11 tips for protecting your privacy and digital security in the age of Trump By Olivia Martin As of January 20, Donald Trump is the president of the United States, which has prompted deep concerns from many over the constraints his administration may place on…
1 million Britons don’t want Donald Trump to meet the Queen By David Gilbert The U.K. government says it will notbe cancelling a planned state visit by U.S. president Donald Trump later this year, despite more than 1.1 million people signing a petitiondemanding that any…
BBC Daily Distortion By craig The BBC has appointed arch Tory Sarah Sands as editor of the flagship Radio 4 Today programme. She is best known to the public for a leaked policy memo she wrote while at the Telegraph, including memorably advocating “Play on…
Fear Materialized: Border Agents Demand Social Media Data from Americans By Sophia Cope The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) recently filed complaints against U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for, in part, demanding social media information from Muslim American citizens returning home from traveling abroad….
More, cheaper, bigger, faster: The defense and cyber strategy of Donald Trump By Sean Gallagher Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Joe Raedle) Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has taken an inordinate interest in some of the minutia of defense policy. His tweets (particularly about…
Russia Allows Edward Snowden to Remain Through 2020 By Ryan Gallagher Edward Snowden’s exile in Russia looks set to continue after authorities in the country reportedly signed off on a new three-year visa for the former National Security Agency contractor. Snowden, who leaked a trove…
WikiLeaks Founder’s Fate Uncertain Following Chelsea Manning Commutation By Jenna McLaughlin President Barack Obama’sdecision to commute the bulk of former U.S. U.S Army soldier Chelsea Manning’s 35-year sentence for leaking classified materials places WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the spotlight. Just five days prior, Assange…
Stunning Admission from Obama on Wikileaks By craig In his final press conference, beginning around 8 minutes 30 seconds in, Obama admits that they have no evidence of how WikiLeaks got the DNC material. This undermines the stream of completely evidence-free nonsense that has been…
EFF Celebrates Obama’s Decision: Chelsea Manning To Be Released This Year By Jamie Williams As one of his very last acts in office, President Obama has commuted the sentence of whistleblower Chelsea Manning by 28 years. EFF applauds Obama for using his last days as…
Complaints Describes Border Agents Interrogating Muslim Americans, Asking for Social Media Accounts By Murtaza Hussain Customs and Border Protection agents have been invasively questioning Muslim-Americans at U.S. border crossings about their political and religious beliefs, asking for their social media information, and demanding passwords to open mobile phones,…