George Takei 
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ProPublica8 Things You Should Know About Trumpās Effort to āTake Overā the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trumpās claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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8 Things You Should Know About Trumpās Effort to āTake Overā the Midterm Elections
From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trumpās claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
Electronic Frontier FoundationSome states are amending public records laws to exclude broad swaths of ALPR information from public disclosure. No thanks. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/open-records-laws-reveal-alprs-sprawling-surveillance-now-states-want-block-what
Open Records Laws Reveal ALPRsā Sprawling Surveillance. Now States Want to Block What the Public Sees.
Reporters, community advocates, EFF, and others have used public records laws to reveal and counteract abuse, misuse, and fraudulent narratives around how law enforcement agencies across the country use and share data collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs). EFF is alarmed by recent...
Transaction Denied, a new book by former EFF Activism Director Rainey Reitman, explores the often-hidden practice of financial companies shuttering the accounts of online speakers who havenāt broken any laws. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/former-eff-activism-directors-new-book-transaction-denied-explores-what-happens
Former EFF Activism Director's New Book, Transaction Denied, Explores What Happens When Financial Companies Act like Censors
Transaction Denied sheds new light on a serious problem that often hides in the shadows, and pushes us to ask an increasingly important question: āIs it ever OK for financial intermediaries to act as the arbiters of online expression?"
evacideThere is a whole class of apps that market themselves as "personal safety" or "anti-theft" that meet the definition of stalkerware and Cerberus Anti-Theft is one of them: https://hexproof.dev/datagrams/cerberus-on-play/
Cerberus is stalkerware. Google Play hosts it.
Cerberus on Google Play: ā¬5/month buys silent camera, microphone, GPS, and SMS access on a victim's phone. Researchers reported it to Google as intimate-partner-violence spyware in 2018; Google removed it later that year on an unrelated policy and relisted it in 2023. Google AdMob pays the developer; Google Firebase hosts the command-and-control backend.
Ars TechnicaGoogle's privacy maze: How Gemini traps you and your data
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/googles-privacy-maze-how-gemini-traps-you-and-your-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Google says it respects user privacy in AI, but the reality is not so black and white.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/googles-privacy-maze-how-gemini-traps-you-and-your-data/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Robert Reich
Complaints of immigration scams have doubled in Trump's second term, and countless victims don't report that they've been conned.
Sophisticated predators now use AI and targeted ads to profit off of immigrants' anxieties about mass deportations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-immigration-scams-complaints-doubled-ice?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Immigration #Trump #Immigrant #Deportation #Scam #Law
Fear and Opportunity: Immigration Scams Surged as Trumpās Sweeps Lured Desperate People to Eager Defrauders
Con artists posing as ICE agents and immigration officers are using WhatsApp and fake court hearings to bilk vulnerable people out of their savings with empty promises to fix immigration problems. As mass deportations continue, scam complaints soar.
A bill moving in Congress this week would require ID checks for all internet users, just to use many online tools, and could lock minors out entirely. The GUARD Act is a sweeping age-gating mandate. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/guard-act-isnt-targeting-dangerous-ai-its-blocking-everyday-internet-use
The GUARD Act Isnāt Targeting Dangerous AIāItās Blocking Everyday Internet Use
Lawmakers in Congress are moving quickly on the GUARD Act, an age-gating bill restricting minorsā access to a wide range of online tools, with a key vote expected this week. The proposal is framed as a response to alarming cases involving āAI companionsā and vulnerable young users. But the text of...
New York's proposed budget can pass any day now. Contact your representatives NOW to demand they keep censorship and surveillance out of the budget. https://www.eff.org/3dprintny