#Trump is going after the people who expose #DomesticTerrorism operations.

The Southern Poverty Law Center [#SPLC] says it’s the subject of a #criminal investigation by the “Justice” Dept & faces possible charges over its past use of paid informants to infiltrate #extremist groups.

#law #DOJ #extremism #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism #racism #sexism #WhiteChristianNationalism #PoliticalViolence #CivilRights
https://apnews.com/article/southern-poverty-law-center-criminal-investigation-db7fdcf9baa0d1b24b8f1e1f2cebc0be

A federal jury in North Carolina on Monday found #Uber liable for a #SexualAssault by a driver in 2019, handing the ride-hailing company a second consecutive defeat in its first trials of more than 3,000 pending sexual assault & #SexualMisconduct lawsuits.

#law #business #accountability
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/business/uber-sexual-assault-verdict-bellwether.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

NEW: Stories about pardons are often told as stories about presidential power — who had access, who persuaded a president to intervene. But what drew reporter Jeremy Kohler to this story was the people on the other side of that act of grace.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-joseph-schwartz-pardon-lawsuit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #DonaldTrump #WhiteHouse #Law #Legal #Family

#SCOTUS will decide if #preschools that decline #children of #SameSex couples may receive state #funding

The #SupremeCourt agreed Monday to review a #Colorado #law that requires preschools receiving taxpayer money to enroll children of same-sex couples — setting up an important #FirstAmendment showdown at the high court that pits “#religious” “rights” against #LGBTQ #families.

#heterosexism #bigotry #discrimination #hate #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/politics/supreme-court-same-sex-couples-preschool?cid=ios_app

After years of allowing #religious schools in some settings to receive #state #funding alongside #secular schools, the 6-3 #conservative court will now decide what to do when school leaders assert that anti-#discrimination laws intended to protect #gay & #transgender people conflict with their religious beliefs. The appeal from the Catholic parishes will likely be heard in the fall & a decision is likely sometime next year.

#law #heterosexism #bigotry #hate #SCOTUS #PartisanCourt #ActivistCourt

“Until a journalist is actually able to bring a civil rights lawsuit to trial against the government for violating their First Amendment rights, it’s open season on anyone doing #journalism, and especially those without an in-house lawyer handy.” https://www.texasobserver.org/la-gordiloca-lost-supreme-court-won-laredo/

#media #politics #USpol #news #FirstAmendment #SCOTUS #law

🛡️ #Cybersecurity news & tips across the #fediverse

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"Tell your lawmakers: we need common-sense, privacy forward solutions, NOT ID checks for the internet!" #privacy #surveillance #law #internet”

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#TheCrueltyIsThePoint news∶

The govt of #France is pressing #DHS to release the 86-year-old French widow of a military #veteran from #immigration custody after she was detained this month.

#ICE agents detained Marie-Therese Ross in Alabama April 1 after she overstayed her 90-day visa…. Ross is now being held at a federal immigration #detention facility in Louisiana.

[must be one of those violent criminals #Trump claims to be arresting, detaining & deporting /s🙄]

#law
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/g-s1-117615/france-seeks-release-of-86-year-old-detained-by-ice

KQED: What Is the Point of California’s Privacy Laws if Big Tech Ignores Them?. “An independent review of Microsoft, Meta and Google web traffic in California in March found the tech companies may have violated state regulations around internet privacy. The audit, by webXray, also said that nearly 200 online advertising services ignored ‘legally defined, globally standard, opt-out signals’ […]

Um … Hell No. Nope.

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

#DOJ moves to toss #SeditiousConspiracy #convictions of #OathKeepers & #ProudBoys

The DOJ on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys & Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to #prison terms for leading members of the #FarRight #extremist groups in attacking the US Capitol to keep #Trump in #power >5 years ago.

#law #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence
https://apnews.com/article/proud-boys-oath-keepers-convictions-dropped-doj-ad679108ab84083694261efc101e60ea

ICYMI, be sure you catch our interview with Cindy Cohn, @eff Executive Director and prolific civil liberties attorney in the fight for digital rights.

