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New Records Obtained by EFF Expose More Problems with Medicare's AI Experiment

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:25:00 -0400

“Another company built a system that allowed clinical reviewers to reject claims without opening patient files; clinical reviewers using this system spent an average of just 1.2 seconds on each case.”

Intel, Oracle, IBM join growing list of firms objecting to OKX–ICE tokenized stock plans

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0400

“Under the framework, venues must notify issuers and give them 30 days to object before offering tokenized versions of their shares.”

This Oil Company Is Linked to 1,000 Pollution Incidents and Other Violations. Oklahoma Never Punished It.

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:20:00 -0400

“In fact the commission has no record of ever fining or completing an enforcement case against Citation.”

UK ministers had plenty of time for AI datacenter bosses, but none for environmental groups

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:19:00 -0400

“Environmental groups, by contrast, didn’t get a single meeting with ministers or senior officials.”

Denmark's bid to ditch Microsoft Office for open-source alternative Collabora collapses in under six months

Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:00 -0400

“Denmark isn’t alone in moving away from U.S. software, with France and the Netherlands both taking steps to replace Microsoft Windows.”

Police In Guinea-Bissau Raid Offices Of Danish Anti-Vaxxers Planning CDC-Funded Unethical Study

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:40:00 -0400

“The study is designed to knowingly expose 7,000 children to hepatitis B, which can have immensely deleterious long-term health outcomes if exposed.”

Interoperability vs. Security: Why not both?

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:05:00 -0400

“Policymakers cannot take tech giants’ claims at face value.”

Malcolm Gladwell: Cops Are Violent Because The US Doesn't Have Enough Cops

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:00:00 -0400

“The drop-off in police staffing is due to the cops themselves.”

EFF to Brazil's ANPD: Data Privacy and Free Expression Must Underpin Platform Regulations

Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:50:00 -0400

“Age verification technology is often inaccurate and privacy-invasive.”

Canadians Are Running Out Of Time To Oppose The Dangerous C-22 Surveillance Bill

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:25:00 -0400

“It also requires services to retain metadata for up to a year.”

Elon Musk Just Gave Europe a Reason to Replace American Technology

Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:20:00 -0400

“The U.S. is an unreliable security and technology partner willing to throw any partner under the bus.”

Greece's social media ban for under-15s: What you need to know

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:37:00 -0400

“The new framework is due to apply from 1 January 2027.”

Bird Flu Is Raging on a Mink Farm. It Could Spark a Human Pandemic, Experts Say, but Officials Won't Act.

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:24:00 -0400

“Instead of trying to stop the outbreak and prevent it from spilling into humans, state and federal officials have done little except try to keep its existence quiet, our investigation shows.”

ICE Officers Who Ran Over Man Were Trying To Arrest Someone Who Had Been Dead For Years

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:48:00 -0400

“ICE alleged in a statement that ‘Parra-Hernandez ran in front of an ICE vehicle and was struck.’”

Nuclear Weapons Waste Made Workers Sick. Despite a Law Meant to Help, the DOE Keeps Fighting Their Claims.

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:46:00 -0400

“State records show that the DOE has filed more than 500 appeals since the presumption law passed in 2018.”

'VPNs at Risk': Tech Coalition Pushes Back on Piracy Blocking Duties for VPNs

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:42:00 -0400

“ACPA would allow courts to name VPN providers with 100,000 or more monthly U.S. users or subscribers in a blocking order.”

EFF's State Legislative Agenda to End ALPR Mass Surveillance

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:40:00 -0400

“In August 2026, Florida’s Department of Transportation ordered the removal of all ALPRs from the right-of-way on state highways within 30 days.”

The UAE embraces AI for kindergartners

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:17:00 -0400

“We want children who use AI to ask better questions, not children who rely on it to give them all the answers.”

The River Can't Be Trusted

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:16:00 -0400

“They told us exactly where it was going to come and what it was going to do,” said Hall, the fire chief.

Victory! Court Rules OPM Data Disclosure to DOGE Is Unlawful

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:45:00 -0400

“However, OPM should still clean up the cybersecurity mess it created.”

'We Didn't Do This Perfectly': American Fork Police Chief's Understatement Now Anchors A Civil Rights Lawsuit By Reckless Ben's Helpers

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400

“There seemed to be a pervasive belief among the AFPD that they could effectively scare the young people straight by detaining and threatening them, which is not how policing is supposed to work.”

He Waited Nine Years in Prison for His Lawyer to File a Single Brief. In This State, There's No Rule Against It.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:58:00 -0400

“O’Neal is still fighting his case, now with a new court-appointed lawyer.”

TP-Link moves to assemble routers in the US following an import ban

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 07:54:00 -0400

“The company said it will still have to source components from outside the US.”

