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Detroit Mayor Misleads Public About Facial Recognition as Debate Over Spy-Program Rages
Revelations that the Detroit Police Department has implemented a facial recognition system with no public input or approval has sparked controversy in the Motor City. The mayor and other city officials have tried to cover up the extent of the program. The debate in...
Report: Food Freedom Flourishes in Three States with Government Regulators Out of the Way
Food freedom flourishes in states where government regulators simply get out of the way. The proof is in the pudding – the and cakes and the bread and the raw milk. According to a recent Forbes article, hundreds of local business have sprouted up across three...
Lawsuit Update: Why I Keep Fighting
Yesterday, I attended oral arguments at the Kentucky State Court of Appeals for the lawsuit the City of Lexington, Kentucky, filed against me in an effort to keep its super-secret surveillance cameras, well, super secret. It was the continuation of a saga that has...
Privacy Localism Grows as Communities Take Steps to Limit Surveillance State
The Edward Snowden revelations shined a spotlight on the NSA and stirred up widespread outrage over warrantless surveillance. But Congress did nothing. In fact, it has extended surveillance “authority” and given federal agencies even more leeway to spy on...