dear President Trump, Don’t Sign SESTA-FOSTA: Let the Internet #HaveAVoice”

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  • Oct 4, 2017 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

UK privacy laws may allow 230 million Americans to demand personality profiles created by Trump’s big data ally

Earlier this week, Facebook released a statement about ads it carried which had been paid for by Russian sources. It now says that around ten million people in the US saw the ads, and that 44% of total ad impressions were before the 2016 US election. Strikingly, for 50% of the ads less than $3 … Continue reading “UK privacy laws may allow 230 million Americans to demand personality profiles created by Trump’s big data ally”

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  • Jul 19, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Governments,

Trump Administration officially announces support for FCC net neutrality rollback

The Trump Administration has officially thrown its support behind the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) net neutrality rolback – the quest to destroy net neutrality rules in America. Even up until earlier this week, Press Secretary Sean Spicer had been declining to comment on the President’s stance on net neutrality – as is appropriate given the … Continue reading “Trump Administration officially announces support for FCC net neutrality rollback”

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