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#MorningMonarchy: July 10, 2018

Fake accounts, sweetheart deals and irresponsible use + this day in history w/the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and our song of the day by Menace Beach on your Morning Monarchy for July 10, 2018.
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July 10, 2018
#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode251 – Authenticating Journalism, Metadata Shutdown, Fight The Surveillance State

New tech hopes to “authenticate citizen journalists’ cellphone footage”; The NSA never stopped harvesting your metadata; Could the Third Amendment be used to put the brakes on the surveillance state?
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December 3, 2015
Britain rejects EU watchdog plan to probe data-gathering practices

from RT.com: The UK has rejected a call from an EU watchdog to probe how security agencies intercept metadata. Documents divulged by Edward Snowden revealed the covert practices of British spy body GCHQ in what has been described as “breach of fundamental rights.” UK newspaper the Guardian reported that Britain sought to “disassociate itself” from…
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November 14, 2013
U.S. Telcos Have Never Challenged #NSA Demands for Your Metadata

from wired.com: Since at least 2006 a secret spy court has continuously compelled the nation’s carriers to hand over records of every telephone call made to, from, or within the United States. But none of the phone companies have ever challenged the orders in court, according to an August 29 opinion (.pdf) by the Foreign…
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September 18, 2013
#NSA ‘routinely’ shares Americans’ data with #Israel

from RT.com: The NSA regularly shares raw US intelligence data with Israel without even removing information about American citizens, according to the latest revelation published by the Guardian. The report is based on a document leaked by Edward Snowden. On Tuesday, September 11, the Guardian published a previously undisclosed document which revealed top-secret policies in…
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September 11, 2013
Declassified files detail blatant violations, abuse of #NSA domestic spying program

from RT.com: For years the National Security Agency has been violating restrictions and misusing the US domestic spying program that collected private data from US citizens, newly released declassified documents show. The new information from Intelligence Community Documents Regarding Collection under Section 501 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) shows that the government on…
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September 10, 2013
Sorry #NSA, Terrorists Don’t Use Verizon…or Skype…or Gmail

from motherboard.vice.com: The NSA has to collect the metadata from all of our phone calls because terrorists, right? And the spy agency absolutely must intercept Skypes you conduct with folks out-of-state, or else terrorism. It must sift through your iCloud data and Facebook status updates too, because Al Qaeda. Terrorists are everywhere, they are legion, they are dangerous, and, unfortunately, they…
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June 26, 2013