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U.K. passes Online Safety Bill in latest attack targeting online free speech and privacy in Britain

September 21, 2023 -

The bill supposedly aims to keep websites and different types of internet-based platforms free of illegal and harmful material, while allegedly defending online freedom of expression at the same time.

The bill's provisions apply to search engines, internet services that host user-generated content like YouTube and social media platforms, online forums, certain kinds of online games and sites that publish or display pornographic or otherwise adult content. (Related: ...

DEA using Apple AirTags for SURVEILLANCE purposes

April 10, 2023 -

Forbes Associate Editor Thomas Brewster disclosed the DEA's use of AirTags in a March 2023 piece, outlining one such case in May 2022. He recounted that Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted two packages from Shanghai, China. One package contained a pill press used to compress powders into tablets, while the other contained some pill dyes.

"Believing that they were destined for an illegal narcotics manufacturer, the DEA was called in. Investigators inspected ...

California thieves NOT BOTHERED at all by surveillance cameras

September 07, 2023 -

In broad daylight, a group of brazen masked thieves was filmed storming into a Home Depot store on Spring Street in Signal Hill on August 27 and stealing $5,000 worth of power tools in full view of shocked staff and customers.

Employees in orange aprons could only watch in shock and did not engage with the masked thieves. Some workers decided to record the raid.

One of the thieves in a gray hoodie was seen wrestling a shopping cart from an employee while the ...

UNESCO releases “guidelines” for regulating all content online

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The 59-page rulebook, titled "Guidelines for the Governance of Digital Platforms," represents UNESCO's action plan for regulating the supposed acceleration and amplification of false information and so-called hate speech on the internet. (Related: Steve Quayle: UN's war against "disinformation" is nefarious plan to take out political resistance.)

In the rulebook, UNESCO has laid out seven "fundamental principles" regarding online content that the world should respect. These ...

Online safety: How to avoid common internet scams

April 26, 2023 -

But modern technology has made online shopping and banking easier for shoppers of all ages across the globe. All you need is a computer, a laptop or a smartphone to buy various items or send and receive money.

Unfortunately, the very same technology is being used by scammers to lie to people and steal information and money.

If you often shop online, read on to learn about common internet scams and how to avoid them.App scams

Do you love downloading new apps ...

FBI surveillance contractor infiltrated chatrooms, monitored skeptics of COVID jabs

May 16, 2023 -

In previous times, Flashpoint was used by the FBI to infiltrate Islamic terror groups. Since that time, the group's directive has been refocused onto what the government perceives as domestic "terror" groups comprised of people who refuse to accept experimental drugs being pumped into their bodies.

Fang was able to obtain and analyze a webinar presentation created by Flashpoint that company analyst Vlad Cuiujuclu used to illustrate best practices for identifying and infiltrating ...

AI surveillance tech can find out who your friends are

March 07, 2023 -

Surveillance technology has for years been used to identify people just by getting clear pictures of their faces. This kind of technology is becoming more and more of a reality as governments around the world expand their use of AI-enhanced surveillance infrastructure. (Related: Microsoft's AI chatbot goes haywire – gets depressed, threatens to sue and harm detractors.)

Police in the Netherlands use AI to match photos of suspects to criminal databases. In London, the Metropolitan ...

Online banking services are being disrupted across the U.S.

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Additionally, many customer accounts are being shut down without any warning.U.S. banks affected by "glitches"

"Glitches" are affecting the banking system. One such glitch resulted in paychecks not being deposited at many banks recently.

Customers at major U.S. banks, such as Bank of America and Wells Fargo, have complained about delays with their direct deposits on Nov. 7, following a glitch with processing payments. Many contacted their banks through social media ...

PARENTS BEWARE: Satanic group 764 preys on minors online

October 03, 2023 -

They stumbled into this horrifying group while probing the social media posts of Angel Almeida, a 23-year-old individual arrested in November 2021 and charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Almeida had previously served time in Florida on burglary charges.

In February, Brooklyn federal prosecutors added charges related to child exploitation and enticing minors to their indictment against Almeida. These charges stemmed from anonymous tips and ...

Nearly 10,000 photos from Hunter Biden’s laptop published online

June 01, 2023 -

(Article by Madeleine Hubbard republished from JustTheNews.com)

Former Trump White House aide Garrett Ziegler, the founder of the nonprofit research group Marco Polo, said his team took months to review thousands of photos dating from 2008 to 2019 before publishing them Thursday on BidenLaptopMedia.com.

"It's taken us a couple of months to, one, go through the photos, about 10,000 of them, and redact the genitalia on the photos," Ziegler told Fox News Digital.

