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Social media ID verification plan raises mass surveillance concerns
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (579+ words) Freedom of expression groups are criticizing a controversial new proposal in Turkey that they believe will create the world's largest social media ID matching database, eliminating any semblance of online privacy. The Freedom of Expression Association (F'D) has said that…...
Immigrants Contribute Significantly to U. S. Economy, Study Finds - Logan Today
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (237+ words) Apr. 9, 2026 at 7: 08am A new 30-year study by the CATO Institute has found that immigrants and their children have consistently reduced the U. S. public debt, contributing more in taxes than they consume in benefits. The report also shows that immigrants have lower…...
The Dark Horses of Surveillance Capitalism: How a Menagerie of New Actors Are Bypassing Privacy Rules and Super-Charging Surveillance Capitalism
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (360+ words) Harvard Kennedy School The Dark Horses of Surveillance Capitalism: How a Menagerie of New Actors Are Bypassing Privacy Rules and Super-Charging Surveillance Capitalism Often these practices involve "re-identification" using data that is anonymized at source, but then re-combined with data…...
How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk
1+ day, 8+ min ago (582+ words) Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You. Ars caught up with Ferguson to learn more. Ars Technica: You open with an anecdote of asking students how many use…...
I saw the slow death of our heritage in action - the biggest threat we face
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (904+ words) The ceiling is falling down around the venue(Image: Kirsty Bosley) Birmingham has changed, and there's no denying it. Over the past few years, we have all felt the shift to varying degrees of severity. In it all, the anger…...
Hacks, doxxing and deepfakes: Are we overexposed as a society?
2+ day, 8+ min ago (697+ words) Images of Bryon Noem, the husband of former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, circulated online last week and purported to show him engaging in a secret online life of cross-dressing and consorting with fetish models." And last year, leaks from…...
White House seeks $17. 5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (244+ words) Golden Dome is the epitome of taxpayer waste " expensive, unviable, and strategically counterproductive. From the beginning, the president has sold Golden White House seeks $17. 5 billion for Golden Dome, but most funding hinges on reconciliation "The president has sold Golden Dome…...
Golden Dome Budget Request Is Higher Than It Seems
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (316+ words) Is that pie in the sky, or are those space-based interceptors? According to the Pentagon, they're still on track to deliver Golden Dome, but it won't be impenetrable" In the budget request, the Pentagon is tempering expectations: The goal is…...
Trump's "Golden Dome" Shield - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (439+ words) Donald Trump wants to build a defensive shield to protect the USA from missile attacks, similar to Israel's Iron Dome system which the Americans helped to build. But this so-called "Golden Dome' could prove very expensive. Lebanon: Other Peoples' Wars…...
Ben Shapiro And The Battle For The Soul Of Conservatism
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (323+ words) Located on the campus of Stanford University and in Washington, DC, the Hoover Institution is the nation's preeminent research center dedicated to generating policy ideas that promote economic prosperity, national security, and democratic governance." Books by Hoover Fellows Hoover Education…...