by DemocracyNow! / The States On Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday to continue granting President Trump’s administration sweeping powers to conduct foreign surveillance on U.S. soil. Rep. Buddy Carter: “On this vote, the yeas are 256, the nays are 164. The bill is […]
ICE officials have invited tech companies, including Microsoft, to develop algorithms that will track visa holders’ social media activity. by George Joseph / ProPublica – The States, Immigration The Department of Immigration & Customs Enforcement is taking new steps in its plans for monitoring the social media accounts […]
by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage A small group of people waited outside Utica’s Cornerstone Community Church the evening of Wednesday, November 16 for a scheduled activist meeting leading up to the Expect Resistance – Post Election Rally. The rally was planned weeks earlier to protest disastrous ongoing […]
by Derek Scarlino/Love and Rage In honor of the planned screening of ‘Citizenfour’ at the Mohawk Valley Freedom School this week, we’re looking back on an Intercept interview with Edward Snowden, the infamous NSA whistleblower who in 2013 divulged the frightening scope of the US government’s surveillance apparatus. […]
by Mohawk Valley Freedom School/Upcoming Events On Thursday July 7, the Mohawk Valley Freedom School will feature a screening of the 2014 documentary ‘Citizenfour’ about the account of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden whose June 2013 leaks to The Guardian uncovered the staggering breadth of US surveillance programs in […]