Is a US Agency Helping Companies Sell Surveillance Tech to Repressive Regimes?
Mother Jones illustration; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Is the federal government helping companies sell surveillance technology to repressive governments? Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wants to know, but a federal subagency has been cagey about the information. In a letter sent on Friday,…
Senate Democrats Are Taking Companies to Task Over Invasive Workplace Surveillance
Ignatiev/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Whether you call it “tattleware,” “bossware,” or “surveillance capitalism,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) has had enough of exploitative workplace monitoring technologies. Late last week, Casey and a handful of other Senate Democrats introduced the Stop Spying Bosses Act, which would…
Meet Abortion Bans’ New Best Friend—Your Phone
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Let’s say you’re like me: a person between the ages of 18 and 50 with a uterus. Imagine you work a job that pays the bills, but you don’t have as much time off as you’d like,…
SF Tech Moguls Funded the Cameras. Cops Used Them to Spy on Protesters.
George Floyd protesters shut down the westbound lanes of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge on June 14, 2020.Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE/MediaPunch/IPX For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Smile. If you’re in downtown San Francisco’s business district, you’re in view of Motorola cameras so sharp they can…
Lawmakers Worry Jared Kushner Is Working on a Privacy Destroying “Surveillance System”
Kevin Dietsch/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As Jared Kushner has set himself a prominent role in the administration’s coronavirus response, there’s been a growing chorus of questions about what, exactly, he’s up to and how much the public will ever find out about…
California Cops Are Collecting Info on Millions of Drivers Who Have Done Nothing Wrong
A Santa Monica, California police officer points a radar gun.Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Law enforcement in four of California’s most populous counties is storing, searching, and sharing detailed records on millions of random drivers, according to a new report from the California State Auditor, a nonpartisan government agency. The audit,…
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