Cindy sat down with us in Ann Arbor, MI to discuss her work, the origins of the EFF, her latest book “Privacy’s Defender,” and the still-ongoing fight for privacy and digital liberties 💪

Watch now: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc

#EFF #Interview #PrivacysDefender #CindyCohn #DigitalRights #Privacy #Security #Law

Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of #Trump admin #deportation flights

A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump admin for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping
https://apnews.com/article/trump-judge-boasberg-contempt-f5ab5110336be20773e8aa8d5b484879

#Idaho Cut Services for People With Schizophrenia. Then the #Deaths Began.

Eliminating outreach to people with severe mental illness set off such a cascade of bad outcomes that Idaho has scrambled to reverse.

#law #policy #PublicHealth #health #government #SocialServices #MentalHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/health/idaho-mental-health-act-cuts.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Ars Technica: First man convicted under Take It Down Act kept making AI nudes after arrest. “An Ohio man became the first person convicted under the Take It Down Act after pleading guilty to creating and sharing both real and AI-generated explicit images of at least 10 victims without their consent. According to a Justice Department press release, 37-year-old James Strahler II used AI tools to […]

tl;dr: Invasion of privacy by camera. Porch to porch is very close on my street. It's very unnerving that my neighbor across the street has one of those motion detecting cameras on its porch and every time there is significant movement at my desk, inside my home at night, it detects me and the spotlight, which is a joke, comes on and it records me for so long. Lort knows what data it is sending to lort knows where. I know a lot of them have AI detection built in.

I shouldn't have to completely black out my windows to have some basic #privacy in my home, at my desk. Even when I close the blinds it detects shadows.

There should be a law or regulation that mandates and gives a right to a neighbor to enforce a neighbor with a camera to setup blind zones. #law

Just think if a next door neighbor in those close subdivisions that share a fence sets up a backyard camera on its roof eaves. You have zero privacy behind your 6 to 8 foot fence.

In one hour, catch our interview with Cindy Cohn, EFF's outgoing Executive Director and prolific civil liberties attorney in the fight for digital rights.

Her first major case with the EFF, Bernstein v. United States, established the "right to code" and dismantled the USA's unconstitutional ban on encryption exports, paving the way for people to develop technologies like PGP and other strong encryption tools without having to register as an "arms dealer" and face government restrictions on publishing their ideas.

In her career since she's represented many historic cases: suing AT&T for secretly collaborating with the NSA (Hepting v. AT&T), Sony for installing malware DRM, a vote machine company abusing copyright law to silence criticism, the DVD Copy Control Association attacking freedom of speech, and many other fights against the NSA and for internet freedom.

Cohn has been with @eff for over 30 years, and succeeded Shari Steele to become EFF's Executive Director in 2015. Our interview discusses her works and legacy, the origins of the EFF, and the still-ongoing fight for privacy and digital liberties 💪

Premiering soon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFv0ki3nDc

#EFF #Interview #CindyCohn #DigitalRights #InternetHistory #Privacy #Security #Law

The RCMP’s surveillance of Indigenous groups exposes a centuries‑long pattern in Canada
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations
#Canada #RCMP #Surveillance #Privacy #CivilRights #Accountability #Security #Policing #HumanRights #DataPrivacy #Freedom #Justice #Law
https://the-14.com/the-rcmps-surveillance-of-indigenous-groups-exposes-a-centuries-long-pattern-in-canada/

“President Trump has repeatedly promised his top administration officials pardons before he leaves office, according to people who have heard his comments.”

But w/Epstein he likely broke state/territory law. Staffers may’ve obstructed in those jurisdictions too. Potus can’t pardon those.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-promises-mass-pardons-to-staff-before-leaving-office-d7274d32

#USpol #law #pardons

Seriously messed up

#Louisiana #GOP races to eliminate an elected office won by an #exonerated man

A man imprisoned for nearly 30 years before being exonerated won a landmark #election in #NewOrleans promising to fix a #judicial system that failed him. Now, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry & the GOP-controlled Legislature are racing to eliminate his job before he can be sworn in.

