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#civilliberties

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Peter Link 🍉🇨🇺🇵🇸

‘Don’t yap to cops’: why Hasan Piker’s US customs story kicked off a backlash

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Julia Carrie Wong
Sat 17 May 2025 09.00 EDT

"When #HasanPiker was stopped and questioned about his political views by US Customs and Border Protection (#CBP) agents at Chicago’s O’Hare airport last Sunday, the popular leftwing streamer thought he knew exactly what their motive was. “Obviously the reason for why they’re doing that is, I think, to try to create an environment of fear,” he told his legion of fans on a Twitch stream in which he described his ordeal. “To try to get people like myself … to shut the fuck up.”

But the decision by Piker – a 33-year-old US citizen – to entertain the agents’ questions for nearly two hours has some of the self-described socialist’s fans and allies questioning why he didn’t do just that."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

#CivilLiberties
#KnowYourRights
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics #Trump
#news #press

The Guardian · ‘Don’t yap to cops’: why Hasan Piker’s US customs story kicked off a backlashBy Julia Carrie Wong
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"John L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was among the first people to see the need for an online library of official secrets, a place where the public could find out things that governments and corporations didn’t want them to know. He made real the idea – revolutionary in its time – that the internet could make more information available to more people than ever before.

John and architect Deborah Natsios, his wife, in 1996 founded Cryptome, an online library which collects and publishes data about freedom of expression, privacy, cryptography, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and government secrecy. Its slogan: “The greatest threat to democracy is official secrecy which favors a few over the many.” And its invitation: “We welcome documents for publication that are prohibited by governments worldwide.”"

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/memo

Electronic Frontier Foundation · In Memoriam: John L. Young, Cryptome Co-FounderJohn L. Young, who died March 28 at age 89 in New York City, was among the first people to see the need for an online library of official secrets, a place where the public could find out things that governments and corporations didn’t want them to know. He made real the idea – revolutionary in its...
#Cryptome#CivilLiberties#OpenGovernment
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beSpacific

#Congressional #Librarians Tell #Trump 'Appointees' To Wrong Branch Of #Government To Get F*cked. And welcome to your new master #librarian, Trump's personal #criminal defense attorney, and this horse. Just saying - #librarians - all librarians - respect and defend the #truth, unfettered #access to #knowledge for all, and an uncompromising belief in #democracy and #civilliberties - #books do not #hate or #discriminate wonkette.com/p/congressional-l #trump #maga #corruption #lc #books #reading #freedom

Wonkette · Congressional Librarians Tell Trump 'Appointees' To Wrong Branch Of Government To Get F*ckedBy Marcie Jones
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beSpacific

Dear Colleagues: Please support Newsie.Social with a #donation - in an amount that you can afford. It is quick, easy and important. opencollective.com/newsiesocia Each of us on this instance, and all other instances, are in jeopardy if we live and work in the United States, and #freespeech, #civilliberties, #communications, #knowledge sharing, #education, and #community, are on the line. #thankyou

opencollective.comNewsie.Social - Open CollectiveNewsie.social is a place for journalism professionals, news-people and comms professionals on Mastodon. Operated by the Fourth Estate®.
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beSpacific

“Let us disarm #communication of all #prejudice and resentment, #fanaticism and even #hatred; let us free it from #aggression,” #PopeLeo told more than 1,000 #journalists, including the #Vatican Press corps, who gathered in an auditorium in Vatican City on May 12, 2025. “We do not need #loud, forceful communication but rather communication that is capable of listening,” he added, delivering his address in #Italian. #peace #liberty #democracy #journalism #civilliberties #freedom

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Paria sans portefeuille

"If history is any guide, rescuing the rights now being rolled back will require a range of tactics, including vigorous #protest itself. It will also require building broad and unwavering consensus about the speciousness of the rationales being offered for today’s draconian crackdowns."