DeepSeek deep-sixed at all US federal civilian agencies

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:47:00 -0400

“Banning DeepSeek’s own app and API is workable.”

He Tried to Set Limits on His State's School Vouchers. Billionaires Helped Bankroll a Campaign to Unseat Him.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:46:00 -0400

“if you oppose school freedom, expect to be held accountable”

France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron twilight months

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:40:00 -0400

“Le Pen no longer needs to spend any money to campaign.”

Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces Congressional Legislation To Protect Video Game Ownership: 'If You Pay For It, You Own It'

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:25:00 -0400

“A game that can be taken away the moment a company pulls the plug is not a purchase.”

RIAA Flags Anna's Archive and AI Voice Cloner to U.S. Government

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 05:50:00 -0400

“The annual review doesn’t make any legal findings.”

DHS Inspector General Finds That TSA is Not Properly Safeguarding Passenger Facial Recognition Data

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:19:00 -0400

“…was able to access and extract sensitive passenger information, including driver’s license and passport images, during system troubleshooting and enhancements, without TSA’s knowledge.”

U.K. Sanctions Cryptomus for RU Money Laundering

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 08:17:00 -0400

“Cryptomus and Heleket have emerged as major payment hubs for illicit activity,”

Game Industry Asks U.S. to Flag Denuvo Cracker 'voices38' as Notorious Piracy Threat

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:15:00 -0400

“Each crack therefore unlocks an entire downstream market for an unauthorized copy of that title.”

Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of Expression and Association

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 06:55:00 -0400

“These actions threaten the very existence of the LGBTQ+ organizations targeted.”

Alabama's TikTok Settlement Comes With An Affiliate Program For Getting Other AGs To Go After TikTok

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:12:00 -0400

“The agreement sets up multiple “funds” that are wholly dependent on other state AGs coming to similar settlements.”

Turkish Crackdown On LGBTQ+ Organizations Threatens Freedom of Expression and Association

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 09:11:00 -0400

“These actions threaten the very existence of the LGBTQ+ organizations targeted.”

New York Plans Stronger Sports Betting Regulation to Curb Gambling Addiction

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:42:00 -0400

“The industry is on notice by me and this commission that they need to solve this problem,”

Loud blast heard at Riyadh airport as travellers evacuate

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 11:39:00 -0400

“More than a dozen ambulances were seen rushing to the airport.”

US bars Microsoft, Adobe, and major IT firms from green card program for skilled foreign workers

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:20:00 -0400

“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,”

An Arizona County's "Housing Hub" Is a Dead End for Many Homeless Families

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:17:00 -0400

“You have to stay homeless to get to the front, and that’s a design choice.”

Conflict in the Red Sea is forcing cloud giants to find a new route for the internet

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:58:00 -0400

“Repairs took months because the repair ships needed assurances they would not be fired upon.”

US Postal Service To Start Exploring Its Always-On Surveillance Options

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:57:00 -0400

“The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data.”

Site-Blocking Will Not Defend IP, No Matter the Bill's Name

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:56:00 -0400

“It is about making an entire website inaccessible for everyone trying to visit it.”

As U.S. blocks DJI, Insta360 races to win American creators

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:59:00 -0400

“In the first half of 2026, Insta360’s net profit dropped by 94% compared with a year ago.”

Ken Paxton's Security for Travel Cost Taxpayers Millions. Just 1 in 6 of His Trips Had a Stated Business Purpose.

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:08:00 -0400

“There’s no reason for the taxpayers to be paying for things that they would not be paying for if he had stayed home.”

When No ID Means No Internet: Age Verification and the Right to Access Information

Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:05:00 -0400

“Age verification is not a neutral safety measure.”

We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:20:00 -0400

“This sharing violated state law and ’exposed sensitive driver location information to misuse by the federal government.'”

Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0400

“If you don’t do anything, kids are going to die.”

Her Agency Distributes Billions for Housing Projects. Her Husband's Company Helped Develop Some of Them.

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:50:00 -0400

“The closest Bell came to a disclosure was in 2025 with this vague note with a misspelling: ‘Spouse serves in an advisory role for a developmen.’”

Congress Has Another Site-Blocking Bill, And This One Targets VPNs

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0400

“The decision to label a website as a ‘foreign piracy site’ can happen without the accused site even showing up in court to defend itself.”

We're Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:48:00 -0400

“In Arkansas, all it took was a few clicks on the Arkansas secretary of state website, $45 and an American flag to form a bona fide private school.”

Who gets to decide if AI is safe? Africa wants a say

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 08:34:00 -0400

“Africa cannot remain merely a market for systems developed elsewhere, a source of raw data, or a testing ground for a technology it did not help govern.”