#law #NOLA #USpol #LApol
https://apnews.com/article/new-orleans-criminal-clerk-calvin-duncan-exonerated-d247677aa601a85cac604645d50fc739

📰 #Law & #Technology updates from https://law.yale.edu/isp

“Two new articles by ISP fellow @ignaciocofone.bsky.social :

The Privacy Paradox Is a Misnomer: Data Under Structural Uncertainty : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6030275

-and-

Consent, Design, and...”

https://bsky.app/profile/yaleisp.bsky.social/post/3miemtzrw3224

@brewsterkahle @carlmalamud it should be illegal to #Paywall access to #law texts.

• Cuz it's one thing to say "not knowing doesn't mean one isn't subject to laws" but actively making it inaccessible is at best flat-out #ClassWarfare if not blatant #fascism!
  • Because " #RuleOfLaw " means one has access to the law text!

Engadget: OkCupid settles FTC case on alleged misuse of its users’ personal data . “According to the lawsuit, the FTC accused OkCupid of inappropriately sharing personal user data that includes photos and location info with a third party company, Clarifai, which offers AI-powered software for uses like facial recognition and content moderation.”

Using AI in a legal context is perfectly defensible. Not following up and not performing due diligence is lazy and derelict. This extends to any serious endeavour.

https://www.whro.org/2026-04-03/penalties-stack-up-as-ai-spreads-through-the-legal-system

#philosophy #law #legal #ai #negligence #lazy #duediligence #performance #article #npr #lawyers #lawschool #attorneys #authoship #responsibility #accountability #references #citations #writing #publishing

Any move to force changes to #state run ​#election systems is likely to face immediate #legal challenges.

#Trump claimed only a judge could block the order & complained that there were many "rogue" & "very bad" judges. "I don't see ​how they can challenge it," he said about the executive order.

#law #judiciary #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

The order would use federal #data to help state #election ​officials verify who is “eligible” to #vote in their jurisdictions. It would also require #AbsenteeBallots to be sent only to ⁠voters on each state's “approved” mail-in ballot list & mandate “secure” ​ballot envelopes with unique tracking barcodes.

#Trump #law #privacy #InfoSec #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism

#Trump signs #ExecutiveOrder on #mail #ballots, escalating #election overhaul push

Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide, including by ​directing his admin to create a list of confirmed #US #citizens eligible to #vote in each state, & said he did not see how the measure could be challenged.

#law #ElectionLaw #ElectionInterference #Constitution #states #federalism #WhiteSupremacy #WhiteChristianNationalism #privacy
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-order-mail-ballots-escalating-election-overhaul-push-2026-03-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

An airstrike hit Iran’s #University of Science and Technology in Tehran [#IUST] on Saturday, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

The strike damaged #research & #education buildings, IRNA reported, citing the university’s public relations office.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

#IranWar

Yemen’s #Iran backed #Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on #Israel on Saturday, raising concerns about the rebel group entering the fighting in the #MiddleEast. Israel said it intercepted the missile, the first time it has faced fire from #Yemen since the start of the #war last month.

#TrumpsWar #US #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-03-28-2026

An Iranian attack on a military base in #SaudiArabia wounded at least 15 #US service members, including 5 who were seriously wounded in the attack….

#Iran fired 6 ballistic missiles & 29 drones at Saudi Arabia’s Prince Sultan air base in a Friday attack that wounded at least 15 troops, including 5 seriously…. US officials initially reported that at least 10 US troops were injured, including 2 seriously wounded.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #war #Trump #RegimeChange #law #Congress #WarPowers #MiddleEast

#Kuwait’s international #airport has been hit by drone attacks, the Civil Aviation Authority said on Saturday.

It said the attacks severely damaged the airport’s radar systems.

No casualties were reported.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

The casualty toll from a missile attack early Saturday in #AbuDhabi has risen to 6.

The Abu Dhabi Media Office said an additional Pakistani national was injured by falling debris in the vicinity of Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi when air defense systems intercepted a ballistic missile.

