By Amy Goodman and Denis MoynihanJan 19, 2017
The WikiLeaks whistleblower has now served seven years of her sentence, experiencing extraordinary hardship as a person seeking gender-reassignment treatment while imprisoned by the U.S. military. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Lauren McCauley / Common DreamsNov 4, 2015
Her 129-page document proposes "concrete" solutions to the rampant and unchecked violations of privacy and civil liberties by the U.S. government. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 28, 2015
Under the guise of “cybersecurity,” the Senate passed a spying bill that “carves a giant hole in all our privacy laws and allows tech and telecom companies to hand over all sorts of private information to intelligence agencies without any court process whatsoever," writes Trevor Timm at The Guardian. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Nadia Prupis / Common DreamsOct 27, 2015
Joining privacy rights groups in opposition to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA), Snowden says it is "not going to make us any safer." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 2, 2015
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act failed after Edward Snowden’s revelations of mass government spying. But today it’s back, largely unchanged, and President Obama is expected to reverse his opposition to it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Thor Benson / TruthdigMar 31, 2015
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, which includes no data-protection provisions, would set up a new network for private corporations to share customer data with nearly all levels of law enforcement and intelligence, including the National Security Agency.The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would create a new network for companies to share customer data with law enforcement and intelligence agencies, including the NSA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
By Thor BensonJul 13, 2014
A year-and-a-half after Swartz killed himself because of pressure from felonies he faced over alleged “cyber crimes,” the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says.CISA is set to give the government the power to collect and share content from emails, texts or other written communications without a warrant, ACLU adviser Gabe Rottman says. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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