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  1. 1 hour ago

    Our camera covers feature an ultra-removable adhesive, allowing you to take the sticker off during your meetings then put the cover right back on.

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  2. 2 hours ago

    A Virginia school district needs a remedial lesson in the First Amendment. It sued requesters to wipe public records it released from the internet. A court eventually ended the prior restraint, but not before a significant legal fight.

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  3. 2 hours ago

    We’re not football referees. But if we were, we’d call a penalty on university officials who used the Big 10 athletic conference’s communications system to avoid public scrutiny.

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Texas AG Ken Paxton is tasked with enforcing the state’s public records law. He exposed a glaring loophole when he failed to respond to a request for records about his communications on January 6, 2021.

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  5. 2 hours ago

    What not to do with a FOIA request: when the public asks for records to back up your department’s colorful, and maybe fictional, social media posts about local crime, don’t clam up and demand $6,400 to process the request.

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  6. 2 hours ago

    We might never see public records showing whether Waymo’s self-driving cars are safe after the company t-boned a public records request to the California DMV and got a court to rule that the materials contained trade secrets.

    illustration of A car with the waymo logo on the back, crashed into a california dmv office
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  7. 3 hours ago

    Iran's "User Protection Bill" threatens the privacy, security, and freedom of expression for users in Iran. It’s not too late to stop it from passing. We join 50+ organizations in calling for this bill to be rescinded.

    Human rights groups sound alarm against draconian Internet Bill
    Today, ARTICLE 19, , + alongside over 50 other organisations, call on Iranian authorities and those engaged in bilateral dialogue with , to pressure the Iranian parliament to repeal the . ⬇️Our statement:
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  8. 7 hours ago

    Another day, another chance to pick up a print copy of the Foilies in Fort Worth, Texas (), Boulder, CO (), Tucson, AZ (), Napa and Sonoma, CA (), and Marin, CA ().

    The cover of the tucson weekly, with the foilies cover image: a golden toilet with the words The foilies 2022 spinning around inside. The text beside the toilet says "Recognizing the year's worst in government transparency"
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  9. 8 hours ago

    Universal scanning isn’t compatible with encryption, privacy, or security.

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  10. 8 hours ago

    We join and 50+ organizations in urging the Iranian authorities (and those engaged in bilateral dialogue with Iran) to rescind a bill with severe implications for Internet users in Iran.

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  11. 9 hours ago

    Have an itch to learn more about open source technologies? Mark your calendars for March 29th and be sure to register for the free organized by !

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  12. 10 hours ago

    Our lawmakers need the political will to protect whistleblowers and human rights activists. What’s the path forward to get it?

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  13. Retweeted
    Mar 16

    The long term impact of Russia’s new root certificate is not clear, but the digital security of Russian citizens is already splintered.

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  14. Mar 16

    Facial recognition company Clearview AI claims to be the vanguard of digital free speech. Its subpoenas targeting activists and organizations concerned about the company shows it’s the opposite: a speech-chilling bully.

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  15. Mar 16

    Has anybody checked in on the Humboldt Sheriff’s Department in California? In response to a records request, it redacted its own press releases from years earlier. We’re concerned on so many levels.

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  16. Mar 16

    This year’s chilling gaslighter award goes to the Louisiana Attorney General, who sued a journalist in response to her public records request and then lied about it. The journalist won the case and got the records, natch.

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  17. Mar 16

    A perfect encapsulation of everything that’s wrong with FOIA: A retired journalist finally got documents he requested about a raid of a congressman’s home 12 years later—a delay that lasted longer than the politician’s prison term.

    a skeleton opening a mailbox
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  18. Mar 16

    The long term impact of Russia’s new root certificate is not clear, but the digital security of Russian citizens is already splintered.

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  19. Mar 16

    Regardless of where you are—and particularly in Russia and Ukraine—you should not rely on phone calls or SMS to protect the privacy of your communications from government actors.

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  20. Mar 16

    The Electronic Frontier Alliance is a grassroots network of community and campus organizations across the United States working to educate our neighbors about the importance of digital rights.

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