Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support

China: New Border Decree Curtails Right to Leave

China's Decree No. 841 expands state power to arbitrarily prevent citizens and non-citizens from leaving the country based on vague… [more]

The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech

Article documents systematic campaign by state authority to suppress press freedom through legal harassment, surveillance, and regulatory… [more]

👮 Flock Searches for the LOLs | EFFector 38.16

Documents systematic abuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks by law enforcement using frivolous search justifications,… [more]

Facing Outraged Residents, Flock Got Help From Group That Uses AI to Rally Public Support

A surveillance camera company deployed AI-assisted astroturfing through a nonprofit to manufacture fake grassroots support and manipulate… [more]

China: New Border Decree Curtails Right to Leave

China's Decree No. 841 expands state power to arbitrarily prevent citizens and non-citizens from leaving the country based on vague… [more]

The New York Times Conveniently Forgets the Real Stakes of Attacks on Free Speech

Article documents systematic campaign by state authority to suppress press freedom through legal harassment, surveillance, and regulatory… [more]

👮 Flock Searches for the LOLs | EFFector 38.16

Documents systematic abuse of automated license plate reader (ALPR) networks by law enforcement using frivolous search justifications,… [more]

How the Meta Settlement Silences Youth Activism

Meta settlement imposing age-gating, time limits, and content restrictions on youth accounts effectively censors a generation's primary… [more]

Podcast: Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Conversations

Documents reveal contractors are reading real ChatGPT user conversations and prompts without user knowledge or consent, representing a… [more]

NYPD Misconduct Payouts Still Soar Under Mamdani — And May Keep Growing

Documents systemic police abuse and the failure of institutional accountability mechanisms, showing how even reform-oriented governance… [more]

Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People

Documents how Flock Safety operates mass surveillance cameras that systematically track vehicle movements and people, representing… [more]

Iran: Architects of crimes against humanity to suppress protests must face international justice to deter further massacres

Documents systematic state brutality and crimes against humanity used to suppress the Woman Life Freedom uprising, with identified chains… [more]

Why is Amnesty International calling for international justice for crimes against humanity in Iran?

Documents systematic state violence against protesters including thousands killed, tortured, and imprisoned for political dissent, with… [more]

Hundreds protest in DR Congo against third presidential term

Protests against a leader's attempt to extend presidential term limits beyond constitutional restrictions represent resistance to… [more]

Iran war has led to US munitions shortfalls, Pentagon inspector confirms

Documents systemic failures in US munitions production and supply chains during ongoing military engagement, revealing constraints on… [more]

Why do some African leaders gamble with term limits?

Article documents authoritarian governance pattern where leaders circumvent constitutional term limits to extend executive power, a core… [more]

Western intelligence warns of Iranian cyber threats targeting dissidents

Documented state deployment of sophisticated spyware against political dissidents and critics abroad represents mass surveillance and… [more]

Criticism of LGBTQ+ raids in Turkey is growing

Systematic raids and arrests targeting LGBTQ+ persons constitute state-level political repression and authoritarian persecution of a… [more]

Israel lacking respect for dead buried in Gaza rubble: UN

Documents systematic disrespect for dead and alleged war crimes evidence including mass civilian casualties and remains of entire families… [more]

A Lone Juror Hijacked Deliberations. This Time, a Man Faces Execution.

Documents systemic failure in capital punishment cases where judicial misconduct and juror irregularities proceed without adequate remedy,… [more]

California: Tell the Governor to Stand Up for Net Neutrality, Affordability, and Public Safety

Federal government coercing state to abandon consumer protections and net neutrality laws in exchange for infrastructure funding,… [more]

Police crack down on protests against constitutional change in DR Congo

Police crackdown on anti-constitutional amendment protests exemplifies authoritarian suppression of dissent and abuse of state power to… [more]

CPJ calls on ICE to release exiled Nicaraguan journalist Luis Galeano

Documents the use of immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress press freedom and silence exiled journalists critical of authoritarian… [more]

ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You

Article documents the proliferation of covert recording through smart glasses and the necessity of counter-surveillance tools,… [more]

How an Israeli cell orchestrated an anti-Qatar campaign

Documents coordinated state-backed disinformation and influence operations designed to manipulate public opinion and control narratives… [more]

Knobloch: 'It is a very dangerous situation at the moment'

Holocaust survivor's alarm about far-right party electoral success represents authoritarian political movement threatening democratic… [more]

Why do authoritarian regimes target the LGBTQ+ community?

Documents systematic political repression and authoritarian targeting of marginalized groups, exemplifying how authoritarian regimes… [more]