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Global Surveillance Industry Database Helps Track Big Brother Worldwide
The U.K. human rights watchdog Privacy International has just offered a groundbreaking glimpse of the global surveillance industry—the tools it employs, the extent of its reach, and the accountability it largely evades.
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The Financial Firm That Cornered the Market on Jails
Numi Financial is in more than 400 jails across the country and issues more than 600,000 debit cards a year to people who have been arrested and released – with hefty fees attached.
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Indigenous People Killed As Crisis Is Erupting On Nicaraguan Coast
Settlers are attacking indigenous communities with automatic firearms, killing, plundering and forcing residents to flee their ancestral lands, while foreign companies have entered the territory illegally and are burning the region at a rapid rate.
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Federal Agents Went Undercover To Spy on Anti-Fracking Movement
Emails obtained through an open records act request show that the Lakewood Police Department in Colorado collected details about a BLM oil and gas lease protest from undercover officers as the event was being planned.
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Six Hours Inside The TV Station At The Heart Of Turkey’s Failed Coup
Soldiers versus police versus a mob in the newsroom of Turkey’s most-watched news channel — and dozens of reporters to document it all.
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Latinos, Police Brutality and the Blame Game
Is the media to blame for Latinos’ absence in the debate about police-community relations?
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How Protesters at the RNC Can Protect Themselves From Digital Surveillance
Activists at the political conventions should prepare themselves and their cellphones.
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Turkey widens purges to police after coup bid, Europe warns on rule of law
Authorities have rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters, ranging from top commanders to foot soldiers.
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Legalized Murder and the Politics of Terror
Impoverished urban communities have evolved into miniature police states.
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In First, U.S. Judge Throws Out Cell Phone "Stingray" Evidence Obtained Without Warrant
For the first time, a federal judge has suppressed evidence obtained without a warrant by U.S. law enforcement using a stingray, a surveillance device that can trick suspects' cell phones into revealing their locations.