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No one should be surprised that telecommunications companies revved up opposition to the 2021 nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission. After all, Sohn was known as an effective critic of the industry's monopoly power and a defender of the public interest.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SjUKoEzaSE The title is "Artificial intelligence: Is It Protected by the First Amendment?," but we covered more than that. I much enjoyed it, and I hope you will, too! Here's FIRE's summary: What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the future of free speech and the First Amendment?…

The conclusions of two international credit rating agencies agreed on the initial positive outlook for Lebanon and its economy following its signing of the US-mediated sea border deal with Israel. “The agreement is credit positive for Lebanon because it establishes the necessary geopolitical security conditions for international energy companies to…

New tool shows where and when people work and live, with whom they associate and what places they visit

Government agencies and private security companies in the U.S. have found a cost-effective way to engage in warrantless surveillance of individuals, groups and places: a pay-for-access web tool called Fog Reveal.

While people were worrying about military-style policing, US law enforcement quietly deployed the tools of spycraft against their fellow citizens.

Ramaphosa’s opponents want him impeached over a growing scandal, but he still retains significant support in the ANC.

Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press

The innocuously-titled Online Safety Bill threatens citizens' rights to privacy and to speak freely.