Alex Gourevitch | The Right to Be Hostile

bostonreview.net/articles/the-

#USpol #StudentProtests #FreeSpeechOnCampus #stateRepression #PalestineSolidarity #rightToProtest #civilLiberties #activism @palestine

article in today's Boston Review: text, at right The Right to Be Hostile Crackdowns on pro-Palestinian protest force a reckoning with inflated definitions of harm and harassment. Alex Gourevitch [tags] Democracy, Education, Israel and Palestine, Protest image (photo), at left: Students and pro-Palestinian activists face police as they gather outside Columbia University on April 18, 2024. Image: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"That the Trump administration is using social media surveillance on student visa holders residing in the United States is a disturbing apparent escalation of a longstanding trend.

EFF has long sounded the alarm on the civil liberty harms of government social media surveillance. In particular, since 2019, visa applicants have been required to disclose all social media accounts they have used in the last five years to the U.S. government. That policy is the subject of an ongoing lawsuit, Doc Society v. Pompeo, in which EFF filed an amicus brief.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently upped the ante by ordering officials to deny visas to new or returning student applicants if their social media broadly demonstrates “a hostile attitude toward U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles).” Notably, Rubio indicated this standard could also apply to current student visa holders. The State Department also announced it will review the social media of any visa applicant who has been to Gaza since 2007.

The Trump administration has also proposed dramatically expanding social media scrutiny by requiring non-citizens already legally residing in the U.S. to disclose social media accounts on a variety of forms related to immigration benefits, such as people seeking lawful permanent residency or naturalization. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a component of DHS, also announced it would look for “antisemitic activity” on social media to deny immigration benefits to individuals currently in the country."

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/trum

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Trump Administration’s Targeting of International Students Jeopardizes Free Speech and Privacy OnlineThe federal government is using social media surveillance to target student visa holders living in the United States for online speech the Trump administration disfavors in an effort to revoke their visas. This new program, called “Catch and Revoke,” appears to be a cross-agency collaboration...
#USA#Trump#SocialMedia
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Eric Maugendre

"The EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code."

"From the second to the third draft of the Code, obligations changed to encouragements. Prohibitions became suggestions. Best efforts, reasonable efforts."

@corporateeurope: corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04

Corporate Europe ObservatoryCoded for privileged access | Corporate Europe ObservatoryThe EU is developing a Code of Practice to govern general purpose AI, as part of the implementation of the AI Act. But Big Tech has heavily influenced the process to successfully weaken the Code. 
#AIAct#lobbying#lobbies
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Eric Maugendre

"Professional conflicting interest - The AI office relied on a consortium of external consultants to help draft the Code of Practice. However, the investigation shows that the consultancies involved have commercial ties to the #BigTech companies. For instance, the main contractor – French consultancy Wavestone – has a contract to roll out Microsoft’s generative AI tool 365 Copilot in French businesses."

corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04 @ai @eu

Corporate Europe ObservatoryEU under heavy Big Tech pressure to weaken rules on advanced AI | Corporate Europe ObservatoryAs the European Commission is set to publish the Code of Practice on General Purpose AI next month, a new study shows the Code is under intense pressure from aggressive Big Tech lobbying. The upshot is weaker protection against potential structural biases and social harms caused by AI.
#aiEthics#GAFAM#scoring
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Paria sans portefeuille

This Is #Palestine pod | Justice for Mahmoud Khalil

Diana Buttu speaks with Dr Noor Abdalla, a Syrian-American dentist and the wife of Palestinian student activist and political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil

this-is-palestine.simplecast.c

#USpol #USpolitics #PalestineSolidarity #GazaSolidarity #FreeMahmoudKhalil #stateRepression #politicalRepression #studentProtests #ICE #ICEdetention #civilRights #civilLiberties #politicalPrisoners @palestine

