Glenn Greenwald | New Study Shows Mass Surveillance Breeds Meekness, Fear and Self-Censorship
Glenn Greenwald, the Intercept
Greenwald writes: "A newly published study from Oxford's Jon Penney provides empirical evidence for a key argument long made by privacy advocates: that the mere existence of a surveillance state breeds fear and conformity and stifles free expression."
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Glenn Greenwald, the Intercept
Greenwald writes: "A newly published study from Oxford's Jon Penney provides empirical evidence for a key argument long made by privacy advocates: that the mere existence of a surveillance state breeds fear and conformity and stifles free expression."
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Texas Prisons Assert Right to Censor Inmates' Families on Social Media
Jordan Smith, The Intercept
Smith writes: "In a section of the 146-page Offender Orientation Handbook reserved for 'standards of behavior' - between a rule requiring prisoners to 'show respect' in their interactions with others and another forbidding 'fighting, scuffling, horseplay, or similar activities' - there had appeared a seemingly incongruous new rule stating that prisoners 'are prohibited from maintaining active social media accounts for the purposes of soliciting, updating, or engaging others, through a third party or otherwise.'
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Jordan Smith, The Intercept
Smith writes: "In a section of the 146-page Offender Orientation Handbook reserved for 'standards of behavior' - between a rule requiring prisoners to 'show respect' in their interactions with others and another forbidding 'fighting, scuffling, horseplay, or similar activities' - there had appeared a seemingly incongruous new rule stating that prisoners 'are prohibited from maintaining active social media accounts for the purposes of soliciting, updating, or engaging others, through a third party or otherwise.'
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Florida Officer Fired and Arrested After Video Shows Him Beating Handcuffed Woman
Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post
Chokshi writes: "The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida said it fired and arrested one of its own this week after the officer repeatedly struck a handcuffed woman in a jail, an incident authorities caught on film."
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Niraj Chokshi, Washington Post
Chokshi writes: "The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office in Florida said it fired and arrested one of its own this week after the officer repeatedly struck a handcuffed woman in a jail, an incident authorities caught on film."
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The Government Wants Your Fingerprint to Unlock Your Phone. Should That Be Allowed?
Matt Hamilton and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "How far can the government go to obtain biometric markers such as fingerprints and hair?"
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Matt Hamilton and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "How far can the government go to obtain biometric markers such as fingerprints and hair?"
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Even for Those Here Legally, High Stakes and Few Protections in Immigration Court
Caitlin Dickerson, NPR
Dickerson writes, "Inside a Newton County, Ga., superior courtroom, Shawn stood before a judge ready to enter a guilty plea. A year earlier, police had found him with 4 ounces of marijuana, two digital scales and plastic baggies at his family home near Atlanta. His lawyer negotiated the deal to avoid the 10-year sentence Shawn could face if his case went to trial."
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Caitlin Dickerson, NPR
Dickerson writes, "Inside a Newton County, Ga., superior courtroom, Shawn stood before a judge ready to enter a guilty plea. A year earlier, police had found him with 4 ounces of marijuana, two digital scales and plastic baggies at his family home near Atlanta. His lawyer negotiated the deal to avoid the 10-year sentence Shawn could face if his case went to trial."
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Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro Hikes Minimum Wage 30 Percent
TeleSUR
Excerpt: "Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday night announced the increase the country's minimum wage 30 percent. The leader said that as of May 1, the minimum wage will jump to 15,051 bolivars per month (US$1,505), while the monthly food ticket to 18,585 bolivars (US$1,858)."
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TeleSUR
Excerpt: "Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday night announced the increase the country's minimum wage 30 percent. The leader said that as of May 1, the minimum wage will jump to 15,051 bolivars per month (US$1,505), while the monthly food ticket to 18,585 bolivars (US$1,858)."
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Proposed Coal Terminal Would Be the Equivalent of Adding 8 Million Cars to the Road
Natasha Geiling, Think Progress
Geiling writes: "Located just two hours north of Portland, Oregon, along the Columbia River, the proposed terminal would ship a maximum of 44 million metric tons of coal from the Western United States each year to markets overseas, making it, if built, the largest coal export terminal in the country."
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Natasha Geiling, Think Progress
Geiling writes: "Located just two hours north of Portland, Oregon, along the Columbia River, the proposed terminal would ship a maximum of 44 million metric tons of coal from the Western United States each year to markets overseas, making it, if built, the largest coal export terminal in the country."
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