Utah's new law bans most flags, including Pride, at schools and government buildings, raising concerns over civil liberties and expression. Activists warn this sets a dangerous precedent for repressive governance. How do we balance state regulations with individual rights? #LGBTQ #CivilLiberties #Privacy
Read more: https://steelefamlaw.com/UWuPRE
Farewell to Mark Klein, network engineer, civil libertarian, citizen, hero.
#surveillance #civilliberties #nsa #att #eff #citizen #whistleblower
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/memoriam-mark-klein-att-whistleblower-about-nsa-mass-spying
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
The #UnitedStates was added to the CIVICUS Monitor #Watchlist due to concerns about declining #CivilLiberties, particularly under the #Trump Administration. #CIVICUS, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to #ForeignAid; crackdowns on #diversity initiatives; attempts to restrict #MediaFreedom or the #FreePress; and threats to #dissent. The #WhiteHouse has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history.
https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/
Challenging Fear And Trepidation, #Democracy Activists Rally In Somerville Following #Student #ICE Arrest: “Justice is something that people ignore until it happens in the neighborhood.” https://horizonmass.news/2025/03/27/challenging-fear-and-trepidation-democracy-activists-rally-in-somerville-following-student-ice-arrest/ #RumeysaOzturk #protest #news #activism #Tufts #SomervilleMass #Massachusetts #civilliberties
Horrifying video shows masked goons from the Department of Homeland Security muscling in and handcuffing a Turkish graduate student on a street in Somerville, MA. She was then abducted to Louisiana.
Supposedly her being one of four authors of an anti-Israel student newspaper op-ed last March justifies this police state thuggery.
#USPolitics #RumeysaOzturk #Tufts #DHS #DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #PoliceKidnapping #CivilLiberties
#DonaldTrump #IsraelPalestine
The latest from the Quad9 blog => The Public Risk of Governments Controlling #DNS Providers
https://www.quad9.net/news/blog/the-public-risk-of-governments-controlling-dns-providers
We'd love to hear your thoughts!
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/230-protects-users-not-big-tech
This article by the #EFF argues against the misconception that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act only protects big tech companies.
Instead, it maintains that Section 230 benefits all platforms, including small ones and individual users, by protecting them from being held liable for content created by others.
https://www.404media.co/mozilla-foundation-calls-on-tech-industry-to-block-ice-contractor/
The Mozilla Foundation is calling upon 30 technology companies, social networks, and websites to block web scraping by an ICE surveillance contractor called ShadowDragon after 404 Media published a list of sites that the contractor pulls data from.
The #FBI Is Investigating Attacks on #Tesla as ‘Domestic #Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters
The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk's role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.
#privacy #Musk #ElonMusk #surveillance #domesticterrorism #civilrights #civilliberties #takedown #takeover
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/
Federal law bars improper disclosure. But it is so ordered! Under a draft of agreement between #IRS and #ICE, the tax agency would verify whether #immigration officials had the right home address for people who have been ordered to leave the United States, according to a copy of the document viewed by The New York Times. #humanrights #civilliberties #taxes #Tens of millions of workers are failing to file tax returns in fear of #deportation #fascism #fear #trump #maga #GOP #privacy
The FBI Is Investigating Attacks on Tesla as ‘Domestic Terrorism.’ Here’s Why That Matters
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-tesla-arson-domestic-terrorism-protests/
#Trump Purges DHS’ #CivilRights and #CivilLiberties Office
A spokesperson claimed the office “obstructed #immigration enforcement by adding bureaucratic hurdles and undermining DHS’ mission.”
#dhs
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-purges-dhs-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties-office/
Republicans: "Terrorism is every act of civil disobedience that we don't agree with. And if you don't agree with that, go to Venezuela, Cuba, or China" --->
"The government will now need to prove (in the case of American citizens) that individuals plotted against Tesla and undertook their laws to influence government policy. Even if what they did can be argued to meet the dictionary definition of terrorism, its legal application would give the government a frankly terrifying amount of power. Trump is now unleashing the deep state (their deep state) to go after associates and others who support or contemplate similar acts, in other words to criminalize and then stigmatize opposition.
When I reported last month that FBI Director Kash Patel’s vow to carry out “the world’s largest manhunt” against “anyone that wishes to do harm to our way of life,” I warned that Americans would be caught in the dragnet. But I had no idea how quickly."
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-domestic-war-on-terrorism
The #DHS Office for #CivilRights & #CivilLiberties is being ENTIRELY ELIMINATED through a Reduction in Force (#RIF).
Also, the staff were not given reassignments.
Purportedly the office’s operations will be taken up by other offices — highly doubt that’ll happen.
(source Maria Kabas)
#Trump #law #immigration #HumanRights
"According to the doctrine’s principles, judges should avoid ruling on whether or not #immigration laws are constitutional, even when it appears they are not."
The Insidious Doctrine Fueling the Case Against #MahmoudKhalil
#PlenaryPowerDoctrine #USlaw #immigrationLaw #USpol #USpolitics #deportations #massDeportations #immigrantRights #civilRights #civilLiberties #FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #PalestineSolidarity #StateRepression #FreeMahmoudKhalil @palestine
"According to the doctrine’s principles, judges should avoid ruling on whether or not #immigration laws are constitutional, even when it appears they are not."
The Insidious Doctrine Fueling the Case Against #MahmoudKhalil
#PlenaryPowerDoctrine #USlaw #immigrationLaw #USpol #USpolitics #deportations #massDeportations #immigrantRights #civilRights #civilLiberties #FreeSpeechOnCampus #StudentProtests #PalestineSolidarity #StateRepression #FreeMahmoudKhalil @palestine
"The Democratic Party, which campaigned on the existential threat #Trump posed to democracy, has offered little more than begrudging responses to acts of #repression that rival, if not surpass, those of the McCarthy era."
https://thebaffler.com/latest/guilt-by-association-jindia
#USpol #USpolitics #PalestineSolidarity #lawfare #StateRepression #StudentProtests #FreeSpeechOnCampus #SJP #CivilLiberties @palestine
“The use of deportation to suppress foreign critics runs parallel to an aggressive campaign to use libel laws in novel — even outlandish ways — to silence or intimidate the independent press.”
#fascism #firstamendment #civilliberties
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mahmoud-khalil-nationwide-protests-rcna196565
"Visa-holders, green-card carriers, and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs. In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all."
