Donald Trump's Truth Social is going public via a SPAC merger after DWAC shareholders approved the move; TMTG will be listed on the Nasdaq as early as next week
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Senators Wyden and Heinrich: declassified docs show a CIA bulk surveillance program collecting Americans' data without clear judicial or congressional oversight
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected Source: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden … .
Senators Wyden and Heinrich: declassified documents show a CIA bulk surveillance program collecting Americans' data without judicial or congressional oversight
The lawmakers called for the immediate declassification of details about the surveillance program and what data was collected Source: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden … .
Apple provided data of House Democrats after DOJ subpoenaed it during Russia leak probe; Apple notified the lawmakers after a gag order expired this year
The Justice Department seized records from Apple for metadata of House Intelligence Committee members, their aides and family members.
Court doc: Twitter fought a subpoena from DOJ under Trump to identify the person behind an account mocking Rep. Devin Nunes; source: DOJ under Biden withdrew
An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.
Unclassified memo: Defense Intelligence Agency analysts have used commercial databases of location data from smartphone apps to track Americans without warrants
The disclosure comes amid growing legislative scrutiny of how the government uses commercially available location records.
In a letter to Sen. Wyden, ODNI says FBI used Section 215 of the Patriot Act to collect website visitor logs without a warrant, but not keywords from searches
before being caught by DOJ. https://twitter.com/... Jameel Jaffer / @jameeljaffer : It's been obvious from the outset that Section 215 would be used in precisely this way. Congress...
Sources say the DOJ has made the antitrust inquiry into Google its top priority and the case is moving swiftly, spurred by the personal interest of AG Barr
Attorney General William Barr's attention to the Justice Department investigation shows the high stakes for the agency and for him. Tweets: @eisingerj , @b_fung , and @charlie_sava...
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies
“We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post — Facebook will not remove …
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook won't remove Trump's post on Minnesota protests to “enable as much expression as possible”, says it doesn't violate its policies
“We should enable as much discussion as possible,” Zuckerberg says in a post — Facebook will not remove …
Trump EO misreads Section 230 by conflating two independent subsections and asking the FCC to link the two provisions together, despite previous rulings
I talk about @Twitter and Big Tech censorship with @LouDobbs: https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/... Antone Johnson / @antonejohnson : And while some might argue that ...
Trump EO misreads Section 230 by conflating two independent subsections and asking the FCC to link the two provisions together, despite previous rulings
I talk about @Twitter and Big Tech censorship with @LouDobbs: https://www.youtube.com/... https://twitter.com/... Antone Johnson / @antonejohnson : And while some might argue that ...
In a letter to Congress, the Trump administration asks lawmakers to reauthorize a law that lets the NSA gain access to logs of phone and text records
The White House is seeking reauthorization of a law that lets the N.S.A. gain access to logs of Americans' phone and text records …
House votes 256 to 164 to extend Section 702 FISA warrantless surveillance program for six years with minimal changes; bill now proceeds to the Senate
Why It's a Good Thing That Dropbox Is Going Public Charlie Savage / New York Times : Surveillance and Privacy Debate Reaches Pivotal Moment in Congress Louise Matsakis / Wired : Co...