Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Lahaina Fire: If I Had Listened to the Police… I’d Be Dead
September 18th, 2023“We were intentionally trapped.” Via: Hawaii Real Estate:
Homeland Security Uses AI Tool to Analyze Social Media of U.S. Citizens and Refugees
September 10th, 2023Cryptogon, 2007: They have an unthinkable surveillance capability that includes all of your email, web, purchasing and telephone activity. And, if I’m right, they’re keeping track of where you are and where you’ve been. *snort* Via: Vice: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is using an invasive, AI-powered monitoring tool to screen travelers, including U.S. citizens, […]
Australia’s Misinfo Bill Paves Way for Soviet-Style Censorship
August 23rd, 2023Via: Brownstone Institute: The Australian Government’s proposed new laws to crack down on misinformation and disinformation have drawn intense criticism for their potential to restrict free expression and political dissent, paving the way for a digital censorship regime reminiscent of Soviet Lysenkoism. Under the draft legislation, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will gain […]
Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs): The Ultimate Corruption of Money
August 14th, 2023Via: Bitcoin Magazine: Imagine this: It’s payday but before the money reaches your account, someone else has already decided what you’ll spend your money on — one third of your paycheck on housing, one third on food (only plant and insect protein allowed), 10% on transportation (with little allowance for gas), 10% on a mandatory […]
Will Browsers Be Required By Law To Stop You From Visiting Infringing Sites?
August 5th, 2023Via: TechDirt: Mozilla’s Open Policy & Advocacy blog has news about a worrying proposal from the French government: In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser […]
Illegal Aliens Can Become Police Officers in Illinois and California
July 31st, 2023Via: Breitbart: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) has signed into law a plan that allows foreign nationals with work permits, some of whom are illegal aliens, to become police officers in the sanctuary state. … Late last week, Pritzker signed the legislation into law which takes effect immediately. In the sanctuary state of California, Gov. […]
“This AI Watches Millions Of Cars Daily And Tells Cops If You’re Driving Like A Criminal”
July 18th, 2023Via: Forbes: Artificial intelligence is helping American cops look for “suspicious” patterns of movement, digging through license plate databases with billions of records. … “You’ve seen the systems totally metastasize to the point that the capabilities of a local police department would really shock most people.” … “The scale of this kind of surveillance is […]
They Want To Implement A Global System Of Digital Identification “For All” That Would Be Connected To Our Bank Accounts
June 28th, 2023Via: Economic Collapse Blog: Digital IDs linked with bank or mobile money accounts can improve the delivery of social protection coverage and serve to better reach eligible beneficiaries. Digital technologies may help to reduce leakage, errors and costs in the design of social protection programmes.
Canadian Politician Apologizes To Unvaccinated
June 18th, 2023Mmm hmm. Via: Jimmy Dore:
“Nightmare Scenario”: U.S. Government Has Been Secretly Stockpiling Information on Americans Via Data Brokers
June 15th, 2023I’ll recycle some commentary from, FBI Finally Admits to Buying Location Data on Americans: In 2013, we learned that law enforcement was “laundering” data collected through U.S. national security intercept systems for use against Americans, U.S. Communications Intelligence Secretly Shared with Law Enforcement for Use Against Americans in Criminal Investigations: “It’s just like laundering money […]
