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9/11 Memory Hole
13 years after the attacks, the 9/11 Memorial has opened at the site of Ground Zero. Among other criticisms, the facility has been drawing fire for an exorbitant $24 admission fee, behind which lie...
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SYNDICATED COLUMN: Censor Google
Last week’s EU court ruling ordering Google and other search engines (there are other search engines?) to process requests from European citizens to erase links to material about them is being...
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Nothing to Hide
Many people say there’s no reason to worry about the NSA’s surveillance because their lives are so boring that they have nothing to hide.
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Hold the Phone: The US Is Keeping Your Numbers After All
Originally published by Breaking Modern: One year ago, with Americans reeling from Edward Snowden’s revelations that the National Security Agency was systematically intercepting and storing their...
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NSA Bombshell: US Is Selling Americans’ Personal Data to Iran, Russia...
Originally published by ANewDomain.net: aNewDomain, Moscow, 01.04.2015 — The National Security Agency is selling Americans’ personal data to private corporations in order to raise revenues for...
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The New Electable, Less Interesting Rand Paul
Rand Paul’s stances in favor of civil liberties and against government intrusions into privacy make Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul the most interesting of the 2016 candidates. But he’s...
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Cops’ Right to Privately Beat Suspects Shall Not Be Infringed
New York Times columnist David Brooks came out in a recent column as a strident proponent of privacy. Not for you and me, mind you, but for policemen whose right to privately beat people will be...
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SYNDICATED COLUMN: The NSA Loses in Court, but the Police State Rolls On
Edward Snowden has been vindicated. This week marks the first time that a court – a real court, not a sick joke of a kangaroo tribunal like the FISA court, which approves every government request and...
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SYNDICATED COLUMN: Empty Symbolism – Why the Freedom Act Sucks
Marketed as pro-privacy reform of the rancid Patriot Act, the USA Freedom Act is about to become law. Though nothing could be further from the truth, many Americans will believe that the NSA is...
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SYNDICATED COLUMN: FBI v. Apple Is Really About Edward Snowden
The fight between Apple and the FBI has been framed as an epic battle between big tech and big government. Apple, says the Obama Administration, is siding with “its business model and public brand...
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Hacking Dirty Government Secrets Is Not a Crime
British goon cops acting at the request of the United States government entered Ecuador’s embassy in London, dragged out WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and prepared to ship him across the pond....
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At Harvard, Thoughtcrime on Crack
Eventually, tech theorist Clay Shirky has argued, so many people will have nude photos on the Internet that there will be no shame in one of them being yours. Privacy will no longer be necessary. It...
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Make Text Messages Private
Nearly a decade ago, the Edward Snowden revelations prompted a national debate about data security. Polls show that a growing number of Americans take data-security precautions like...
View ArticleDMZ America Podcast #34: Banned Books, Affirmative Action, Elon Musk’s right...
In this edition of the DMZ America Podcast Ted explains his dislike of “Maus” cartoonist Art Spiegelman while Scott explains how this particular book banning is no banning at all. The boys go on to...
View ArticleDMZ America Podcast #80: Zelensky in Washington, House Committee Releases...
Editorial cartoonists Ted Rall and Scott Stantis unpack a lot of stuff surrounding the visit to Washington by Ukrainian President Zelensky. They agree that the House committee decision to release...
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