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Belgium and Hungary Launch Controversial Digital IDs, Vaccine Passport, Ahead of EU Regulations
Belgium and Hungary Launch Controversial Digital IDs, Vaccine Passport, Ahead of EU Regulations If you’re tired of censorship and surveillance, join Reclaim The Net. Belgium and Hungary are leading the way in launching digital ID wallets ahead of EU’s eIDAS (“electronic identification and trust services”) 2.0 regulation and EUDI Wallet coming into force later this month. In Belgium, […]
Controversial FAA Bill Passes Senate, Promotes Digital IDs and Mobile Licenses, Facial Recognition Concerns Ignored
Controversial FAA Bill Passes Senate, Promotes Digital IDs and Mobile Licenses, Facial Recognition Concerns Ignored The US Senate has passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization act, which enjoyed bipartisan support, with an overwhelming majority (88-4). The legislation includes a push to introduce digital ID and digital or mobile driver’s licenses, and will be considered […]
The Warrantless Surveillance Bill Renewal Is Even Broader Than Many Noticed
The Warrantless Surveillance Bill Renewal Is Even Broader Than Many Noticed The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA, amended in 2008), as a whole and its Section 702 in particular have been a “gift that keeps on giving” where all manner of controversies are concerned. In late April, it was time to once again reauthorize this legislation whose […]
A True Bipartisan Scandal
A True Bipartisan Scandal How out of control is our surveillance state? Read about a dubious investigation that swept up communications of some of the country’s most senior highest officials, and their families, in secret Last October, current and former congressional staffers from both parties began receiving curious notices. They came from Google, which obeyed […]
Australian Authorities Push for Encryption Backdoors After Internet Censorship Attempt
Australian Authorities Push for Encryption Backdoors After Internet Censorship Attempt Australia ramps up calls for “accountable encryption,” pushing tech giants toward compliance with controversial backdoor legislation. In a relentless bid to give some of the most authoritarian regimes in the world a run for their money where internet censorship is concerned, Australia’s government continues to […]
Banking on Surveillance: Republicans Investigate Major Banks’ Warrantless Data Sharing with Federal Agencies
Banking on Surveillance: Republicans Investigate Major Banks’ Warrantless Data Sharing with Federal Agencies Congressional inquiry into banks’ role in warrantless data surveillance following January 6 raises alarm over potential civil liberties violations and improper government collaboration. Congressional Republicans are further investigating claims that at least 13 major US banks collaborated with federal agencies to monitor […]
Wave Goodbye to Another Set of Freedoms With the New Digital ID
Wave Goodbye to Another Set of Freedoms With the New Digital ID In the 1980s, Australians fought hard against a similar national ID program, what has changed since then? Commentary “Papers please” used to be the ostinato of totalitarian systems, at least in the movies. With the passing of the government’s Digital ID bills, Australians […]
Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
Down with Big Brother: Warrantless Surveillance Makes a Mockery of the Constitution “Whether he wrote DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER, or whether he refrained from writing it, made no difference … The Thought Police would get him just the same … the arrests invariably happened at night … In the vast majority of cases there was […]
Oh, The Irony: Congress Passes FISA-702 Extension, Allowing Warrantless Document Searches & Electronic Surveillance Of Americans, On Patriots Day 2024
Oh, The Irony: Congress Passes FISA-702 Extension, Allowing Warrantless Document Searches & Electronic Surveillance Of Americans, On Patriots Day 2024 Authored by ‘Sundance’ via TheConservativeTreehouse.com, The fourth amendment to the United States constitution says: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be […]
Telegram Founder Reveals US Government’s Alleged Covert Maneuvers to Backdoor The App
Telegram Founder Reveals US Government’s Alleged Covert Maneuvers to Backdoor The App US authorities allegedly sought backdoors into Telegram’s encryption. Here’s a headline that surfaced on the internet this week: “US government tried to spy on people…” (…somebody, who happens to be the Telegram founder, “claims”.) What a shocker. Is this really newsworthy? Actually yes […]
EU Officials Dodge Their Own Surveillance Law
EU Officials Dodge Their Own Surveillance Law Leaked documents suggest EU officials seek immunity from their own controversial online surveillance laws, raising accusations of hypocrisy. Do as I say – not as I do. That’s the essence of a leak that claims to expose high-ranked EU officials as more than simply politicking hypocrites when it comes to […]
Scotland Implements Controversial Hate Legislation That Damages Free Speech
Scotland Implements Controversial Hate Legislation That Damages Free Speech A major attack on free speech was introduced on April 1st. Scotland’s contentious “hate crime” legislation, widely criticized as an affront to free speech, is now in effect. Critics have voiced concerns that these new measures, while designed to address the alleged harm inflicted by hatred […]
German domestic intelligence chief defends his efforts to police the “thought & speech patterns” of citizens, outlines the novel offence of “systematic delegitimisation of state conduct”
German domestic intelligence chief defends his efforts to police the “thought & speech patterns” of citizens, outlines the novel offence of “systematic delegitimisation of state conduct” The German Interior Ministry continues to defend its controversial and widely criticised plans to restrict the speech, travel and economic activity of political dissidents. The Federal Office for the Protection […]
Civil Liberties Supporters Sue Trudeau’s Government for Freezing Bank Accounts
Civil Liberties Supporters Sue Trudeau’s Government for Freezing Bank Accounts People are pushing back. Tired of censorship and surveillance? Defend free speech and individual liberty online. Push back against Big Tech and media gatekeepers. Subscribe to Reclaim The Net. Subscribe Twenty plaintiffs heavily embroiled in the 2022 Freedom Convoy, have initiated a legal battle against Prime Minister […]
The Greatest Trick Big Brother Ever Pulled
The Greatest Trick Big Brother Ever Pulled “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist” is a quote generally attributed to Charles Baudelaire – or possibly Keyser Söze depending on who you ask on the internet. Something similar can be said about Big Brother. When you think about what […]