"The ...

FDA commissioners demand new tools to fight online “misinformation”

January 16, 2023 -

At the recent 2023 Innovations in Regulatory Science Summit, an event organized by the UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI), several former and current FDA commissioners were singing the same tune about the threat of "misinformation" on social media.

"I actually believe that misinformation is the leading cause of death right now in the U.S. because whether we're looking at covid or chronic disease – people are making bad choices ...

Alarm sounded over rapidly increasing use of SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS inside schools

October 09, 2023 -

This report comes from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which found that over the last two decades, a segment of the educational technology sector that markets student surveillance products for schools has grown into a $3.1 billion-a-year industry with a projected eight percent annual growth rate. (Related: Dallas school district installs AI spying, surveillance systems to keep an eye on students.)

"The [educational technology] surveillance industry accomplished ...

Rep. Gaetz leading charge to dismantle illegal government mass surveillance scheme

July 16, 2023 -

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) must be reauthorized by the end of the year in order to remain in place, but Gaetz and his allies are aiming to stop it, thus stopping the federal government from conducting warrantless surveillance of foreigners outside the United States.

In certain circumstances, warrantless surveillance of Americans living inside the U.S. also occurs under Section 702 of FISA. This has drawn considerable civil liberty concerns ...

NYC Mayor Eric Adams brings back NYPD’s creepy robot surveillance dog

April 16, 2023 -

The robotic dog was recalled by the previous NYC mayor shortly after its introduction in 2021 due to major backlash and security issues. Civil rights advocates found Digidog's aggressive policing creepy and scary.

"The prior administration didn't have a mayor that was a computer geek and that was willing to go where others are not willing to go to keep the city safe," Adams said in a press conference Tuesday, April 11, in Times Square. "I made it clear on the campaign ...

France may use 2024 Olympics to introduce Big Brother-style SURVEILLANCE

March 28, 2023 -

State-owned news outlet France24 reported on March 25 that the French National Assembly would adopt a new law ahead of the 2024 Olympics. The legislation adopted on March 28 would permit shops to open on Sundays, establish a health center in the Seine-Saint-Denis department in Paris' northeast.

However, the law would also permit the French state to investigate future accredited persons. Article Seven of the said law would allow the use of artificial intelligence (AI) video ...

House report reveals how federal government CENSORED conservative views online

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A 103-page staff interim report by the House Judiciary Committee includes internal communications such as emails showing how a “disinformation” group known as the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) worked together with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to remove and/or limit the reach of some types of online speech in conjunction with Big Tech firms.

The report explained how the government used this group to get ...

The White House goes rogue: Secret surveillance program breaks all the laws

5 days ago -

(Article by John W. Whitehead republished from BlacklistedNews.com)The government wants us to believe that we have nothing to fear from its mass spying programs as long as we’ve done nothing wrong.

Don’t believe it.

It doesn’t matter whether you obey every law. The government’s definition of a “bad” guy is extraordinarily broad, and it results in the warrantless surveillance of innocent, law-abiding Americans on a staggering scale.

For instance, it was recently revealed ...

Biometric data and surveillance: DNA being eyed as the “ultimate global ID”

6 days ago -

Now, there are DNA sequencing devices that can quickly generate DNA profiles (DNA IDs) anywhere using mobile devices and fully automated processes, and those in power are eyeing DNA as a potential global ID.

Your DNA is more precious than gold for technocrats because it is the irreducible structure of all life on the planet.DNA can be abused and used against you

Always be skeptical regardless of the hype for DNA as a global ID. Be wary of allegedly beneficial outcomes ...

We the targeted: How the government weaponizes surveillance to silence its critics

August 30, 2023 - online surveillance, looking for any hints of “large public events, social unrest, gang communications, and criminally predicated individuals.” Defense contractors have been at the forefront of this lucrative market. Fusion centers, $330 million-a-year, information-sharing hubs for federal, state and law enforcement agencies, monitor and report such “suspicious” behavior as people buying pallets of bottled water, photographing government buildings, and applying for a pilot’s ...

French government passes justice reform bill that vastly expands police surveillance powers

July 11, 2023 -

On July 12, 80 lawmakers voted in favor of a provision allowing the police to remotely activate cameras, microphones and GPS on phones and other devices of the suspects. National Assembly members have approved this disputed measure as part of a comprehensive justice reform bill currently making its way through Parliament. (Related: Atlas of Surveillance database reveals THOUSANDS of law enforcement agencies unlawfully surveilling Americans.)

The law covers not ...