Journalists on Trial: Upcoming Barrett Brown Case is an Assault on First Amendment Rights
By Katie Ruck MintPress News, April 2, 2014 On April 28, the U.S. government’s trial against journalist Barrett Brown will open in Texas. The o
Dotcom Buys Mein Kampf Copy Signed by Hitler
Internet millionaire and alleged cyber-pirate Kim Dotcom has admitted owning one of the rarest pieces of Nazi memorabilia in existence. On the eve
Endgame, Inc: Inside The Company Inside Your Cell Phone
"... The company started by ex ISS and CIA executives promises (in private) 'to provide our customers with the highest quality offensive CNA/CNE (Comp
Meet Reddit’s Holocaust Denying, Women-Hating “Squatzi” Moderators
By ZAYIN B'AYIN Heeb Magazine, Feb 4, 2014 There’s trouble a’brewin’ over at Reddit – a site whose reputation as a beacon of civil
Snowden Docs: Western Spy Agencies Build ‘Cyber Magicians’ to Manipulate Online Discourse
Related: "How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations" rt, February 25, 2014 Secret units within t
Snowden Documents: The NSA Spied on WikiLeaks Website Visitors
"... The documents call into question the Obama administration’s repeated insistence that U.S. citizens are not being caught up in the sweeping surv
Amazon’s Marriage to the CIA
A fear about the U.S. ”surveillance state” has been that it might merge with private tech companies that already collect vast amounts of data o
Springtime for Hitler: 'Mein Kampf' is an E-Book Bestseller
Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' becomes online bestseller Jan 13, 2014 While the German government still opposes distribution of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler’
FRIENDLY TECHNOFASCISM: WITH GREAT COMPUTING POWER COMES GREAT SURVEILLANCE
January 10, 2014 Nearly 50 years ago, Gordon Moore suggested that the number of transistors that could be placed on a silicon chip would continue t
Graphs by MIT Students Show the Enormously Intrusive Nature of Metadata
You've probably heard politicians or pundits say that “metadata doesn't matter.” They argue that police and intelligence agencies shouldn't need p
A Search Engine To Find Secrets The Government Doesn't Want You To Know
Go ahead, use the search engine. America's public servants can't very well object to citizens spying on them if they have nothing to hide. Besides,
The Age of Technofascism
Also see: The Cell Phone Network: Psychoactive by Design? " ... Promises of a glorious technology-enchanted future, suppression of the individual f
NSA is Intercepting Laptops Purchased Online to Install Spy Malware
December 29, 2013 According to a new report from Der Spiegel based on internal NSA documents, the signals intelligence agency's elite
Want To Expose Corporate Corruption? Empower The People? There's An App For That
From CNN Opinion: Many professionals such as lawyers, journalists, government officials and medical professionals can dramatically impact on the live
Former CIA Boss, Task Force Member Says Even Though Metadata Collection Hasn't Been Useful, It Should Be Expanded
December 24, 2013 We've pointed out that one of the big surprises in the White House's task force proposals on NSA reform, was that the task forc
Bay Area Link to Nazi Website
Photo: A supporter of the Hungarian radical right-wing party "Jobbik" attends a rally in Budapest, Oct. 23, 2009. The words read "my honor is my loya
Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon Fund Far Right-Wing Lobbies
Some of America’s largest technology and telecoms companies, including Facebook, Microsoft and AT&T, are backing a network of self-styled “fre
Why is GOOGLE Funding Grover Norquist, Heritage Action and ALEC?
Photo: Grover Norquist (Getty) Google, the tech giant supposedly guided by its “don’t be evil” motto, has been funding a growing list of group
NSA Data Mining has Nothing to do with Terrorism
Electronic Frontier Foundation: "NSA's Vast Surveillance Powers Extend Far Beyond Counterterrorism, Despite Misleading Government Claims": "Time and a
"Mainstream" Media: NSA was Lax in Protecting its Lawbreaking
November 8, 2013 This article originally appeared in the Daily Kos. Since June, the mainstream media has been reporting National Security Agency (N
Pentagon's Special Operations Command May Add Propaganda Websites (USA Today)
November 6, 2013 The Pentagon may expand its system of propaganda websites aimed at various audiences around the world despite attempts by Congress
Fox News Swayed Public Opinion Using Online Sock Puppets
Also see: "HBGary, Palantir, Prism, Facebook & The Industrial Surveillance Complex" "A Campaign to Smear WikiLeaks Supporters" There's a stran
Google’s Dark Alliance with ALEC
Also see: "Get Facebook, Google and Yelp Out Of ALEC!" Google and other tech giants have reportedly teamed up with the pro-corporate ALEC to draft mod
EFF: The NSA is Making Us All Less Safe
"Computers are everywhere. They are now something we put our whole bodies into—airplanes, cars—and something we put into our bodies—pacemakers,