Trump’s No Hypocrite
U.S. President Donald Trump can be accused of having many faults, but hypocrisy is not one of them. To be sure, Trump is wildly inconsistent. His critics have f…
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Thanks to Trump, Germany says it can’t rely on the United States. What does that mean?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told a crowd Sunday in southern Germany that Europe can no longer rely on foreign partners. Merkel on Sunday declared a new cha…
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US government drops effort to unmask anti-Trump Twitter account
"“The anonymous account holder is safe, for now,” said Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. “…
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Government seeks to unmask Trump dissident on Twitter, lawsuit reveals
"Jennifer Granick, the director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, called the government’s behavior “craven” and described…
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Trump & Co. Just Picked the Wrong Fight With Twitter
"“It seems like the government lied to Twitter about why it wanted the information,” says Jennifer Granick, Director of Civil Liberties at the Stanford Cen…
Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?
The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes has just said that Donald Trump’s communications were likely picked up by US intelligence…
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Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?
The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes has just said that Donald Trump’s communications were likely picked up by US intelligence…
Trump won’t allow you to use iPads or laptops on certain airlines. Here’s why.
From Tuesday on, passengers traveling to the U.S. from 10 airports in eight Muslim-majority countries will not be allowed to have iPads, laptops or any communic…
The Resistance Must Be Digitized
Over the past two months, millions of people have taken to the streets to challenge our nation’s authoritarian new president. From the women’s marches that too…
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Blocked Immigration Ban Proves Trump’s Tweets Will Haunt His Presidency
"“Words have power and words spoken by the president have power,” says Neil Richards, a constitutional law professor at Washington University. “The medium…
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Civil Rights Groups, Funded by Telecoms, Back Donald Trump’s Plan to Kill Net Neutrality
"“The Congress that tried to destroy net neutrality once would only weaken it with legislation that fails to adequately protect those it is meant to serve,…
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Tech Giants Have the Legal Clout to Help Stop Trump’s Refugee Ban
"“The tech industry has been increasingly active in recent years in cases that involve the civil rights of their customers or, like in this case, their emp…