This Is Palestine Justice for Mahmoud Khalil: A Conversation with Dr. Noor Abdalla, wife of Mr. Khalil | This Is PalestineIn this episode, we hear from Dr. Noor Abdalla, a Syrian-American dentist and the wife of Mr. Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian student activist and legal U.S. resident who has been illegally detained by ICE since March 8, 2025, for speaking out about Palestinian rights. Mr. Khalil was abducted by ICE while coming home from a Ramadan iftar with Dr. Abdalla, who was 8 months pregnant at the time. Mr. Khalil’s chilling abduction has sent shockwaves through student and activist communities around the world. In her own words, Dr. Abdalla recounts the horrific moment her husband was taken in front of her and speaks with host Diana Buttu about the ongoing toll this separation has taken on their lives. On April 21, Dr. Abdalla gave birth to their first child without Mahmoud by her side. In a cruel decision, the Department of Homeland Security denied Mr. Khalil’s request and permission to attend the birth of his first child, whom Mr. Khalil has only met over video. While speaking with Ms. Buttu, Dr. Abdalla not only delivers a powerful call for her husband’s freedom, but she also states that this is not just about Mahmoud; this is about all of us, and we must refuse to be silent about Palestinian rights and continue to speak out during times of injustice. Mr. Khalil is one of the many students and scholars being targeted by the Trump administration for speaking out against Israel’s genocide in Gaza and demanding that the US stop supplying weapons to Israel. From Columbia University to Tufts, ICE has orchestrated a wave of politically motivated unlawful detentions—often in public, and without warning or due process. Please see below the ways you can learn more about the call for Mr. Khalil’s freedom and safe return home with his family: IG: @justice4mahmoud https://www.instagram.com/justice4mahmoud/?igsh=MXA5aXR0Zzh4a3k4dA%3D%3D#
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beSpacific

#USPS #law enforcement assists #Trump ‘mass #deportation’ effort, sources and records show. The #Postal Inspection Service recently joined a federal #TaskForce to locate #undocumented #immigrants using #data from #mail and #packages, according to people familiar w the effort & records obtained by WaPo. #privacy #civilliberties #communications #medicine #healthcare #checks #salary #families washingtonpost.com/business/20

The Washington Post · USPS law enforcement assists Trump ‘mass deportation’ effort, sources and records showBy Jacob Bogage
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RedwoodSec

Remember how MAGA talked about how the FBI was corrupt and targeting Americans? Well, MAGA FBI, run by Kash Patel, is targeting musicians for protected speech, like songs. This is chilling free speech protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. whidbeynewstimes.com/news/fbi- #uspol #civilliberties #privacy

Whidbey News-Times · FBI questions leader of Oak Harbor punk band over lyricsBy Jessie Stensland
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DoomsdaysCW

No-Bid #ICE Contract Went to Former ICE Agents Being Sued for Fabricating Criminal Evidence on the Job

The $73 million deal for assisting with deportations went to a company whose executives are accused of retaliating against a fellow ICE worker.

Sam Biddle, April 17 2025

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement just signed a contract worth $73 million with a firm whose executives are accused of taking part in a scheme to manufacture evidence against a co-worker during their time working at the Department of Homeland Security.

"According to a contract document reviewed by The Intercept, federal contractor #UniversalStrategicAdvisors will provide services pertaining to #ICE’s 'non-detained docket,' a master list of millions of #noncitizens believed to be removable from the United States but not yet in the agency’s custody.

"The contract cites President Donald #Trump’s declaration of a #NationalEmergency on the #USMexicoBorder, an overwhelming glut of potential #deportees, and a shortage of officers to process them all as justification for hiring a private vendor to assist with the collection of biometric data, coordinating removals, and monitoring #immigrant populations.

"The document says that with a fleet of new outsourced employees, ICE can reassign hundreds of officers to tasks that better align with Trump’s recent executive orders aimed at maximizing the agency’s detention and deportation operations. With the contractors onboard, the document says at least 675 ICE officers 'will be able to take all appropriate actions to comply with the EO’s by prioritizing conducting at-large arrests, removals, and detention related activities.'

"A former ICE official, who spoke to The Intercept on the condition of anonymity, said they were concerned by this plan to further privatize the agency’s operations at the same time as the Trump administration has dramatically slashed its workforce and gutted important oversight bodies like the Office for #CivilRights and #CivilLiberties, as well as the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman. 'I certainly take issue with them firing career feds and demolishing whole offices, just to hire contractors to do the same work, many of them who are former ICE employees now retired,' the official said."

Read more:
theintercept.com/2025/04/17/ic

Archived version:
archive.ph/DjRAG

The Intercept · No-Bid ICE Contract Went to Former ICE Agents Being Sued for Fabricating Criminal Evidence on the JobBy Sam Biddle
#WorkerRetaliation#ICEDetention#Deportations
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