The attack caused 3 fires in the area which have been brought under control.

#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #geopolitics #MiddleEast

In some parts of the Western world, we're taught that jury-by-peer is a bastion of fairness, but what is a peer?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/27/ive-been-thinking-peers/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

I suggest that this propaganda isn't all it's cracked up to be. I offer Nuremberg and Man in a High Castle as exhibits A and B.

#philosophy #psychology #enlightenment #germany #ontology #fairness #history #ontologicalgrammar #power #law #juries #peers #perception #morality #indoctonation #propaganda #justice #domination #blog #podcast

Since the 1950s, the #federal govt has consistently operated as the predominant source of #research #funding for #universities, acc/to the #NSF.

One of the largest govt sources of research funding has been the #NIH, which disburses about $35 billion each year. The largest recipients of those NIH #grants are #MedicalSchools, acc/to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

#law #Constitution #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #Trump #science #medicine

By directing a triad of investigations specifically at #MedicalSchools in a single day, the #Trump admin is widening its targets & transforming a decades-long financial partnership into a tool of #cultural leverage.

That partnership dates back to a postwar consensus in the country that #ScientificProgress is a fundamental #PublicGood — one too vital to be left to the vagaries of the market or the limitations of private philanthropy.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #science #medicine

…The govt’s attacks on #HigherEducation during the past year have in part been aimed at tilting the #political balance of #academia, which #Trump views as hostile to his brand of “conservatism”. Some #MedicalSchools had been swept up in the campaign, but largely at #universities like #Harvard, #UPenn & #UCLA, where the full force of the govt was on display through investigations into “antisemitism” [#Palestinian Rights activism], protections for #transgender athletes & #admissions policies.
#law

The government is seeking information about #MedicalSchool #applicants from each of the past 7 years, including test scores, home ZIP codes & any familial relationships to alumni or ties to university donors. The #Trump admin also demanded copies of any internal messages at the universities about #diversity, #equity & #inclusion & any correspondence between school officials & pharmaceutical companies about admissions policies.

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #MafiaState #science

The #Trump admin has opened investigations into #admissions policies at 3 major #MedicalSchools, expanding the #federal govt’s pressure campaign beyond campus #culture & taking aim at the heart of #ScientificAuthority in the #US.

The #DOJ on Wednesday informed #Stanford, #OhioState & #UCSD, about the investigations & demanded that the schools turn over extensive lists of #data by April 24 or risk interruptions to essential federal #funding….

#law #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #medicine

Great. Let’s impede #medical #education./s

#Trump Admin Begins Investigations Into Three #MedicalSchools

The #DOJ’s demands for #admissions-related data from #Stanford, #OhioState & the University of California, San Diego [#UCSD], represent a flex of #federal #power.

#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #science #medicine #PublicHealth

#GiftArticle

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/us/politics/trump-medical-schools-civil-rights.html?unlocked_article_code=1.WFA.pWJo.d0KT6obrI1V6&smid=nytcore-ios-share

FBI director Kash Patel confirmed the agency buys commercially available location data to track Americans, bypassing warrants and raising constitutional privacy concerns 📍

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden/

#TechNews #Privacy #Surveillance #Cybersecurity #Data #Security #DigitalRights #Freedom #Law #Government #BigData #Tech #Policy #Rights #DataProtection

One case that sparked tension involved #cryptocurrency entrepreneur #JustinSun, a major backer of the #Trump ​family's #WorldLibertyFinancial venture, & another involved #Tesla boss Elon #Musk, a big donor to Trump's campaign who briefly served as the president's special adviser, the 2 people said.

#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation

The #US Securities & Exchange Commission's top enforcement official, who left abruptly last week, had clashed with agency leaders over the direction of its #enforcement program, including the handling of cases with ties to #Trump & his family, according to 3 people familiar with the matter.

#criminal #law #SEC #felon47 #fraud #InsiderTrading #MarketManipulation
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/us-secs-ex-enforcement-chief-clashed-with-bosses-before-leaving-sources-say-2026-03-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement